MACRAMÉ-ChiPs: Patchwork Project Family & Sibling Projects (24th Meeting of the OECD WPMN)

The document discusses integrating risk assessment and technology assessment (RATA) into responsible nano innovations. It summarizes a societal dialogue on nanotechnologies that identified key public concerns like health risks, ethics, and governance. While Dutch policy allocated funding for nano risk research, challenges remain around regulatory coordination, public engagement, and keeping pace with innovation. New approaches like "safe-by-design" and "societal incubators" aim to address these challenges by encouraging open discussion and embedding societal considerations into research from the start. Responsible innovation requires willingness from all actors to define responsibility broadly and find balanced solutions.

Presentation by Dr Steffi Friedrichs, entitled: Nanotechnology at the Crossroads of Converging Technologies: Unveiling the Future of Innovation presented at the meeting on 'Open Innovation for Materials Modelling, Design and Manufacturing', 19th – 20th October 2023, at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology.

Presentation given by Milan Grohol, European Commission DG GROW, at the 2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 Information Day, 21/10/2015, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin

The document discusses improving indicators to inform policy. It recommends establishing a framework for developing indicators, improving data quality, linking and sharing data between agencies, conducting methodological research, using existing data and establishing a chief analyst position. The main conclusion is that indicators cannot be developed without a framework to contextualize them.

Tunis, 6-7 November 2019. Training workshop PRIMA – Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area is the most ambitious joint programme to be undertaken in the frame of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. Presentation by Prof. M. Hachicha National Research Institute in Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry, University of Carthage | UCAR

This document summarizes findings from a new OECD survey on the governance of public research institutions and its implications for knowledge transfer. The survey finds that universities and public research institutions have increased autonomy over industry relations in many OECD countries. It also finds that the use of performance contracts between ministries and universities has increased. Additionally, industry and civil society participation in university governing boards has risen across OECD countries. The document concludes that greater institutional autonomy accompanied by performance metrics and stakeholder involvement influences knowledge transfer activities.