European and External Affairs Committee

Inquiry into Welsh Participation in EU Research, Innovation and Lifelong Learning Programmes

On Tuesday, 21 September, the Committee agreed to hold an Inquiry into Welsh Participation in EU Research, Innovation and Lifelong Learning Programmes

Terms of Reference

  • To understand the extent and type of involvement of organisations from Wales in the following EU Programmes: Framework Research Programme Seven (FP7); Lifelong Learning Programmes; and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programmes

  • To benchmark the participation of Welsh organisations with other parts of the UK and EU

  • To identify exemplar success stories from Wales

  • To provide policy recommendations to the Welsh Government for ways in which to facilitate future participation in these programmes

  • To highlight any positive or negative aspects of participation in the programmes, and feed this back to the appropriate channels (Welsh Government, UK Government and European Commission), to enable this to be taken into account in preparation of the future programmes for post 2013

  • To review the extent to which participation in these programmes is helping to deliver the strategic priorities set out by the Welsh Government

Consultation

Evidence

The Committee will be taking evidence from a range of witnesses on this issue. Link to papers and transcripts of relevant meetings.

Report

The Committee published its Report on its inquiry into Welsh participation in EU research, innovation and lifelong learning programmes on 16 February 2011. The Welsh Government response to the report is published here. (PDF 1.45MB)

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