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Representatives of the European Union's research and innovation community representing over 1,000 universities and universities of applied sciences, 56 academies of science, 38 research performing and funding organisations, 33 rectors' conferences, as well as 120 regional organisations are urgently calling for a successful UK association to Horizon Europe.

The European Commission's approach to its 'ERA Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe' should be as inclusive as possible. Its development and implementation need to include research communities, national governments, research organisations, and R&I stakeholders. That opinion is shared by Science Europe in this response, alongside highlighting the need to base the pact on research values – including academic freedom – and to have it reflect the reality of the research sector.

The year 2020 saw a global pandemic attest to the value of science. In the race for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, Science Europe's Member Organisations (MOs) were at the forefront of the global response and Science Europe became more relevant and important than ever. This report looks back at the key priorities of Science Europe over the past year and gives an overview of its working groups and activities. The association made a significant contribution to the EU's future work by providing concrete recommendations to the European Commission and consistently supporting the European Parliament in its advocacy for a stronger budget for Horizon Europe and for hallmark programmes such as the ERC and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Our members were a valuable part of this effort, as their input fed into the many discussions and publications featured in this report. As we continue to advocate for science and the scientific community to help build the European Research Area and shape the global scientific agenda, we would like to use this report as an opportunity to reflect on the association's achievements and look at the challenges that lie ahead.

The year 2020 saw a global pandemic attest to the value of science. In the race for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, Science Europe's Member Organisations (MOs) were at the forefront of the global response and Science Europe became more relevant and important than ever. This report looks back at the key priorities of Science Europe over the past year and gives an overview of its working groups and activities. The association made a significant contribution to the EU's future work by providing concrete recommendations to the European Commission and consistently supporting the European Parliament in its advocacy for a stronger budget for Horizon Europe and for hallmark programmes such as the ERC and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Our members were a valuable part of this effort, as their input fed into the many discussions and publications featured in this report. As we continue to advocate for science and the scientific community to help build the European Research Area and shape the global scientific agenda, we would like to use this report as an opportunity to reflect on the association's achievements and look at the challenges that lie ahead.

Science Europe calls on the European Commission to take into account the important role of the research sector as producer and user of data. The longstanding experience of the research sector should feed into the development of an overarching EU data strategy that promotes data access across sectors. In its response to the EC consultation on the European Strategy for Data, Science Europe also underlines the need to consider sectoral policies to ensure coherence between overarching and sectoral policies.

Science Europe calls on the leaders of the EU to dedicate increased funding to research and innovation at the 19 June European Council meeting on the EU long-term budget and COVID-19 recovery fund. An increased budget is necessary to meet the ambitious objectives of the European Union for a sustainable, healthy planet, and to ensure the global competitiveness of its research sector. Science Europe also emphasises the need for sustained European leadership in tackling all COVID-19-incurred challenges.

The Research and Innovation (R&I) sector has been sacrificed in these budget negotiations, when it should have been the spearhead of an ambitious, future-oriented, knowledge-based plan for Europe. Science Europe now calls the European Parliament and the European Commission, as the protectors of European R&I, to continue taking a strong stand in favour of a larger budget for Horizon Europe.

Science Europe welcomes that the European Commission intends improve cross-sectoral data access, not only for the economic sector, but also for research and innovation. Data from all sectors have cross-cutting value for R&I and consequently for society at large. In its response to the EC Roadmap for an upcoming legislative proposal on the governance of common European data spaces Science Europe reinforces the need to consider sectoral policies to ensure coherence.

Updating EU legislation on digital services and platforms is essential given the rapid development of online platforms and services. The foreseen scope of the new legislation is not clearly defined and greater clarification should be introduced to ensure that the Digital Services Act does not have unintended effects on research.

In its response to the European Commission, Science Europe highlights that future EU legislation on AI needs to strike the right balance between safeguards for users and developers of AI systems, and a legal environment that fosters R&I.

In its response to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Science Europe welcomes the detailed guidance on identifying whether controllership is joint or separate within a given collaboration and identifying an appropriate legal form to establish an agreement. However further clarification through the EDPB Guidelines would be helpful for public research organisations.