Dans sa stratégie d'innovation élargie pour l'UE[2], la Commission a désigné parmi dix grands domaines d'action la nécessité d'améliorer le transfert de connaissances[3] entre les organismes de recherche publics[4] et les tiers, y compris l'industrie et les organisations de la société civile.
In its broad-based innovation strategy for the EU [2], the importance of improving knowledge transfer [3] between public research institutions [4] and third parties, including industry and civil society organisations was identified by the Commission as one of ten key areas for action.