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ERA-LEARNThis ERA-LEARN newsletter is a Special Edition issued for the Joint Programming Conference, Dublin, Ireland in February 2013.

Find previous editions here: http://www.era-learn.eu

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CONTENTS

ERA-LEARN 2

Latest Analysis from ERA-LEARN: Thematic Clustering of ERA Initiatives 3

The Platform for Knowledge Based Bio-Economy relevant ERA-NETs 6

JPIs To Co Work 7

NETWATCH 8

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ERA-LEARN

ERA-LEARN is a systematic investigation of trans-national coordination experiences and acquired know-how with the perspective to identify good examples and to develop a set of recommended procedures.

This includes the examination of complementarities and synergies of the ERA-NET instrument with the other existing schemes and programmes at all levels (regional, national, trans-national, international).

Based on a comprehensive analysis of existing and already validated procedures ERA-LEARN facilitates the identification of tools that are suitable for a broad use.

ERA-LEARN provides:• Smart Coordination: ERA

instruments Analysis of trends in the

coordination of national and regional research programmes with a view to the reasoning behind the choice of the respective instrument: ERA-NET, Article 185 Initiatives, Joint Technology Initiatives, Joint Programming Initiatives, Technology Platforms, EUREKA and other relevant instruments. (updated January 2013)

• Tools for internal review of ERA-NET participation

How to position ERA-NET participation in your organisation. (updated May 2012)

• Manual and tools for call implementation

Everything you need to launch and implement a joint call. (updated May 2012 - constant revision based on your input)

• IPR information Suggestions for applicants to

joint calls. (updated May 2012)

• Mapping tools for participating programmes

(first draft published January 2011)

For more information visit: http://www.era-learn.eu

The ERA-LEARN project facilitates learning among national and regional funding organisations in order to optimise the performance of their ERA-NET and other trans-national coordination activities. The ERA-LEARN Toolbox is available at www.era-learn.eu

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LATEST ANALySIS FROM ERA-LEARN: THEMATIC CLUSTERINg OF ERA INITIATIVES

Transparency and clear description on the design of each instrument and the experience of the member states is necessary in order to have guidance to the choice of instrument when participating in joint programme activities.

The ERA-LEARN consortium therefore gives an overview on the emerging trends in the coordination and mutual opening of national and regional research programmes with a view to the reasoning behind the choice of the respective instrument which includes an analysis of the

complementarities between the ERA-NET Scheme and the Joint Technology Initiatives, Technology Platforms, Article 185 Initiatives, EUREKA and other relevant instruments and supports the stakeholders when opting for one of the instruments.

In the recent years there has been a rapid development and changes in the coordination of national and regional research programmes. These include the shift from a bottom up ERA-NET approach to a more strategic application of multiple instruments and the advent of joint programmes.

THEMATIC CLUSTERINg

Energy

BESTF

BIOENERgy

CAPITA

ECO-INNOVERA

ECORD

ERA-CAPS

ERA-CHEMISTRy

FENCO-NET

geothermal ERA NET

LEAD ERA

M-ERA.NET

PV-ERANET 2

Smartgrids

Bonus+

BONUS-169

Biofuels

Photovoltaics

RHC

Smartgrids

SNETP

TPWind

ZEP

JTI FCH

EUROgIA+

PF+

Bbg - Biobased for growth

EeB - Energy-efficient Buildings

EFFRA - Factories of the Future

KIC InnoEnergy (Sustainable Energy)

Smart Cities

Environment

BiodivERsA2

BIOENERgy

CIRCLE-2

CRUE

ECO-INNOVERA

ECORD

ERA-CAPS

ERA-CHEMISTRy

ERA-ENVHEALTH

ERNEST

LEAD ERA

NET-HERITAgE

PV-ERANET 2

RURAgRI

SEAS-ERA

SKEP

SNOWMAN

BONUS-169

JTI FCH

ACQUEAU

CH - Cultural Heritage and global Change

CLIMATE (CliK’EU) - connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe

Healthy & productive seas and oceans

UE - Urban Europe

Water Challenges

EeB - Energy-efficient Buildings

gC - green Cars

Climate KIC (Climate Change)

