Public Interventions Group of Friends of the EIT

It was held in the European Parliament the second meeting of the Group of Friends of the EIT, in which there were discussed the different orientations for the EIT. (see agenda).

Maria da Graça Carvalho made the introductory remarks.

By the end of this year, the Commission will propose a Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) to the co-legislators which will set out the future of the EIT for the next 7 years including a proposal for a potentially modified EIT Regulation. In this perspective, an informal group of MEP - the Friends of EIT- was created with the objective to exchange openly on the EIT and its future strategy while raising awareness about this project. 

During the first meeting of the Friend of EIT group last march, there was an extensive exchange on the achievements of the EIT and its potential development. Since March, the work has progressed substantially with a contribution of the EIT itself regarding the Strategic Innovation Agenda, the results of open consultation on the future of the EIT or the proposal by the Commission on the next Multi-annual financial framework.