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 ProgrammesTerms 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
