Ecsel Ju

ecsel ju is a public-private partnership set up in 2014 between the eu (via the commission), participating member states and three private-member industry associations . it brings leading european companies - large and small - worldclass european research and technology organizations and academia together around a commonly agreed technical agenda for electronic components and systems (ecs) technologies. ecsel ju draws its funding from the european union’s horizon 2020 research scheme, as well as national - and in some cases regional funding authorities. ecsel ju then coordinates and allocates the resources from these parties, together with industry’s own contributions. why is it important? ecs are a key enabling technology, impacting all industrial branches and almost all aspects of life. they provide the fabric on which the internet runs; they give life to portable phones and tablets; they drive driverless cars and trains, fly airliners, drones and satellites, make surgical robots pos