Smart Cities

Water Efficient Europe

KBBE, Food, Agriculture, FisheriesANIHWA

ARIMNet

COFASP

CORE Organic II

ERA-ARD-II

ERA-CAPS

ERA-IB-2

ERASynBio

EUPHRESCO II

EUROTRANSBIO (ETB-PRO)

FORESTERRA

ICT-AgRI

MariFish

RURAgRI

RURAgRI

SNOWMAN

SUSFOOD

ERASysBio+

BONUS-169

FABRE TP

Food

gAH

Plants

EUROAgRI FOOD CHAIN

FACCE - Agriculture, food security and climate change

Healthy & productive seas and oceans

food4future (2014ff)

Agriculture

ERA-NET

ERA-NET +

Article 185

ETP

JTI

EUREKA

JPI

PPP

Fet-Flagships

EIT - KICs

EIP

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THEMATIC CLUSTERINg

ERA-NET

ERA-NET +

Article 185

ETP

JTI

EUREKA

JPI

PPP

Fet-Flagships

EIT - KICs

EIP

Health

EMIDA

ERA-Age

ERA-NET NEURON II

E-Rare-2

EUROCOURSE

EUROTRANSBIO (ETB-PRO)

HIVERA

LEAD ERA

PathogenoMics

TRANSCAN

ERASysBio+

EDCTP

NanoMedicine

JTI IMI

AMR - Antimicrobial resistance

HDHL - A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Living

JPND - Neurodegenerative Disease Research / Alzheimer

HBP-PS

guardian Angels

ITFoM

Innovation for healthy living and active ageing (2014ff)

Active and Healthy Aging

ICT

CHIST-ERA II

DC-Net

ECO-INNOVERA

ERASynBio

LEAD ERA

SEERA-EI

PIANO+

BioPhotonics+

OLAE+

AAL JP

BONUS-169

ARTEMISIA

AENEAS

EPoSS

EUROP

ISI

NEM

NESSI

Net!Works

Photonics21

JTI ARTEMIS

JTI ENIAC

ITEA 2

CATRENE

CELTIC Plus

EURIPIDES

MyBL - More years, Better Lives

CA-RoboCom

FI - Future Internet

FuturICT

graphene

guardian Angels

HBP-PS

ITFoM

EIT ICT Labs (Information and Communication Technologies)

Smart Cities

Industrial Production

CAPITA

ECO-INNOVERA

ERASynBio

EUROTRANSBIO (ETB-PRO)

LEAD ERA

MANUNET II

M-ERA.NET

PV-ERANET 2

ECTP

ESTEP

ETP SMR

EuMaT

Forest-based

FTC

IndustrialSafety

Manufuture

SusChem

WSSTP

E! SURF

MF.IND

PF+

added value manufacturing (2018ff)

Infrastructures

elnfraNet

ERA-Instruments

NuPNET

Smart Cities

Others

CAPITA

ERA-CAPS

ERA-MIN

OLAE+

iMERA+

EMRP

Horizontal

CORNET

e-InfraNet

EraSME

FLEET (horizontal Support Action)

MyBL - More years, Better Lives

EUROSTARS

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THEMATIC CLUSTERINg

ERA-NET

ERA-NET +

Article 185

ETP

JTI

EUREKA

JPI

PPP

Fet-Flagships

EIT - KICs

EIP

Materials, Nano-Sciences and NanotechnologiesAETROS

CAPITA

CROSSTEXNET

ECO-INNOVERA

ERA-CHEMISTRy

ERA-MIN

ERASynBio

EuroNanoMed

M-ERA.NET

MNT ERA-NET

PV-ERANET 2

SAF1RA

SIINN

NanoMedicine

MATERA+

NanoSci-ERA

WOODWISDOM

CATRENE

EUREKABUILD2

EURIPIDES

graphene

raw materials (2014ff)

Raw Materials

Transport

AirTN

ERA-NET Road

ERA-NET Transport

MARTEC II

Electromobility+

BONUS-169

ACARE

ERRAC

ERTRAC

ESTP

Waterborne

JTI Clean Sky

JTI FCH

gC - green Cars

urban mobility (2018ff)

Smart Cities

Socio-Economic Sciences and HumanitiesECO-INNOVERA

ERANID

HERA

NORFACE II

RURAgRI

SNOWMAN

HERA JRP CE

NORFACE Plus

BONUS-169

UE - Urban Europe

Smart Cities

Security

THE HOUSE

smart secure societies (2018ff)

International Cooperation

CONCERT-Japan

New INDIgO

KORANET

ERAFRICA

ERA.Net RUS

SEE-ERA.NET Plus

Space

The full report is available at: http://www.era-learn.eu

An on-line version of the table above can be used at: http://www.era-learn.eu

Note that the ERA-LEARN analysis includes ongoing ERA-NETs and those that have ended in the past two years.

