Concluding remarks

• Author: Tornasi, Zeno; Delaney, Niamh
• Pages: 25-25

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CONCLUDING REMARKS

Since 2014, t he p rojects funded under ‘Science with and for Society’ contributed to its

primary aims set out in the EU Regulation establishing Horizon 2020, notably to

effectively build cooperation between science and society, recruit new talent for sci ence

and pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility. 28

Science Education is the basis for recruiting new talent for science. It is crucial to

continue to invest in science education to nourish young curious minds and invest in

Europe’s future researchers. The high submission rate of proposals throughout Horizon

2020 convey the research community’s strong interest in this domain.

Integration services offered by the pan-European network of EURAXESS support centres

for researchers’ careers and their families is an investment in the R&I system and a key

enabler of brain and knowledge circulation and shou ld be considered part of t he much -

needed transformations and scale- up mechanisms to ensure an inclusive, healthy and

attractive work environment for excellent research in the renewed ERA.

Inclusiveness on al l levels underpins SwafS. We need science education for all, gender

equality in our organisations, ethi cs and integrity embedded in research, communication

we can trust, open science and ulti mately place citizens at the core to ensure excellent

Research and Innovation to tackle the challenges of today for a better future.

28 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il establishing Horizon 2020