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14.05.2025
New Country Report for Italy
The ERA-LEARN Country Report on Italy provides an in-depth analysis of Italy’s participation in European Research and Innovation (R&I) Partnerships, highlighting its strong engagement, strategic priorities, and implementation practices.
12.05.2025
Commission Expert Group on the Design and Selection of Directional Initiatives
Under the European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, major directional initiatives - such as European Partnerships and EU Missions - play a crucial role in addressing complex and urgent challenges. The European Commission aims to establish a dedicated expert group to develop and test a robust methodology to guide the identification, design and selection of these directional initiatives under the next Framework Programme (FP10).
07.05.2025
European Partnerships in the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe
The Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe was published by the European Commission on 30 April 2025, including an assessment of European Partnerships against their underlying criteria. The overall tone is positive, highlighting their leverage effect, pooling of resources and long-term cooperation. At the same time, however, it highlights challenges such as complexity, bureaucracy and lack of resources.
25.03.2025
New European Partnerships in Advanced Materials, Textiles and Photovoltaics
Three new European Partnerships on advanced materials, textiles and photovoltaics are being launched as part of the Horizon Europe 2025 work programme. Established under the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027, these partnerships between the European Commission and industry associations aim to promote growth, sustainability and resilience, contributing to a strong, inclusive and globally competitive Europe.
17.03.2025
New Country Report for Slovenia
ERA-LEARN has been producing country reports since 2019. The selection of the countries is based on a combination of variables: number of network participations, network coordination, national commitments to partnerships, etc., based on the data included in the ERA-LEARN database and their combination with relevant R&I indicators from EUROSTAT, OECD and the European Innovation Scoreboard.
17.03.2025
Update for EIT KIC Factsheets
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) has updated the fact sheets for the nine EIT KICs.
14.02.2025
Commission starts consultation on next MFF
On 12 February, the European Commission published a Communication on ‘The Road to the next Multiannual Financial Framework'. It outlines the key policy and budgetary challenges that will shape the design of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
13.02.2025
Commission adopts its Work Programme 2025
On 12 February 2025, the European Commission published its Work Programme 2025: 'Moving forward together: A Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union'.
05.02.2025
European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2024 - Report published
The third Partnership Stakeholder Forum was co-organised by the European Commission and ERA-LEARN and took place in Brussels on 4-5 December. The event attracted more than four hundred participants in person and online. The event was opened by Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation. A report on the forum is now available.
13.01.2025
PKH Opinion on European Partnerships under FP10 published
The European Commission has published the opinion of the Partnership Knowledge Hub on European Partnerships under the future EU Framework Programme (FP10).
16.12.2024
Updated Country Report for Austria
The ERA-LEARN Country Reports analyse the participation of countries in European Partnerships. They are based on data available in the ERA-LEARN database and a series of interviews with key stakeholders in the country, including individual researchers who have benefited from projects supported by the Partnerships. While the original country report on Austria was published in 2019, an updated version has now been published.
03.12.2024
New ERA-LEARN Brochure celebrating two Decades of European Partnerships
Over the past twenty years, European Partnerships have evolved into an impactful R&I policy instrument. With over 30,000 participations and over 6,000 projects, they have addressed grand challenges through a broad range of transformation-oriented research and innovation activities. As a tribute to the achievements of this period, the brochure showcases more than twenty impact stories of Partnerships over their 20-year existence.
05.11.2024
European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2024 - Registration Open
DG RTD, with the support of ERA-LEARN, is organising the third edition of the Partnership Stakeholder Forum in Brussels on 04 and 05 Dec 2024.
05.11.2024
Recommendations for Partnerships under upcoming FP10
On behalf of the European Commission, several expert groups have published reports on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe and made recommendations for European Partnerships under FP10 in recent months.
11.10.2024
Upcoming PKH Opinion on Partnerships in FP10
The Partnership Knowledge Hub (PKH) organised an online hearing with the Partnerships on the draft PKH opinion on Partnerships in the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10) on 11 October 2024.
24.09.2024
Partnership Evaluation Reports published
As part of the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe, 17 Evaluation Reports on European Partnerships have been published.
19.09.2024
Biennial Monitoring Report (BMR) 2024 on Partnerships in Horizon Europe published
The European Commission has published the second edition of the report on the Performance of European Partnerships under Horizon Europe (Biennial Monitoring Report - BMR 2024).
23.08.2024
Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2023 published
The Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2023 has now been published. It has been prepared by the ERA-LEARN project team using data provided by the P2P networks. The report provides an acknowledgement and celebration of 20 years of Public-to-Public Partnerships, reflecting on how they have developed and grown over the last 20 years and the wider impact they have had. It also highlights the work of ERA-LEARN during 2023 and provides an updated picture of the evolving P2P landscape in relation to calls, committed budgets and transnational projects. The report celebrates the commitment of P2Ps over the last 20 years, the leverage effects of EU funding and the continuing national commitment to advancement of the ERA.
26.06.2024
Updated EC Guidelines for Submission and Integration of Partnership Data
The European Commission has updated its guidelines for "Submission and Integration of Partnerships Data XML FILE" to version 2.5. Compared to the previous version (2.4, dated October 2022), the document has been revised following the feedback received by the Commission from the Partnerships during the last months.
24.06.2024
New Guidelines on Synergy Creation and International Cooperation
ERA-LEARN has published two new guidelines covering two distinct yet highly relevant topics: synergy creation and international cooperation.
08.05.2024
Annotated Grant Agreement (AGA) published
The European Commission has published a first full version of the Annotated Grant Agreement (AGA) on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. The AGA complements the Model Grant Agreement (MGA). It provides explanations and examples for each article of the MGA. The document now published is the first version of the AGA that is no longer a draft.
11.04.2024
Proposal Pre-Check Service for Applicants from Widening Countrys
The network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area under Horizon Europe (NCP_WIDERA.NET) now offers a proposal pre-check service for applicants to Joint Transnational Calls (JTCs) of Institutionalised European Partnerships.
26.03.2024
South Korea joins Pillar II of Horizon Europe
South Korea has concluded negotiations to join Horizon Europe. Following in the footsteps of Canada and New Zealand, from 2025 Korean researchers will be able to apply for grants under the Pllar II on an equal footing with EU researchers. This includes areas such as climate, energy and mobility, digital, industry and space, health and participation in most European partnerships.
21.03.2024
European Partnerships under the Second Strategic Plan
The European Commission has adopted the second Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe on 20 March 2024. The Strategic Plan integrates the EU's overarching policy priorities with Horizon Europe's research and innovation activities as set out in the Horizon Europe Work Programmes. The Strategic Plan has been developed in partnership with Member States and Associated Countries, and has included public consultation.
05.02.2024
Report on Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2023
The second Partnership Stakeholder Forum was organised by European Commission and ERA-LEARN and took place in Brussels, 5-6 December 2023. The event attracted more than 250 people that were able to take part in several workshops that addressed important topics namely, synergies between Partnerships and Missions, experiences, achievements and needs of the European partnerships based on the HE interim evaluation, the additionality and directionality of European Partnerships as well as openness and transparency and developing a coherent Partnership portfolio. At the same time, the future of partnerships was also discussed in detail both in terms of their selection process and their design under FP10 considering also their internationalisation and global links under the spectrum of strategic autonomy for the EU.
14.12.2023
Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2023 - Results
The second Partnership Stakeholder Forum was organised by European Commission and ERA-LEARN and took place in Brussels, 5-6 December 2023. The event attracted more than 250 people that were able to take part in several workshops that addressed important topics namely, synergies between Partnerships and Missions, experiences, achievements and needs of the European partnerships based on the HE interim evaluation, the additionality and directionality of European Partnerships as well as openness and transparency and developing a coherent Partnership portfolio. At the same time, the future of partnerships was also discussed in detail both in terms of their selection process and their design under FP10 considering also their internationalisation and global links under the spectrum of strategic autonomy for the EU.
22.11.2023
Launching the year with a Webinar followed by a Technical Workshop
The European Commission with support of ERA-LEARN is planning on organising two meetings in the interest of European Partnerships, early next year.
02.11.2023
European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2023 - registration open
EC-DG RTD, with the support of ERA-LEARN, is organising the second edition of the Partnership Stakeholder Forum in Brussels on the 05 and 06 Dec 2023. Registration is now open.
25.10.2023
Workshop on European Partnerships phasing-out strategies
The Horizon Europe Regulation states that every partnership needs to develop a phasing-out strategy. Nevertheless, the activities of the partnerships and the attainment of their objectives should go beyond the availability of Union funding. The aim of the workshop, that took place on 21 September in Brussels, was to initiate a reflection on the phasing-out strategies of European partnerships and to elaborate potential future scenarios in the best interest of their members and of the EU. Slides and minutes are now available for download.
