POLICY BRIEF: Innovating through knowledge: European Institute of Innovation and Technology 2027 – and why it matters

Our Associate Research Fellow Katarína Svitková has written the second article of the new publication series EUROPEUM: 2021–2027 Horizon Europe. In her policy brief, Katarína presents the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as one of the main components of the Horizon Europe Innovation Pillar and describes its program and objectives.

Innovation through research and development has been a long-term objective throughout the European funding frameworks.  With the start of the 2021 –2027 cycle of Horizon Europe, EU’s innovation institutions are continuing, but also setting more ambitious priorities and launching new components and programs. Continuing EUROPEUM’s series on EU innovation momentum, this article presents the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as one of the major components of the Horizon Europe Innovation pillar.

You can read the full policy brief in PDF.

Katarína Svitková
Associate Research Fellow

Expertise: Climate policy, sustainability, city resilience and urban governance, security policy, international higher education

2021–2027 Horizon Europe
Publications series

A series of articles by EUROPEUM's Associate Research Fellow Katarína Svitková, focusing on “Innovative Europe” – the third dimension (or the 3rd pillar) of Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe is the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation.