In Washington, Geoghegan-Quinn outlines future R&D plans

摘要

In an interview with Eumpolitics Environment, EU Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn outlined her work plan for the newest part ofrnher portfolio, innovation. By September 2010, the team of commissioners she is chairing will unveil a new strategy on innovation that Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will present at the October 2010 EU summit. A key component, she said, would be developing new, EU-wide innovation indicators to show if funding for research is translating into concrete innovation and jobs. "Everyone has stepped up the plate," she said of her fellow commissioners' efforts.