12.10.2023
PKH Opinion on European Partnerships under the second Strategic Plan
The recently published opinion of the Partnership Knowledge Hub (PKH) on the second batch of European Partnerships aims at giving advice to the European Commission on the selection of new candidate partnerships under the second Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe, notably on the interpretation and the relevance of Horizon Europe selection criteria for Partnerships, as well as the relevance of additional issues to be considered in the selection process, on lessons learnt from the selection process of the first batch of European Partnerships, and on how to better design the selection process for European Partnerships.
10.10.2023
New Model Consortium Agreement for co-funded European Partnerships
In addition to the Grant Agreement it is compulsory for all beneficiaries to sign a Consortium Agreement (CA). Each consortium has to define its own CA to meet its specific requirements. To support the preparation of your specific Consortium Agreement, ERA-LEARN has developed a template for a model CA for co-funded European Partnerships. The template is based on DESCA.
11.09.2023
Country Report on Participation of France in European R&I Partnerships published
The ERA-LEARN Country Reports provide an analysis of European R&I partnership participation and try to explain the performance of a country in transnational collaboration within the context of the overall situation in the national research and innovation system and comparing the particular country with a number of other countries of interest, as well as the EU averages.
07.09.2023
Revised ERA-LEARN RIPE Toolkit
ERA-LEARN has updated the guidance and tools provided by the RIPE toolkit to reflect the new requirements for European Partnerships. This resulted in the addition of an extra part in the now called Revised RIPE Toolkit, i.e. R²IPE - focusing on the Horizon Europe approach and the BMR requirements. The ‘old’ RIPE part has also been revised to include a comprehensive approach to the Basics in Monitoring & Evaluation that are useful in complementing the BMR-specific part.
07.09.2023
EU and UK reach political agreement on UK participation in Horizon Europe
The European Commission and the United Kingdom have reached a political agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe, the EU's research, and innovation programme, and Copernicus, the EU's world-leading Earth observation programme.
13.07.2023
Assessing European Partnerships against European policy priorities - Independent Expert Report
Responding to its first task set by the Commission, the Expert Group for support of the Strategic Coordination process for Partnerships developed a methodology to allow the creation of evidence-based independent advice to the Commission on the development of the portfolio of European Partnerships, considering emerging R&I priorities, common challenges and EU political priorities that require orchestrated large-scale investments.
29.06.2023
Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2022 published
The report has been prepared by the ERA-LEARN project team using data provided by the P2P networks. In addition to providing an updated picture of the evolving P2P landscape, it highlights examples of good practice from networks across the community.
05.05.2023
ERA-LEARN Report on Challenges of Widening Countries in European Partnerships
This report presents the results of an ERA-LEARN survey on some of the early organisational and national experiences in the creation and implementation of the European Partnerships (EPs). The goal of the survey was to collect information about the challenges and opportunities facing national and regional stakeholders in EU Members States and Associated Countries, in the process of development and implementation of the partnerships.
12.04.2023
EIT Culture & Creativity incorporates legal entitie & launches first open calls
On April 5, 29 European organizations came together in Cologne, Germany, to legally constitute the EIT Culture & Creativity association (eingetragener Verein, e.V). The association will serve as the legal platform for core partners to connect and organize as a community in the General Assembly. EIT Culture & Creativity, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, will be made up of a group of legal entities to be incorporated during 2023, including a non-profit association and a limited company (GmbH) under German law, as well as Co-Location Centers, which will be GmbH subsidiaries incorporated under respective national laws.
04.04.2023
Translating Research into Innovation: Lessons from 3 Case Studies in Health Partnerships
The aim of this policy brief consists of setting up a methodological approach to understanding translation of research into innovative outcomes. Studies on knowledge transfer and innovation processes often come across the idea of “the valley of death”, that is the critical phase where one step of the innovation process ends and a new one begins. In this perspective, one of the roles of partnerships is to bridge this valley of death by linking excellent research with technology and solution-minded business undertakings hence generating virtuous cycles of research and innovation.
31.03.2023
Implementation of co-funded partnerships: In-kind activities and in-kind contributions
In a note for the attention of the Strategic Programme Committee, DG Research & Innovation has provided guidance on in-kind contributions. The term “In-kind contribution” is described as non-financial assets that are being put at the disposal of a partnership and which can be used both in the context of external calls (e.g. a research infrastructure) or of in-kind activities (e.g. a dataset for use in a common R&I programme).
