Not exact matches
The statistics office also said that the
public sector, which includes the federal government, regional states, municipalities and social
funds, posted a record budget surplus of 38.4 billion
euros, or 1.2 percent of GDP,
in 2017.
However, despite growing, ICT R&D
public funding falls short 700 million
euros of the target
in 2011 with regards to Digital Agenda targets which aim at doubling ICT R&D
public expenditure by the year 2020 from 2007.
There is no need for very costly devices such as Braille displays (which are sold between 6.595
euros [US$ 9,324] and 11.910
euros [US$ 16,837]
in Europe by the company Eurobraille) or rather expensive ones such as portable Braille devices, with a comfortable if not excessive margin for the selling company, and the need to ask for
public funding to buy them.
According to an interview
in Renewable Energy Magazine, the company has already raised over 1 million
Euros from both private and
public funds in Europe, and is expected to roll out its pre-commercial prototype within the year.
Science, research and development are playing an increasingly important role
in shaping the economy of the city thanks to 1,340 million
Euros of
public funding, 25 research institutes and medical schools and 23 National Health Service hospitals, and allowing many executive jobs
in London with leading healthcare and life sciences firms to be filled
in London.