Strategic orientations
The SwafS WP18-20 is built around the following five strategic orientations:
- Accelerating and catalysing processes of institutional change,
- Stepping up the support to Gender Equality in Research & Innovation policy,
- Building the territorial dimension of SwafS partnerships,
- Exploring and supporting citizen science, and
- Building the knowledge base for SwafS.
Specific contributions to cross-cutting issues
SwafS WP18-20 integrates Horizon 2020 cross-cutting issues and emphasises:
- Responsible research and innovation (RRI) including gender, and
- Enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession.
Moreover, all proposals should explicitly aim to achieve positive impacts in one or more of the following cross-cutting issues:
- Climate change, sustainable development, and biodiversity,
- Cooperation with third countries.
Notably, all SwafS WP18-20 projects are expected to support one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In their structure and processes, consortia should look as much as possible for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research and innovation, and due to the societal focus involve experts in the fields of the social and economic sciences and humanities. Consortia should aim to involve SMEs in research and innovation and broader private sector participation. They should look to maximise the engagement of private social actors, such as civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and social entrepreneurs. All topics are open to international cooperation. Activities developed in the present SwafS WP18-20 should involve many different actors in order to draw lessons and look for impacts as broadly as possible. Where possible, they should pay attention to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, future and emerging technologies, and areas relating to bridging discovery to market application. The present SwafS WP18-20 is built to foster the functioning and achievement of the European Research Area (ERA).