- Contributes to European Commission priorities
- A global Europe: Leveraging our power and partnerships
- A new era for European Defence and Security
- A new plan for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness
- Delivering together and preparing our Union for the future
- Supporting people, strengthening our societies and our social model
- Sustaining our quality of life: Food security, water and nature
Portfolio overview
Global powers are locked in a race to secure stable and competitive access to strategic technologies. The EU will need bold, innovative measures to support such technologies and accelerate their deployment.
This portfolio will offer new analysis and tools to guide technology-specific policymaking at EU level. Reinforcing this analytical basis will help to deliver complete, reliable and up-to-date data for entire value chains. This will be crucial for informing policy measures that will best strengthen the EU’s competitiveness, sovereignty and twin green/digital transition.
Objectives
Identify strategic technologies for EU sustainability and competitivenessLeverage existing and emerging technologies and analysis tools, and assess potential dependencies to support a greener and more competitive EU industry.
Analyse strategic technology ecosystems and value and supply chainsThis includes mapping key actors and networks and assessing performance (such as carbon footprint) and impact on trade and competitiveness.
Identify drivers and barriers to support technology and researchFocus on knowledge valorisation, standardisation, technology transfer models and instruments fostering industry-academia cooperation to support translational research and technology transfer.
Inform policies on strategic technologiesEngage with industry and innovators to evaluate technology readiness, performance, maturity and cost-effectiveness.
Assess social acceptance and skills requirements, and provide insights into the challenges that industries face.
Identify areas critical to economic and research securityIdentify and assess areas critical to economic and research security, focusing on potential threats and effective mitigation strategies to ensure comprehensive protection and resilience.
