Parties of the «Horizon 2020» and «Horizon Europe» Programs as Participants in the Innovation Process
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https://doi.org/10.37772/2309-9275-2022-2(19)-1Keywords:
Horizon Europe, scientific institution, grant, innovation, innovation process, international scientific and technical cooperation, foreign statesAbstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the functioning of the multilateral projects of the «Horizon 2020» and «Horizon Europe» Programs, to establish the peculiarities of the status and activities of their subjects. To achieve the goal of the scientific work and solve the set tasks, a complex of general scientific and special research methods was used: the method of analysis and synthesis, alternatives, comparative studies, classification. Research on this issue allows us to state that despite the fact that multilateral Horizon 2020 projects constitute a significant part of EU project funding, scientific research on this issue is insufficient. This is partly due to the lack of a structured analytical approach of the subjects of this Framework Program. In particular, the legal status of the National Contact Point, which provides informational and methodical support for the thematic areas of research determined by the European Commission (EC) for the EU research and innovation program «Horizon Europe», remains overlooked. Within the framework of this study, the experience of Poland, where there is a Polish National Contact Point for EU research programs, was introduced. It was determined that at the micro-level of IS there is a Program «Horizon 2020» or «Horizon Europe», which can act as projects (a network of participants who cooperate within the framework of a joint innovation project both at the national level and at the EU level) and as Partners (organization, consisting of a network or group of persons, or an individual participant, who cooperate within the framework of a joint innovation project both at the national level and at the EU level) is a certain level of the very structure of a multi-level innovation system (or IS of a higher level). The authors propose to make changes to the Law of Ukraine on Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activities. So, there is a proposal to add par. 3 to art. 66 regarding the status of a scientific institution that can act as a basic organization in which the National Contact Point of the European Union Framework Program for Research and Innovation «Horizon Europe» has been established.
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