Press Release: Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space) Council meeting, Brussels, 18 and 19 February 2013

The Council held a policy debate on the contribution of research and innovation to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs in the context of the Annual Growth Survey for 2013, in preparation for the EU Spring Summit on 14 and 15 March.
It also held a debate on open access to scientific information of public-funded research projects, one of the objectives for the development of the European Research Area, which is placed at the heart of the strategy for growth and jobs.
Finally, the Council took stock of Joint Programming activities carried out in the field of research and on the state of play of the ITER project for nuclear fusion.