– Question No 37 by Emmanouil Angelakas (H-0158/09)

Subject: Evaluation of creativity, innovation and technological development in Member States

Given that 2009 has been designated the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, and given the EU’s programmes, namely the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (2007-2013) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), will the Commission say whether it has any statistics on the level of appropriations taken up so far by each Member State in the sectors covered by the above programmes? What are the most popular sectors in each Member State (in percentages)? Does any assessment exist of the response of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to these programmes (in percentages)?