PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES IN RESEARCH

Meeting of the Steering Platform on Research for Western Balkan Countries

8-9 June 2015Budapest, Hungary

Inga Jekabsone Deputy Director of the Higher Education, Science and Innovation Department

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia

Priorities of the Latvian Presidency

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COMPETITIVE EUROPEJOBS AND GROWTH

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DIGITAL EUROPESeizing the Opportunities of the Digital Single Market

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ENGAGED EUROPE

LV priority: Competitive Europe

Creating links between actions fostering innovation and those unlocking growth in the ERA

Advancing the European Research Area

LV Research and Innovation priorities

3 March COMPET

Policy debateObjective: a contribution of research ministers to March European Council.

Agenda items in the Council

29 May COMPET

Draft Council conclusions on the ERA Roadmap Objective: Adoption

Draft Council conclusions on the governance of ERAObjective: Adoption

LV Presidency overarching

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Competitive Europe

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Hierarchy of LV Presidency research Priorities (I)

Hierarchy of LV Presidency research Priorities (II)

Unlocking European digital potential for faster and wider innovation

Advancing Science 2.0 debate

LV Research and Innovation priorities

3 March COMPET

Policy debate Objective: contribution of research ministers to renewed Digital Single Market Strategy and June European Council

Agenda items in the Council

29 May COMPET

Policy debate Objective: to outline future policy directions and timeline

29 May COMPETCouncil Conclusions Objective: Adoption

LV Presidency overarching

priorityDigital Europe

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LV Research and Innovation priorities

Agenda items in the Council

Agenda items according to Council procedure

Engaged Europe

LV Presidency overarching

priority

S&T agreement with India

S&T agreement and H2020 association agreement with Ukraine

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Finalising the partial H2020 association agreement with Switzerland

H2020 association agreement withFaroe islands

Hierarchy of LV Presidency research Priorities (III)

Policy debates

1. Creating mutually enhancing and sustainable relations between actions fostering innovation and those unlocking Europe's potential for growth in the European Research Area based on

a) Communication from the Commission on the "Annual Growth Survey 2015"b) Europe 2020 strategy mid-term review

2. Unlocking Europe's digital potential: faster and wider innovation through open, networked and data-intensive research based on the Communication from the Commission “Towards a thriving data-driven economy”

Science 2.0 - follow up to public consultation

COMPET Council agenda items

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3 March COMPET

29 May COMPET

Council conclusions

1. Council conclusions on the European Research Area Roadmap 2015-2020

2. Council conclusions on the review of the European Research Area advisory structure

3. Council conclusions on open, data-intensive and networked research as a driver for faster and wider innovation

COMPET Council agenda items

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29 May COMPET

List of Presidency events

Date Location Event

12-13 February Riga Smart specialisation conference

4-5 June Riga Week of Innovative Regions in Europe

10-12 June Riga EuroNanoForum 2015

15-19 June Riga 10th Baltic Sea Science Congress

17-18 June Riga The Digital Assembly

22-23 June Brussels ERA conference

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