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Open Innovation

The objective of Open Innovation is to enable ideas to circulate more freely. Image credit: Pexels/ startupstockphoto.com

The basic premise is to open up the innovation process to all active players.

Open Science

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as by its French acronym CERN, makes all of its results widely available through an open source digital library. Image credit: 2005-2016 CERN

Science is currently undergoing a revolution thanks to a new approach to the scientific process based on openness, inclusiveness and cooperation,

Open to the World

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as by its French acronym CERN, makes all of its results widely available through an open source digital library. Image credit: 2005-2016 CERNThe Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance organises scientific surveys involving countries around the Atlantic, such as one carried out on the Canadian coastguard ship Louis S. St-Laurent which mapped the seafloor between Halifax, Canada and Tromso, Norway. Image courtesy of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Research and innovation can generate the knowledge and solutions to tackle urgent international problems like the Ebola outbreak or the refugee c