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THE PLATFORM FOR KNOWLEDgE BASED BIO-ECONOMy RELEVANT ERA-NETS

The FP7 project PLATFORM brings together the ERA-NETs and JPIs in the area of the knowledge based bio-economy with the aim to enhance exchange and cooperation between ERA actors and to strengthen the impact of ERA-NETs in the European bioeconomy. The work of PLATFORM includes mutual learning and networking, outreach and interlinkage, and establishing a forum for overarching strategic discussion. An annual workshop and other project meetings are key facilitating events towards these aims and include brainstorm and discussion sessions towards a common vision and roadmap.

The project consortium with 13 partners is coordinated by the Netherlands. The executive team consists of experienced ERA-NET coordinators and managers committed to form an active and open network. The activities bring together a wide range of actors, including the ERA-NETs funded by FP7-KBBE calls as well as some neighbouring ERA-NETs, self-sustained networks in the bio-economy, three JPIs, and SCAR Collaborative Working groups.

PLATFORM aims to work together with other initiatives such as the ERA-NET broad learning initiative ERA-LEARN, the information and analysis source NETWATCH, and JPIs TO CO-WORK - the JPI mutual learning project focussing on Framework Conditions.

Website: www.era-platform.eu

Contact: platform.office@wur.nl

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JPIS TO CO WORK

Framework Conditions were defined by groupe de Programmation Conjointe as essential functions to be addressed by JPIs. They are Peer review, Foresight, Evaluation, Funding of cross-border research, Optimum dissemination and use of research findings, and Protection, management and sharing of intellectual property rights.

We are organizing a series of workshops to distribute existing materials, exchange experiences and have well organized discussions on Framework Conditions and on some other closely related issues. We already held a workshop on Foresight and Ex-ante Evaluation, and the second one discussing governance and Evaluation will take place on December 2012.

Since JPI’s involve different institutions from different countries, with different procedures, there is a need to provide advice and the opportunity to learn from each other. JPIs To Co Work will contribute to choose the best approaches to FCs and to build a common language to make things easier for researchers, science policy makers and stakeholders.

JPIs To Co Work (http://www.jpis2cowork.eu/) is a project funded by FP7. The objective of this project is to provide a forum for discussion, exchange of experiences and best practices, and implement a process of mutual learning amongst on-going and future Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) around the so-called Framework Conditions and the best contribution of JPIs to the European Research Area within the strategy Europe 2020.

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NETWATCH

Through the NETWATCH platform information was initially collected on the FP6 and FP7 ERA-NET instrument in order to undertake analysis of the rationale, development paths and successes of such instruments. However, the scope of the analysis has been broadened for NETWATCH to include the ERA-NET Plus scheme, Article 185s and, progressively, the Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI).

The information collected includes that related to network themes, joint activities, participation in networks and joint calls, and joint call budgets and mechanisms for implementation. This information is used to map the landscape and to monitor its evolution over time, and subsequently to assess the impact of transnational research programme collaboration. In addition to regular exchanges with network coordinators, direct interaction with Member State representatives is achieved through the NETWATCH Advisory Board, which comprises senior policy makers and advisers from national authorities.

This work contributes to the development and ongoing implementation of Joint Programming in the EU, particularly in the light of the added impetus given to the European Research Area in the context of the Innovation Union. The ongoing development of NETWATCH has further strengthened its coherence with related information platforms particularly the Innovation Union Information and Intelligence system (I3S), ERAWATCH and TrendChart. NETWATCH also hosts the Learning Platform which contains the outputs of ERALEARN.

Website: http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu

The Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) conducts policy and economic analysis principally for an audience of policy-makers and analysts at EU, national and regional level. It offers evidence of and insights into the European research, education and innovation landscape.