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European Commission, DG JRC -Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Elina Zicmane, O. Nielsen, Heidi Seybert, P. Hearn, Peter Johnston, Stephen White, Manfred Rosenstock, F. Vollenbroek, E. Peters, E. Ponthieu, Pierre Henry, Irja Vonnaki, D. Deybe, Nicholas Christoforides, M. Hayden, L. Pietrantonio, May Pettigrew, J. Nolan, T. Martino (2002)
The impact of ICT on sustainable development
CHAPTER 1 CHALLENGES TO THE EUROPEAN EXCEPTION: WHAT CAN S&T DO? The 7th Framework Programme (FP) was designed against the background of Europeans feeling anxious that Europe is turning from a positive into a negative “exception” at global level. The continent is confronted with a number of important economic, social and environmental challenges. These undermine the European exception in the positive sense, namely what Europeans are most proud of: the progress made so far towards the achievement of valuable societal objectives (e.g. raising standards of living and quality of life). While some (e.g. environmental) difficulties are common to all major world economies, other troubles (e.g. low economic growth and high unemployment) appear to be unique to Europe, turning it into a global exception in the negative sense. The purpose of this chapter is twofold. It is first of all, and without pretending completeness, to explore in greater detail some of the societal issues affecting Europe. A second objective is to investigate the role that S&T can play in addressing these challenges. This potential role is sizeable, as this chapter will demonstrate. In order for S&T to realise its potential, however, a number of substantial S&T weaknesses will have to
Published: Jan 1, 2006
Keywords: European Commission; Gross Domestic Product; Total Factor Productivity; Euro Area; Employment Rate
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