Joint Technology Initiatives JTI. IMI - Innovative Medicines Initiative. ARTEMIS. ENIAC. Fuel Cells and H2. Clean Sky. Welcome to ETP - European Technology Platform - Food for Life. Background Technology Platforms What is an ETP? As defined in EURAB 04.010-final [January 2004], a European Technology Platform [ETP] is a . As envisaged by the European Commission, the development of ETPs can help to ensure the European investment in R&D rapidly and effectively: delivers benefits to the European citizen, creates competitiveness for European companies, ends the situation in which high EU R&D investment often produces fewer that expected benefits, and helps to give shape to the European Research Area [ERA] on a sector-by-sector basis.
In recent years, more than 25 ETPs have been initiated, covering sectors as diverse as and . There are typically three stages in the development of an ETP: Addendum Framework Programme 7 Framework Programme 7 The European Commission’s main proposal for FP7 was published last April, followed on September 21st by its proposal of specific programmes. FP7 will last for [2007-13], with the first calls expected at the end of 2006. . . - Health [8317 m euro] All Individual ETPs.