The European Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, ITRE, voted in favour of a report based on public private partnerships at European level in order to allow the European Union and member countries to engage in private partnerships to carry out research and innovation projects.

On this report, Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar was a negotiator on behalf of the Socialists’ Group.

The Horizon Europe programme discusses new ways in which investments in research and innovation directly benefit families and businesses especially those businesses who are willing to partner up with the public sector.

Maltese MEP Josianne Cutajar is working tirelessly so that countries like Malta can use this type of funding to carry out more research in the fields of health and better connectivity in the digital sector, among others.

Meanwhile, during the last plenary session Dr. Cutajar stressed that she welcomed all the efforts being made to strengthen the European research area — an area that needs a fresh impetus to address the challenges facing Europe.

“Research and innovation are crucial to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the Union and we cannot neglect them. It should not be forgotten that an innovative Europe means more quality jobs, more SMEs coping with the dual transition and more resilience to future shocks. Research on the continent offers great potential to harness — it also offers an important opportunity for peripheral areas, including islands, such as Malta and Gozo, to become “testbeds” for innovative solutions to the most pressing societal challenges” said Josianne Cutajar. 

“The new European research area needs everyone’s input and to be successful we need everyone, from small to large, to be present and active”, said Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar.