About this site... 

The DG Enterprise of the European Commission has launched in February 2000 a study on "policy trends in intangible assets" in seven Member States: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and United Kingdom.  

In addition to drafting recommendations for actions at EU level, the study’s objectives were to:

• provide the Commission with an overview of Member States policies on intangibles, through the identification and study of national plans and measures : policies supporting human capital, process capital, innovation capital, measures accompanying business environment, and account reporting policies, etc.;

• make an inventory of promotional activities and initiatives aimed at raising awareness of public and private actors in the field of intangible assets (web sites, key papers, conferences, experts and working groups, etc.);

• present an overview of who's who and who does what, including their contact details.

The study has been carried out by LL&A, a research and consultancy company established in Versailles, France. Contact person : Isabelle Chatrie (isa@ll-a.fr).

The contact person at DG Enterprise is Ellen Pedersen (ellen.pedersen@cec.eu.int).

In parallel to the study, DG Enterprise has also launched a High Level Expert Group. The HLEG is charged with examining systematically and in some detail a wide range of areas where existing public policies may be impeding or biasing the way the private sector thinks about and acts with respect to investments in intangible assets.

Both initiatives, the study and the HLEG, were completed in November 2000. Their results and findings are published on this site. 

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