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European Innovation Scoreboard 2024: Switzerland ranks as the most innovative European country!! An extended analysis, which includes the EU and 12 other European countries, finds that Switzerland is the most innovative European country due to its high performance on several dimensions including human resources, attractive research systems, firm investments and intellectual assets.

#mostinnovativeconomy 🇨🇭 Switzerland has once again secured the top spot in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index 2024, marking 14 consecutive years as the leader. This achievement highlights Switzerland’s unmatched expertise in scientific, technological, and creative services. The Global Innovation Index 2024 evaluates the innovation ecosystem performance of 133 economies, offering key insights into the latest global innovation trends. Switzerland's continued success is a testament to its strong commitment to fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. 💡 Read more about the full results here: https://lnkd.in/dtCrxM6a 📷 Source: aboutswitzerland

🌟 Italy’s Innovation Landscape: Strengths and Opportunities for Growth 🌟 Italy has made significant strides in innovation, particularly within its vibrant SME sector. According to the #EuropeanInnovationScoreboard2024, Italian #SMEs excel in innovation activities, standing at an impressive 151.3% of the EU average. Public-private co-publications are also notably high, reflecting the strong collaboration between Italy’s public research system and the private sector. However, the report also highlights areas where Italy needs to improve, especially in terms of investments. Firm investments are at 69.8% of the EU average, and finance and support are at 64.9%. Despite a remarkable 39.1% increase in government support for business R&D since 2017, private investments in R&D have not still seen a significant boost. To bridge this gap and further enhance Italy’s innovation and competitiveness, leveraging European co-funding instruments like #HorizonEurope is crucial. These programs can provide the necessary financial support and foster European collaborations that drive technological advancements and economic growth. #RINA supports companies in building on their strengths and addressing their weaknesses by embracing opportunities for co-funding and collaboration. Together, we can propel Italy’s innovation ecosystem to new heights! 🚀🇮🇹 #Innovation #Italy #Investments #HorizonEurope #SMEs #ResearchAndDevelopment #Collaboration #EconomicGrowth #GrowWithRINA https://lnkd.in/dCxqNpz8

Denmark and Sweden are again the top innovation countries in the EU! 🙌 Each year the European Innovation Scoreboard publishes a ranking of the most innovative countries in the EU. In 2023, Denmark took the pole position followed by Sweden in 2nd place. 🥇🥈 What is the European Innovation Scoreboard? Each year, the European Commission assesses and benchmarks innovation performance amongst EU member states and associated countries. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the innovation landscape. In doing so, the European Commission uses a set of indicators, such as research environment, investments in R&D, or usage of information technology. Become part of the innovation-success-story in the Greater Copenhagen Region. https://hubs.ly/Q02jPCy90 #GreaterCopenhagenRegion #InnovationScoreboard #Innovation #InnovationRanking #EuropeanComission

The European Innovation Scoreboard 2024 is out, and Denmark comes out in top 👩🏼🎓👨🏻🎓👩🏽🔬🧑🏻🏫🧑🏼🚀👷🏽♂️ The link between #highereducation #entrepreneurialmindset #startups #deeptech and favourable #incubation and #scaleup labs and environments play a large role as well as enabling policy frameworks 🌎🔭🔬🧬💉🦠🧫🧪🌿🍠🫘🥜🌊📊🏅

🥇🇧🇪 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 = 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🔎🇪🇺 The latest 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 for 2024 is out! This report provides annually a comparative assessment of research and innovation performance of EU Member States, neighbouring European countries and selected third countries. 📈 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 and now leads the group of Strong innovators. Our performance is at 123.6% of the EU average, thus making Belgium the sixth most innovative Member state! 💯 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻: - Public-private co-publications - Innovative SMEs collaborating with others - International scientific co-publications 🔧 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻: - Innovation expenditures per person employed - Resource productivity - SMEs introducing business process innovations 👏 These achievements reflect Belgium’s strong policy of support for public and private R&I, as well as the dynamism and excellence of our research institutions and companies. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥&𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 for driving our country's success!   Service public de Wallonie | Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles | Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) | Wallonia Export & Investment Agency | EU Science, Research and Innovation Wal-Tech | Université de Liège | UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain | UMONS | Université libre de Bruxelles | Université de Namur | UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles | F.R.S. - FNRS | Réseau LiEU | SynHERA | Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur - ARES Pôle MecaTech | BioWin - The Health Cluster of Wallonia | Wagralim | Skywin | GreenWin | LOGISTICS IN WALLONIA Wallonie-Bruxelles International - Research and Innovation | Loïc Lefevre | Paul Hyvernat | Anaëlle Demarche

2024 European Innovation Scoreboard was published today. Denmark, Sweden and Finland remained in the top 5 ranking for the past 7 years! While Cyprus was a moderate innovator in 2021 for the next three consecutive years (2022-2024) it takes the position of strong innovator (top 10 in the ranking)! Why 8 out of 11 new EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe occupy the second half of the ranking after two decades of monitoring? How did Estonia and Slovenia progress so fast, taking 11th and 13th position? For this and other questions, please follow the link to the report: https://lnkd.in/eawgAW7c

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The indicator "Development of environment-related technologies" seems to be going in the wrong direction in quite a few of the member states and comparative countries including the USA, China, Japan, etc. Actually the best improvement was Albania. Surely everywhere has to be matching this performance, not going backwards? How to interpret? To be honest, not really sure. Check the annexes for the interesting analysis.

We celebrate also the participation of the #WesternBalkans in the European Innovation Scoreboard #EIS2024. https://lnkd.in/dj99FwAV Some key results from the WB perspective include: Serbia outperformed Latvia to rank as the 4th Emerging Innovator North Macedonia showed the fastest growth among the Emerging Innovators (+11.7%-points) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia join with Denmark on socring 125% and above EU average in "Environment-related technologies" Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia also score very highly on "SMEs introducing product innovations" (125% above EU average) WB are catching up in the group of Emerging Innovators: they demonstrate faster growth on average that the EU peers in the group - check out the report and the interactive tools yourself!