Will Bulgaria And Romania Move From The Bottom Of EU’s Innovation Scoreboard?

Last year, the European Commission published an innovation scoreboard showing innovation performance across the EU. Countries are split into four groups: innovation leaders, strong innovators, moderate innovators, and modest innovators. Northern Europe seems to be leading the way with Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands occupying the first four places. Bulgaria and Romania are on the other side of the spectrum, taking up the bottom two positions and the ‘Modest Innovators’ title.  The study looks at a number of indicator groups: framework conditions (human resources, attractive research systems, and innovation-friendly environment), investments, innovation activities, impacts, and structural data (e.g. GDP per capita and total entrepreneurial conditions.