In the past decade, European research and innovation policy has increased its efforts to align scientific excellence with the societal relevance of research and innovation. The concept of “Responsible Research and Innovation” (RRI) was established in European research and innovation policy in 2010, and has since become a cross-cutting issue in the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation. RRI is a term coined within the remit of EU research and innovation policy and has thus to a large extent been discussed as an EU policy issue. This requires that the concept be translated to other contexts, especially the much more focused space of industry. Within this space, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have even more specific needs and logics, which RRI needs to link up with, if the concept and practice be successfully integrated in research and innovation activities, management, and outcomes. The objective of the COMPASS project was to make RRI accessible, comprehensible and feasible for SMEs. This was realized through the co-creation and pilot-testing of methods and tools that enable SMEs to create their own visions and roadmaps of RRI – for their particular sector and for their particular business context. In addition, SMEs and innovation support organisations were provided with tailored, easly applicable tools and resources; including a Self Check Tool as well as teaching and training materials. All project output is available on the project website at
https://innovation-compass.eu/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie).
