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IV-GS Neumayer: ambitious and concrete objectives anchored: the FTI pact creates more security in planning and financing
Vienna (OTS) – “The new research, technology and innovation (RTI) strategy sets the trend for the next decade and has the potential to strengthen Austria’s competitiveness as a location,” emphasized the General Secretary of the Federation of Industries (IV), Christoph Neumayer, in The im Approved today by the Council of Ministers the RTI 2030 Strategy. The Federal Government is expressly committed to research, technology and innovation and their importance in producing solutions for the great challenges of our time. It has never been “clearer than in Corona 2020 how much our society benefits from research and how much our resistance to crises depends on it.”
Future fields relevant to Austria as a production and technology location are taken into account The RTI strategy encompasses significant future fields for Austria as a production location and technology: from the next generation of innovation to basic and applied research to ‘green’ transformation and digital. “It is very gratifying that the strategy sets ambitious and specific goals,” said Neumayer. For example, you are seeking a top 5 position in the European innovation ranking or you set for the first time the goal of increasing the number of MINT graduates in Austria by 20 percent. At the same time, the importance of the main advantages of the location, such as non-thematic research funding or the research bonus, is underlined. Guidelines have also been formulated to use European programs and instruments such as Horizon Europe or “Major Projects of Common European Interest” (IPCEI) strategically for Austria.
Recognition of the important role of applied research and of the main industrial companies “With the commitment to the technological offensive, the important role of applied research and of the main industrial companies is taken into account. The technological offensive is a fundamental basis for technological competence, competitiveness and, therefore, for Austria’s rapid path towards the top of innovation in Europe ”, explained the 4th Secretary General. Companies are already responsible for around two-thirds of all R&D spending in Austria. The RTI 2021-2023 pact, also adopted today, for the operationalization and implementation of the RTI strategy creates security in planning and financing. Further development of the National Foundation – a key component of RTI Austria’s funding – to create the “Future Austria Fund” is anchored in RTI’s strategy. “The planned future development of the Future Austria Fund needs to be addressed quickly, as the foundation’s funding will expire at the end of 2020. This is the only way to safeguard the core R&D activities of research-intensive companies and build momentum. additional to the crisis ”, concluded Neumayer.
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