31.03.2023
Updated version of the draft Annotated Model Grant Agreement
An updated version of the draft Annotated Model Grant Agreement has been published on the EC Funding & tender opportunities portal. On page 313-317 (Annex 5 for Co-funded Partnerships was updated) the specific rules for Co-funded Partnerships are now explained in more detail. Among others information on the involvement of Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) (Information barrier/ Firewall) or on the joint selection list (identical scores) were added.
31.03.2023
Implementation of co-funded partnerships: Conflict of Interest
In a note for the attention of the Strategic Programme Committee, DG Research & Innovation has provided information on measures to avoid potential conflicts of interest or unequal treatment of applicants. This is notably relevant in the case of Research Performing Organisations participating as beneficiaries in a Horizon Europe Grant Agreement implementing a co-funded partnership, while at the same time participating in the external calls organised by the partnership. The information is provided in the application templates and in the Annotated Grant Agreement.
07.03.2023
Request for an European Partnership to support 'optimising genetic potential for resilient and diverse production systems'
Three European Technology Platforms (ETPs), Plant ETP, FABRE TP and EATIP, together with the Animal Task Force, are requesting the EU Commission to consider an additional European Partnership on 'optimising genetic potential for resilient and diverse production systems' under the strategic plan 2025-2027 of Horizon Europe.
02.03.2023
HBM4EU from the coordinator’s perspective: lessons learnt from managing a large-scale EU project
A recent article in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health discusses important management issues of the Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) from the perspective of the coordinator that may be valuable for the design and management of similar projects and other European Partnerships.
07.02.2023
European Partnership Stakeholder Forum - Report published
The first Partnership Stakeholder Forum was organised by ERA-LEARN in collaboration with the European Commission and took place in Brussels, 15-16 November 2023. The Forum brought together the whole community of co-funded, co-programmed and institutionalised partnership stakeholders, including officials from national and regional governments, public funding agencies, the private sector and other science policy makers from all over Europe and beyond involved in the design and implementation of European Partnerships.
21.12.2022
EU and New Zealand successfully conclude Horizon Europe association negotiations
The European Commission and New Zealand Government have concluded the negotiations for association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe. It is expected that from 2023, researchers and organisations in New Zealand will be able to participate in Pillar II of Horizon Europe. This includes areas in climate, energy and mobility, digital, industry and space, health, and participation in Europen Partnerships.
07.12.2022
Publication of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024
The European Commission has published all work programmes 2023-2024. A significant part of Pillar II of Horizon Europe will be implemented through institutionalised partnerships, particularly in the areas of Mobility, Energy, Digital and Bio-based economy, which will also have separate work programmes.
05.12.2022
Public Consultation on Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation in the years 2014-2027.
01.12.2022
Partnership Stakeholder Forum results
The first Partnership Stakeholder Forum organised by ERA-LEARN and the European Commission on 15-16 November 2022 is now behind us, but many insightful lessons and conclusions shared during these two days are now available to be acted upon. Overall, the review of the first year of the partnerships has been quite promising in light of achieving the twin green and digital transitions and increase Europe’s resilience.
01.12.2022
Canada starts formal negotiations on the association to Horizon Europe
The European Commission and Canada have reached an important milestone in their discussions on deeper science collaboration, with the beginning of formal negotiations for Canada to join Horizon Europe as an so-called 'associated country'.
28.11.2022
Governance Models of Horizon Europe Partnerships
Under Horizon 2020, partnerships have developed a variety of governance models, ranging from co-funded actions focusing mainly on the internal consortium management to more elaborated governance structures involving different configurations. In order to have a coherent and systematic approach to future governance arrangements, including a clearly defined role for the Commission services and national policy makers, it is necessary to identify the functionalities that are needed, and how to best reflect them in the governance set-up. Against this background, ERA-LEARN aims to provide a systematic overview on common governance functions that European Partnerships should aim to establish and updated this website section.
18.11.2022
Preliminary Work Programme 2023-2024
The European Commission has pre-published some preliminary parts of the work programme 2023-2024 in the Comitology Register.
19.10.2022
Open Research Europe (ORE) open to Partnership projects
Open Research Europe is an open access publishing platform for the publication of research stemming from Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and/or Euratom funding across all subject areas. The platform makes it easy for beneficiaries to comply with the open access terms of their funding and offers researchers a publishing venue to share their results and insights rapidly and facilitate open, constructive research discussion.
