Innovation Plan

Description of the programme / policy

The Innovation Plan identifies 9 specific actions, addressing 3 strategic goals: Strategic Goal 1 seeks to recognize contributions from research, by supporting development of agreements between NSBs/NCs and research organizations, the collection of success stories, annual awards and information sessions on the benefits of standardization. Strategic Goal 2 covers the fast-track approach, aiming at developing best practices of involving research consortia in standardization and developing fast track processes to transform CWAs into ENs where necessary. Strategic Goal 3 involves strengthening reference to standardization in Horizon Europe, influencing research groups to introduce standardization work packages as part of their research projects and influence assessment schemes of public entities and universities to ensure recognition of researchers’ efforts in standardization.

Main objective of the programme/policy

Strategic Goal 1 recognize contributions from research, the collection of success stories, annual awards and information sessions on the benefits of standardization. Strategic Goal 2 covers the fast-track approach, aiming at developing best practices of involving research consortia in standardization. Strategic Goal 3 involves strengthening reference to standardization in Horizon Europe, influencing research groups to introduce standardization work packages as part of their research projects and influence assessment schemes of public entities and universities to ensure recognition of researchers’ efforts in standardization.

Specific objective of the programme/policy

Action #1 – Supporting development of agreements. Action #2 – Collection and dissemination of Success Stories. Action #3 – Annual Awards for individual researchers/innovators/startuppers’ contributions to standardization. Action #4 – Information sessions on the benefits of standardization provided to venture capitalists and technology transfer initiatives at European and national level (innovation hubs, business incubators…). Action #5 – Develop best practice on how to involve research consortia in standardization. Action #6 – Develop and make available a ‘fast track process’ to transform. Action #7- Influence Horizon Europe (FP9) tenders to increase the number and quality of references to standardization. Action #8 – Influence private sector/industry research groups to use standardization work packages as part of their research programmes and project proposals. Action #9 – Influence assessment schemes (Amsterdam Declaration, European Quality Assurance for Higher Education) of public entities and Universities to enable them to engage in standardization by ensuring that contribution of researchers to standardization work is recognized in a similar way to traditional scientific publications.