ERA recente ontwikkelingen 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. Article 179 TFEU & Article 182.5 TFEU What is ERA?
The 6 key ERA Priorities 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 priorities
Where do we stand now? 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 What's next?
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 Systemsworkshops 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)
2016 ERA Progress Report: Belgium results (ERA Progress Report 2016) 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 The priorities