(AGENPARL) – BRUXELLES mar 21 giugno 2022 International cooperation has been a key feature of modern and contemporary scientific and technological activities. The magnitude of global challenges, such as the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, has shown the relevance of joining forces and pooling resources to facilitate the creation and dissemination of knowledge and innovative solutions. In 2021, the European Commission adopted a communication on a global approach to research and innovation – the new European strategy for international cooperation. In 2022, the European Parliament and the EU Member States responded to the communication with respectively a resolution and a declaration tabled by the Council presidency. The two documents took into account the growing geopolitical tensions, caused, among others, by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, and identified the investment and policy initiatives needed to ensure that Europe’s openness to the world will safeguard EU strategic autonomy, interests and values. Following the launch of Horizon Europe in 2021, the EU is expected to intensify international cooperation, including by extending the scope of countries associated to the programme to new non-European partners such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Investment under Horizon will support EU research and innovation players in cooperating with global partners, but is also expected to continue contributing to making the EU attractive for international scientists and innovators. The participation of stakeholders in international cooperation activities is key to Europe’s capacity to expand its scientific and technological leadership – thus far established in the domain of joint exploratory scientific activities, including transdisciplinary initiatives – to also cover technological development and standardisation. European research and innovation players are unambiguously supporting international cooperation for global goods, such as knowledge, the environment and global health. They also express hopes that the United Kingdom would swiftly join Horizon Europe as an associated country.

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