Trend Chart on Innovation in Europe
Trend Chart on Innovation in Europe
Building upon the EU First Action Plan for Innovation in Europe, the Trend Chart on Innovation in Europe is a practical tool for innovation organisation and scheme managers in Europe. Run by the Innovation Directorate of DG Enterprise, it pursues the collection, regular updating and analysis of information on innovation policies at national and Community level, with a focus on innovation finance; setting up and developing innovative businesses; the protection of intellectual property rights; and the transfer of technology between research and industry.The Trend Chart on Innovation has been running since January 2000. It tracks innovation policy developments in all EU Member States, plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia. The Trend Chart website provides access to the following services and publications a database of policy measures across Europe; a "who is who?" of agencies and government departments involved in innovation; a series of six-monthly country reports for all countries covered; a series of six-monthly trend reports covered on each of the four main themes; a number of benchmarking reports; the European Innovation Scoreboard and other statistical reports; a news service and thematic papers; the annual reports of the Trend Chart.The ZEW contributes as German national correspondent to the network.