Based on survey data from businesses using the Network's services, the report provides insight into how SMEs across Europe view growth in terms of turnover, workforce, market share, prospects for international expansion, and innovation.

The European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials is a stakeholder platform that brings together representatives from industry, public services, academia and NGOs. Its mission is to provide high-level guidance to the European Commission, Members States and private actors on innovative approaches to the challenges related to raw materials. The Raw Materials Scoreboard presents relevant and reliable monitoring information that informs government, industry, and other stakeholders in line with the overarching objectives of this EIP. The Scoreboard is published every two years, with the 2018 Scoreboard being the second edition of the series. This edition of the Scoreboard consists of 26 indicators grouped into five thematic clusters.

The Institute addresses the needs of a diverse set of target groups organised in different kinds of public and private entities. The Institute and its Knowledge Innovation Communities gather among the widest range of innovation stakeholders in Europe. These include, among others, universities, professional higher education institutions, local and regional governments, governmental bodies, large businesses and SMEs, non-governmental organisations, research organisations and stakeholder groups. Furthermore, it is necessary to take on board also the opinions of those that are not directly involved in the Institute and the activities of the Knowledge Innovation Communities. The public consultation is therefore seeking also feedback outside the regular stakeholders, including the wider innovation and the knowledge triangle of research, education and business community as well as citizens. The Commission is interested in gathering the views of stakeholders and citizens on the challenges in the research and innovation landscape related to the operation of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (Institute) and possible objectives and options for its future strategic development.

The simplification of EU research and innovation funding has been on the agenda for many years, with industry, academia and researchers across Europe seeking simpler administrative rules, better communication with the European Commission, legal certainty and consistency. With Horizon 2020, the Commission introduced changes designed to simplify the rules in this area. Our audit examined whether these changes have been effective in reducing the administrative burden for beneficiaries. We concluded that the majority of the simplification measures have been effective, although not all actions produced the desired result and opportunities to improve still exist. Beneficiaries need more user-friendly guidance and tools, and the Commission has to further test the appropriateness and usability of new funding schemes. Stability in the rules is also important and, while beneficiaries are able to adapt to complexity, frequent modifications to guidance can cause confusion and uncertainty.

The main goal of the sySTEAM Project is to increase the use of STEAM education ensuring quality and smooth implementation of inquired-based, project-based, problem-based and trans-disciplinary learning.

This report about the State of the Art of existing and emerging technologies to be used in the classroom is the first step to achieve that goal.

The selection of technologies presented here involves a sufficiently wide range of possibilities so that each school can identify the applications that can best suit their needs.

They are technologies with different degrees of maturity and development worldwide (therefore they have been classified as 'consolidated' or 'emergent') and that have been considered suitable for their ability to mobilize transversal STEM projects.

For each technology, diverse aspects have been analysed: Working principle, historical background, practical applications, educational connection and practical examples. The intention has been to give a general overview to assist the science teachers in preparing more creative, problem -solving and critical pupils for the future.

This report will be followed by another one presenting a set of Guidelines to implement such technologies in the classroom.

What it is known as STEAM disciplines offers a unique opportunity for involving pupils in processes similar to those produced in science: inquiry, experimentation, modelling, argumentation... Participation in all these research practices helps pupils to understand how the scientific knowledge is developed. Therefore it is necessary to approach science and technology knowledge in a global way.

In this guide, thus, a set of a pplicable technologies to this learning context is presented. Previous considerations for their application are analys ed for each one, directions of how to use them in the classroom and good practices examples are also given as an inspiration for implementation.

This guide is the continuation of the report ‘State of the Art of Stem technologies’. Both make a unity and are worth consulting jointly. The reports have been made in the framework of the sySTEAM project financed by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Commission.

The Global Innovation 1000 study analyses spending at the world's 1000 largest publicly listed corporate R&D spenders.

En el decurs del 2017, la UPC va augmentar lleugerament la publicació de llibres i d’articles en revistes científiques de referència, així com les activitats vinculades a l’àmbit d'arquitectura i urbanisme, i també les activitats de transferència de tecnologia.