By 2020, the ERC shall therefore aim to demonstrate that the best researchers are participating in the ERC's competitions, that ERC funding has led to scientific publications of the highest quality and to research results with high societal and economic potential impact, and that the ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world's best scientists.

Collaborative consumption has a number of direct effects (such as lower resource consumption and CO2 emissions, higher demand for good quality products if the products are to be lent, hired or repaired; it promotes eco-design benefiting a number of different users, durability and repeated customisation of compatible products; it improves social interaction, community development and trust among individuals; it encourages access to high-quality products for lower-income consumers, etc.) and can also have ...[+++] other indirect effects.

Building a European knowledge-based bio-economy by bringing together science, industry and other stakeholders, to exploit new and emerging research opportunities that address social, environmental and economic challenges: the growing demand for safer, healthier, higher quality food and for sustainable use and production of renewable bio-resources; the increasing risk of epizootic and zoonotic diseases and food related disorders; threats to the sustainability and security of agricultural, aquaculture and fisheries production; and the increasing demand for high quality food, taking into account animal welfare and rural and coastal conte ...[+++]xts and response to specific dietary needs of consumers.

On the one hand, the spread of the new information and communication technologies is making international trade and the coordination of production faster and very cheap, while generating new applications that produce more creative and higher-quality jobs.

Prompted by requests from respondents to the Green Paper for high quality and client-oriented support services, the Commission will keep promoting access to top-class support and management training for entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, including groups with specific needs such as women and entrepreneurs from ethnic minorities.

The major contribution to these results comes firstly from the avoided emissions from the manufacture of virgin PVC (in the case of high quality recycling) and secondly from the avoided emissions from incineration (including indirect emissions associated with the manufacture of neutralisation agents).