Frugal Innovation in EU Research and Innovation Policy
by Peter Knorringa and Saradindu Bhaduri, Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa, CFIA Working Paper Series, No. 6., 2018.
Abstract: In recent years, frugal innovation has caught the attention of European companies, citizens, policy makers, and NGOs. This Working Paper offers building blocks suggesting where and how frugal innovation could be integrated into EU policy. The paper focuses on possible connections with the 'Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation' program (Horizon Europe) that has been designed by the DG Research and Innovation. The Working Paper builds on the EU scoping Study on frugal innovation and the reengineering of traditional techniques (2017). It introduces three key types of frugal innovation processes, driven respectively by firms, NGOs and local communities. It also shows how these three distinct processes link up with different parts of the EU policy agenda. The paper furthermore explores how a frugal innovation angle could enrich some of the main EU policy instruments and also raises the idea that a more fundamental rethinking of future innovation trajectories might be needed to effectively address global challenges.
by Peter Knorringa and Saradindu Bhaduri, Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa, CFIA Working Paper Series, No. 6., 2018.
Abstract: In recent years, frugal innovation has caught the attention of European companies, citizens, policy makers, and NGOs. This Working Paper offers building blocks suggesting where and how frugal innovation could be integrated into EU policy. The paper focuses on possible connections with the 'Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation' program (Horizon Europe) that has been designed by the DG Research and Innovation. The Working Paper builds on the EU scoping Study on frugal innovation and the reengineering of traditional techniques (2017). It introduces three key types of frugal innovation processes, driven respectively by firms, NGOs and local communities. It also shows how these three distinct processes link up with different parts of the EU policy agenda. The paper furthermore explores how a frugal innovation angle could enrich some of the main EU policy instruments and also raises the idea that a more fundamental rethinking of future innovation trajectories might be needed to effectively address global challenges.
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