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Technopolis Group has conducted an evaluation of the Access to Medicine Index, for which an executive summary was published this month. The evaluation showed that, by providing the pharmaceutical industry with a tool for learning and discussion, the Access to Medicine Index has proven a catalyst for accelerating current access-to-medicine activities and has inspired the…

On 10 March, Technopolis Group director Geert van der Veen will be speaking on the socio-economic impacts of Research Infrastructures during the launch of the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 in Amsterdam. ESFRI is the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, which works to identify research facilities of pan-European importance that are necessary to strengthen scientific excellence…

Technopolis Group France, alongside consulting firms Erdyn and EY, have started work on a mid-term evaluation of the third phase of the French policy for competitiveness clusters, “Pôles de compétitivité 3.0”. The challenge of this three-month assignment is to assess the present level of achievement of competitiveness clusters with regard to their performance contracts. According…

Technopolis Group and CameronPartners have completed a study on the potential of the Chilean Sub-Antarctic region as a driver for innovation and development, on behalf of Chile’s National Council for Innovation for Development (Consejo Nacional de Innovación para el Desarrollo — CNID). The study concludes that the Sub-Antarctic Region of Magallanes represents a “natural laboratory”,…

Open Evaluation 2016, the largest conference in Europe dedicated to the evaluation of policies in the field of research, technology and innovation policy (RTI) will gather academics, evaluators, research managers, authorities and RTI policy makers to debate challenging developments in RTI policy and their effects on evaluation theory and practice. The conference takes place in…

Technopolis Group, together with the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) is exploring future scenarios of how cyber-physical systems (CPS), linking robots with the Internet of Things, will impact daily life in 2050. On Thursday January 14, they facilitate a workshop in Brussels with Members of the European Parliament (EP) and its Science and Technology Options…

Technopolis Group France has been commissioned by the Unit in charge of development activities of France’s Directorate General of the Treasury (DG Trésor) to make an assessment of the French contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF) for the 12th and 13th replenishments of the Fund. The Fund is replenished by regular contributions from donor…

On 8 December 2015 the Irish Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English, published Innovation 2020, Ireland’s five-year strategy for research and development, science and technology. This innovation plan is a key element of the Irish Government’s overall jobs strategy, Enterprise 2025, aimed at building a new economy based on exports and enterprise, and…