Brussels, 25/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - During its seven year existence, from 2007 to 2013, and despite its complexity and rigidity, the 7th EU framework programme for research and development (FP7) was effective in boosting scientific excellence (25,000 projects with over 134,000 participations) and jobs (130,000 jobs created per year over a period of ten years).
That was what was found in the ex-post evaluation of FP7 by an independent group of high-level experts, the results of which were...