Africa: 'Responsible Innovation' Is Already Too European

21 January 2015

Federico Vasen says that developing countries should critically assess the concept of responsible innovation.

Recently, the notion of responsible innovation (RI) has become central to European Union policy for science, technology and innovation (STI). This new concept is embedded across the Horizon 2020 programme, and the activities related to this programme have a total budget of €91 million for 2014 and 2015.

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