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Policy impact of EU research
Virginia VitorinoEC - DG RTD - Research in Social
Sciences and Humanities
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I. Introduction
EU research to fulfil two major objectives:
• to produce further understanding of the various societal issues at stake,
• and to provide useful insights for policy formulation at various levels of implementation
(European, national and regional).
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I. Introduction
Characteristics of EU funded research:
• Multidisciplinary, • Collaborative, • Transnational, comparative• Policy relevant
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I. Introduction
Research on Education & Training and on Employment funded at EU level since 1994:
FP4 (1994-1998) – Targeted socio-economic research (TSER)
FP5 (1998-2002) – Improving the socio-economic knowledge base
FP6 (2002-2006) – Citizens and Governance in KBSFP7 (2007-2013) – Research on socio-economic
sciences and humanities
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
• EU funded research provides useful insights for the formulation of policies at all levels of implementation.
• But difficult to quantify exactly how, where
and when the knowledge produced influences any type of policy formulation.
• At the EU level, however, it is possible to identify contributions in the design of some major policy initiatives.
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
At the EU level, contributions to:
• “The Social Exclusion Plan”• Communication on “Universities and Research”, • Commission Position Paper on “Formal and
Informal Work” • Communication on "Efficiency and equity in
European education and training systems"
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Main messages from This Communication:
• social and educational inequalities and social justice have to be tackled on the same ground as efficiency of E&T systems.
• E&T policies must, and can combine the twin objectives of efficiency and equity in seeking to maximise their economic and social potential.
• There is no necessary trade off between them; E&T policies can join with other social policies to work towards inclusion for all.
• Need for the effective articulation of different policy areas.
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Various forms of dialogue platforms and products put in place aiming at valorising results, e.g.:
1.Dialogue Workshops (DW) - a privileged means of stimulating dialogue between researchers and EU policy makers
More than 20 DW have been organised
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Dialogue Workshops on education, exclusion and employment:
– Infowork - Social Cohesion, the Organisation of Work and Information and Communication Technologies, March 2004.
– Loc Nis - Labour, Organisation and Competence in National Innovation Systems, February 2004.
– Informal/Undeclared Work, May 2003 – Social Exclusion, Activation and Welfare,
October 2002
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Various forms of dialogue and products…
2. Briefing papers on E&T– publication "European Union-supported educational
research" – website 'New Perspectives for Learning: http://
www.pjb.co.uk/npl/index.htm .
3. Project clusters’ activity “Employment and unemployment :
– book on “Marginalisation”…edited by Duncan Gallie.
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Various forms of dialogue and products…
4. Policy review exercise:• Identification of EU policy needs• Synthesis of research results which could
respond to these needs
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II. Contribution of EU research to policies
Some of the policy reviews:
• Employment and unemployment • Education and Training• Quality of work• Education, Inequalities and Social Exclusion• Social exclusion and Social security • Family and Welfare• Innovation and Research Policy • Regional policy • Sustainable development • Governance • Migration • Gender Equality
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III. Main thematic areas addressed by E&T
research• FP4 (1994-1998): E&T related to economic, funding
and investment and skills.
• FP5 (1998-2002): link between E&T and other policy areas; learning processes on governance, regulation and reform questions; lifelong learning and vocational training research.
• FP6 (2002-2006): E&T and learning processes in broader societal and political contexts; education challenges for the KS; role of lifelong learning; educational strategies for inclusion and social cohesion and their relation to other policies.
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III. Main thematic areas addressed by Employment
• FP4: relation between employment,
unemployment and social inclusion and exclusion;
• FP5: employment, unemployment, new forms and changes in work and flexibility issues.
• FP6: changes in work and flexibility”; relation between employment and growth and between labour market, employment and welfare regimes.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Some findings in E&T On transitions of youth from education to work: - preconceived idea that more qualifications
equals to more and better jobs is simplistic;- relationship between education and economic
dimensions is much more complex.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in E&TOn early education:– early education plays an important role on
young people at later stages in their life.– given the diversity of E&T systems and labour
market mechanisms across Europe, the same policy interventions are unlikely to be equally effective in different contexts.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in E&T
on the governance models for E&T:– introduction of market mechanisms in E&T
seems to increase social and educational inequality and the exclusion of less advantaged groups.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in E&T
on national, European and global E&T policies:– policies for learning are not merely policies for
E&T, but form an integral part of wider social and economic policy.
– outcomes of learning are intimately connected to the core economic and socio-cultural concerns and have social as well as economic consequences and opportunities attached to them.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in E&T
On the relation between education and social exclusion
– E&T cannot address alone social exclusion.– Articulation of various policy measures is the
only solution to tackle the problem of social inclusion.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in E&TTo sum up:
Among numerous other conclusions, this research shows that there is currently a need for a better balance between the economic and socio-cultural objectives of learning.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in the area of employment and unemployment On risks of marginalisation of the unemployed:– The research points to the need of improving
opportunities for skill development for the low skilled as a standard part of their employment conditions.
– This requires the quality of work to be seen as an integral part of a preventive welfare policy.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in the area of employment and unemployment on current macroeconomic policy regime in Europe: – Findings suggest that European policies have
been too preoccupied with the dangers of excessive inflation and neglected the benefits of a modest expansionary bias and a more accommodating macroeconomic stance.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in the area of employment and unemployment on full employment:– tensions at a policy level between supporting
the role of women as mothers and increasing their employment rates
– This suggests that the promotion of increased quality (and not just quantity) of employment should be the priority on this particular segment of the labour market.
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IV. Research findings relevant for policies at national level
Main findings in the area of employment and unemployment on gender and employment:– promotion of flexible employment, part-time
employment and parental leave entitlements, together with the use of marketisation to promote service sector growth, could worsen the significant and persistent gender gaps in European labour markets.
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Conclusion
• These findings show the richness of EU research
• They are relevant for policies at national level
• Further efforts needed to make them available for debate at the various levels of policy level, in particular at national level
• Hope this Conference is the first of many other initiatives of this type