Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

Today, Thursday, the European Commission published the 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard, which reveals that innovation performance in the European Union has grown by about 10% since 2015.

Compared to 2021, innovation performance improved in 2022 in 19 member states, and decreased in eight.

Compared to the EU average, global competitors such as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Korea and the United States continue to have a performance advantage over the EU. However, the EU has closed the performance gap with these countries and has overtaken Japan since 2021.

Maria Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said: “Europe's commitment to innovation is demonstrated through continuous improvement in innovation performance. In support of Europe's capacity to innovate, Horizon Europe promotes excellence and supports leading researchers and innovators to drive the systemic changes needed to ensure a green, healthy and resilient Europe. European Innovation Outcomes 2022 The importance of creating a Europe-wide innovation ecosystem. The recently adopted new European Innovation Agenda will put Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep technology innovations and ensure that innovation reaches all regions of Europe, including rural areas.”

Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, said: “Europe's independence and competitiveness will depend on our ability to become a technological and commercial leader in strategic areas such as aerospace, defence, hydrogen, batteries, chips, quantum and HPC. Europe's innovation agenda, our support for innovative start-ups and SMEs, And industry alliances or IPCEI are already leading to highly innovative projects across Europe. This is how we translate our scientific excellence into technological and industrial leadership, and high-quality jobs in Europe.”

The report covers member states of the European Union and many other countries in Europe and around the world. Compared to previous years, this year's edition included three additional countries, namely Albania, Chile and Mexico.