Abstract:

The article presents a review about the innovations especially in Key Enabling Technologies (KET), which are nowadays very popular and are closely related to the European Union strategy till year 2020. The KETs are regarded as the promising technologies regarding the sustainable development of Europe. Thus the sustainable innovations in companies particularly in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are discussed. The aim of the article is to present the KETs defined within the European Union policy for support its sustainable growth and development, and to compare the evaluation and development of KETs in recent years in European states. For this purpose, the qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for the evaluation of the KETs deployment on a European and global level. The implementation of KETs in Member States and others is also depicted.