Ch. Tarantilis: The countries that produce innovation or invest in it are progressing

The Parliamentary Committee on Research and Technology met on the topic “The role of Greek universities in the utilization of research and innovation”, chaired by the Member of Parliament, Professor Christos Tarantilis.

In his statement, Mr. Tarantilis, wanting to highlight the international importance of business exploration of research and innovation for growth and employment, said that the global economy of start-ups (start-ups and spinoffs) is estimated at the huge amount of 3.8 trillion. According to the 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report. significantly in the overall increase in the level of productivity.

Mr. Tarantilis referred to examples of countries that have recently developed significant action, making business use of the research produced at their universities, such as Latvia, Estonia and Portugal. He stressed that the number of spin-off companies that have been established so far in Greek universities is not commensurate with the quality of their work, dragging the overall performance in the business utilization of Greek research results.

Mr. Tarantilis finally focused on the need for the State to create the right environment to release the productive research forces, as it did with the law on spin off companies passed this week, and stressed that “Greece will not stay behind but it will move forward, because it can and does produce innovation “.

At the invitation of the Chairman of the Committee, a step was taken to Mr. Andreas Boudouvis, Rector of the National Technical University of Athens and Chairman of the Synod of Rectors & Chairmen of Administrative Higher Education Institutions of Greece, who spoke about the role of , then answering the questions of the members of the Commission.