The ''Aho Group Report on Creating an Innovative Europe'' was published in 2006. The report was written by a four-member group chaired by Esko Aho, former Finnish Prime Minister. The committee was created at the
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summit in the
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(UK) in October 2005. The report focuses on the creation of innovation friendly markets, strengthening of R&D resources, increasing the structural mobility in Europe and to foster a culture which celebrates innovation.
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Antoni Subirà
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Summary
The report states that current trends in the
European Union
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are unsustainable in the face of global competition and calls for a European pact for
research
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and
innovation
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. The report urges for rapid,
collective action
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on a European scale and a new vision to address Europe’s
productivity
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and
social
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challenges.
The creation of an internal market for innovative products and services, in a harmonised regulatory environment, would provide incentives to companies to increase their investments in research and development on a broader range of modern technologies. The strategic areas for the European economy are eHealth, pharmaceuticals,
transport
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and
logistics
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,
energy
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, the
environment
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science
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and to increase investments and to provide fiscal incentives in high-tech domains such as
biotechnology
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,
nanotechnology
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and
neuroscience
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s. The report also makes a plea for the mobility of the European workforce, ideas and financial assets.
See also
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Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry
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(EU)
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Lisbon Strategy
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