Abstract: In September 1996 the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission held a workshop in Brussels on problems with industrial uptake from research and development projects in Requirements Engineering. Although there have, in this domain, been a number of research projects industrial uptake has rarely lived up to expectations. The workshop set out to investigate possible explanations for this and what potential mechanisms there may be for promoting industrial uptake of current and future Requirement Engineering projects. This paper has two functions: to describe the results of this workshops and to provide a framework to support planning for future RE activities and initiatives.