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ERA

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Symposium Vlaams Platform voor Europese Programma’s (EU-platform) 17 Oktober

Arie van der Zwan, RTD B2

What is ERA?

Lamy report:

• The achievement of a European Research Area –a unified area in which researchers and innovators, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely – is enshrined in the EU’s Treaty as part of the EU’s objective to strengthen its scientific and

technological bases. It is fundamental to the EU’s research and innovation ambitions.

• The European Research Area does not mean that EU and Member States do the same thing. Complementarity should prevail.

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W ha t is E R A ?

1. More effective national research systems

2. A. Jointly addressing grand challenges (JPI, ERA-nets)

2 B. Make optimal use of public investments in infrastructures 3 An open labour market for researchers (Euraxess, Resaver) 4 Gender equality and gender mainstreaming in research

5 A. Optimal Circulation and Transfer of Knowledge 5 B. Open Access

6. International collaboration

The 6 key ERA Priorities

The p ri ori tie s

• ERA Roadmap, May 2015

• By mid 2016, almost all MS and some Associated Countries have adopted an ERA National Action Plan

• The 2016 ERA Progress Report : Focus on monitoring. Indicators show strong progress in all ERA priorities across the EU thanks to a true partnership among Member States, Associated Countries, the Commission and research stakeholder organisations

• Big differences in progress and performance between Member States

• ERA remains a gradual process and it is still up to MS to implement the ERA reforms and make ERA work. EC monitors progress and implementation

• 4th ERA Progress Report to be adopted by end 2018

Where do we stand now?

Wha t's ne xt ?

Process & Background

 ERA Progress Report 2016 well received.

 Pure monitoring or more policy-oriented?

 Inclusion of progress on National Action Plans in future progress reports.

 More attention for policy implementation

 Belgian update of Roadmap is good example for other MS!

 May 2017 Council Conclusions on streamlining.

Important role for EU/OECD survey.

Involvement stakeholders

 CION: JRC (RIO country reports), Eurostat (Indicators) & EAC (MCSA)

 ERAC: prio 1: Effective National Research Systems- workshops for mutual learning

 Topics: Complementarity, Excellence, Funding mechanisms, Improvement EMM indicators

 ERA related groups: more detailed analysis of NAPs of their specific priorities

 SHO platform (European Research Organisations:

most Stakeholders Organisations still very attached to the ERA concept as political objective (ERA

declaration April 2017).

Future challenges

• More substantial analysis/inclusion of the

National Action Plans in the monitoring process.

(targets, baselines, timelines/ best practices)

• More focus on the impact of Horizon 2020 and the forthcoming FP9 on the fulfilling of ERA as political objective.(Lamy report & ERAC opinion FP9)

• Improvement of existing indicators/inclusion new

indicators

The Belgium/Flanders ERA Roadmap

• Four roadmaps in one (Federal, Flemish, Walloon, Brussels)

• One of the most systemic and detailed NAPs

• Well structured, clear indication of who is responsible for what –ownership -

• Prioritisation – focus on most important actions

• Inclusion of caveats

• Integration with other Belgium Regions

• Timelines could be improved (NB table in draft

versions)

• Belgium is among the overall top performers in terms of progress towards achieving the European Research Area (ERA) except for Gender

• Government budget appropriations for research and development as a share of government expenditures trails behind the EU-28 average by 11 %.

• Strong in transnational cooperation public-to-public partnerships and the co-invention with ERA partners

• Performance in open, transparent and merit-based hiring of researchers lagged slightly below the EU-28 average

• Despite efforts to improve gender balance, gender is one of Belgium’s weaker areas trailing the EU-28 average.

• Belgium performs very well on Knowledge Transfer, particularly for the share of public R&D funded through private sources, which exceeded the EU-28 average by far

• Belgium’s performance in the share of papers in green open access is among the strongest of all ERA countries. Gold open access is on average.

• Bilateral agreements at the Community or Federal level are the primary instrument through which international cooperation takes place in the Belgian R&I system

2016 ERA Progress Report: Belgium results (ERA Progress Report 2016)

The p ri ori tie s