Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin: “Horizon Europe offers an opportunity to further strengthen the Polish innovation ecosystem”
16.04.2021
“In the recent years, Poland has undergone many reforms and changes that are conducive to innovation. Spending on research and development is steadily increasing,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin at the conference "Europe. Horizon of opportunities”, which launches the next edition of the Horizon Europe framework programme.
The on-line debate was attended by, among others, Deputy Prime Minister, Jarosław Gowin, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth; Przemysław Czarnek, Minister of Education and Science; and Wojciech Kamieniecki, head of the National Centre for Research and Development.
Despite the difficult circumstances of the pandemic, I am convinced that Horizon Europe will contribute to the construction of a modern and competitive European Union economy,
- said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin in his opening speech.
Deputy Prime Minister Gowin also stressed the importance of the support, which the Polish innovators can count on within the Programme for Labour and Development implemented by the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology.
Innovation is support by solutions such as, for example, MARKET THE RESEARCH – a financial instrument for the marketing of innovative products or the implementation of modern technological processes in the company, which are the result of research and development,
- explained Jarosław Gowin, highlighting that the Horizon Europe programme offers an opportunity to further strengthen the Polish innovation ecosystem.
About the programme
Horizon Europe will be a continuation of Horizon 2020, which is the EU instrument for research and innovation for the period 2014-2020. The budget allocated to the programme for 2021-2027 will reflect 95,5 billion euros.
Horizon Europe shall provide support to researchers, local authorities, NGOs, as well as companies implementing innovative research and implementation projects.