04/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, has appointed a group of high level experts on innovation. Chaired by Professor Andreu Mas-Colell, the group aims to advise the European Commission on an indicator for measuring the extent to which Europe has developed toward a more innovative economy. This indicator will complete the 3% of GDP investment objective in R&D as part of EUROPE 2020 strategy. It will be aimed at assessing overall research and innovation and establishing the reasons why this differs from one member state to the next. The indicator will fuel implementation of the future research and innovation strategy for Europe. (C-C.G/transl.jl)