EUROPE: New R&D wake-up call from European Commission
March 1st, 2009
By Alan Osborn
If the European Union (EU) wants to become the world leader in information and communication technologies (ICT), as it frequently asserts, it should not expect to do it for nothing. As a start, the 27 EU member states should at least double their investment in ICT - both public and private - over the next 10 years, says the European Commission, the EU's executive, in launching a new ICT Research and Innovation Strategy.
Member governments should share strategies and better coordinate resources "to make sure that research and innovation take ...
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