Implementing the Lisbon Programme : More Research and Innovation - Investing for Growth and Employment

This Communication builds on the Partnership for Growth and Jobs7. It addresses the full research and innovation spectrum, including non-technological innovation. It makes explicit the commitments taken by the Community Lisbon Programme, by detailing the measures in support of research and innovation that will be undertaken and that were described there in general terms. It outlines ambitious actions, reaching beyond the 3% Action Plan and innovation policy to date8. It strengthens the links between research and innovation, with research policy focusing more on developing new knowledge and its applications and the framework conditions for research, and innovation policy focusing on transforming knowledge into economic value and commercial success. In line with the Commissions better regulation approach, measures with a potential impact on competitiveness will be subject to an impact assessment.