What is the EIC Forum?
The EIC Forum brings together representatives of Member States’ and Associated Countries’ public authorities and bodies in charge of innovation policy and programmes. Its main role is to promote the coordination and dialogue on the development of the Union’s innovation ecosystem.
The EIC Forum has been established under Pillar III of Horizon Europe and was formally launched on 23 November 2021. It serves as a place to collect, discuss and test new ideas and proposals from stakeholders and their possible uptake and scaling up at national and European level.
High-level representatives meet three-to-four times a year in the Plenary formation, to which the EIC Board and EIT Board are also invited. The work of the Plenary is supported by five working groups, discussing issues of a more technical nature on an ad hoc basis:
- EIC Forum Working Group on Innovation Policy
- EIC Forum Working Group on Innovation Procurement
- EIC Forum Working Group on Employees’ Stock Options
- EIC Forum Working Group on Plug-in scheme to the EIC accelerator
- EIC Forum Working Group on EIC Prizes Alumni network
Latest meetings of the EIC Forum Plenary
2 April 2025, Brussels, Belgium
Main topics covered:
- The EIC Forum’s response to the Start-up and Scale-up Strategy’s Call for Evidence
- Study on the definition of start-ups, scale-ups, and innovative companies
- Study on the relocation of start-ups
- Savings and investments Union
6 February 2025, Brussels, Belgium
Main topics covered:
- EIC Forum 2024 Policy Orientations
- Startup and Scaleup Strategy and European Innovation Act – consultation of the EIC Forum
- Discussion on the EIC Forum’s future role
14 November 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
Main topics covered:
- New European Innovation Agenda implementation
- 10th anniversary of the EIC iCapital Award
- Political Guidelines of the 2024-2029 Commission
Contact
Should you have any further question about the EIC Forum or EIC Forum Working Groups, contact RTD-EIC-FORUM
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (RTD-EIC-FORUM[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) .
Latest
Commissioner Zaharieva and the participants to the Forum have discussed the contribution of the Forum to the Call for Evidence for the forthcoming EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy.
In its yearly report, the EIC Forum presents the innovation challenges identified in 2024 and suggests solutions to boost Europe’s competitiveness.