Strategic recommendations for secure societies theme in Horizon 2020 : Secure Societies ; Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

This document offers strategic recommendations to the European Commission on how the Secure Societies Theme in Horizon 2020 should be developed to address the longer-term priorities and opportunities. In developing this strategic recommendation the SSAG has considered a wide range of factors including in particular: User organisation priorities, indicating where research and innovation is most likely to deliver benefit to important needs and especially anticipating new trends, Approaches to the formulation of the Work Programmes that are most appropriate to generate effective outcomes and raise competitiveness of EU industry. The primary content of this document was prepared by three working groups of the SSAG(2014-2015). The scope of the Secure Societies theme is very broad and the SSAG looked at several ways to structure the discourse.