18.10.2022
New Zealand starts formal negotiations on the association to Horizon Europe
The European Commission and the New Zealand Government have reached an important milestone in their discussions on deeper science collaboration, with the beginning of formal negotiations for New Zealand to join Horizon Europe as an so-called 'associated country'.
06.10.2022
Have your voice heard: Commission launches Horizon Europe strategic planning process 2025-2027
On 28 Sept 2022, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel officially launched the 2025-2027 strategic planning process for Horizon Europe during the conclusion of Day 1 of the European Research and Innovation Days.
08.09.2022
EU Commission published a guidance on synergies between Horizon Europe and ERDF programmes
The Commission has published a draft guidance document to provide practical details of the implementation of the different synergy mechanisms between Horizon Europe and the European Regional Development Fund.
05.09.2022
Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2021 published
The report has been prepared by the ERA-LEARN project team using data provided by the P2P networks. In addition to providing an updated picture of the evolving P2P landscape, it highlights examples of good practice from networks across the community.
22.07.2022
New ERA-LEARN Survey
ERA-LEARN has launched a survey with an aim to investigate national and institutional experience in European Partnerships (Horizon Europe). The survey is addressed to organisations participating in these partnerships.
12.05.2022
Publication of the Biennial Monitoring Report 2022 on partnerships under Horizon Europe
The European Commission published the report ‘Performance of the European Partnerships: Biennial Monitoring Report 2022 on partnerships under Horizon Europe’.
14.02.2022
European CHIPS Act/ Amendment of the Single Basic Act (SBA)
On 8 February 2022 the European Commission adopted a ‘European chips act package’ focused on the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of the EU’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share.
06.12.2021
New Pact and governance structure for the European Research Area (ERA)
On 26.11.2021, the Council adopted conclusions on the governance of the European Research Area (ERA) and a Pact for research and innovation (R&I) in Europe, setting out priorities and a streamlined governance framework for the ERA, including an ERA policy agenda for 2022-2024.
06.12.2021
Council regulation on joint undertakings and Metrology adopted
On 19 November 2021, the Council of the EU adopted a Council regulation establishing joint undertakings under the Horizon Europe programme. The joint undertakings based on Article 187 TFEU complement the existing Horizon Europe framework by addressing global challenges and priorities that require critical mass and long-term vision.
28.10.2021
Political agreement on the Single Basic Act
After an agreement was reached on the text of the Single Basic Act (SBA), the umbrella regulation for the Joint Undertakings (JU) in Horizon Europe in the Council Working Group on Research (representatives of the member states) at the end of September, the European Parliament adopted its position on the SBA on 21 October 2021 . This paves the way for formal adoption of the SBA by the Council at the end of November.
28.10.2021
News from the expert group on support to the strategic coordinating process
The need for a common framework for monitoring and assessment of partnerships in research and innovation as well as a central system for monitoring data has been acknowledged and addressed in the new phase of the partnerships in Horizon Europe. The European Commission set up in 2021 an Expert Group to support the Strategic Coordinating Process – a new governance framework for EU Research & Innovation (R&I) Partnerships – by developing a new framework and methodology for monitoring and evaluation of the new partnerships in close collaboration with the partnerships and the participating countries.
22.06.2021
ERA-LEARN Annual Report on Public Public Partnerships 2020
ERA-LEARN has published its Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2020.
22.06.2021
Strategic Coordinating Process: Independent expert group published first report
The biennial monitoring of partnerships will be a key element of the strategic coordinating process. It will provide evidence-base for the strategic discussions on the partnership policies, increase transparency and visibility of partnership portfolio and impact and furthermore it will feed into Horizon Europe monitoring and evaluation exercises.
15.04.2021
Join the ERA-LEARN Webinar on Widening in Partnerships
We have a pleasure to invite you to the ERA-LEARN Webinar on Widening in Partnerships. The objective of the webinar is to present best practices related to enhancing Widening Countries’ participation in partnership initiatives and to discuss challenges and opportunities facing Widening Countries in the upcoming Horizon Europe Partnerships.
24.03.2021
Workshop on Globalisation of European Partnerships on April 22
European Partnerships play an important and increasing role in global European RTI cooperation.
24.03.2021
CORE organic report on 15 years of joint research for organic food and farming systems (2004-2019)
The CORE Organic 15-year activity report was a large collaborative effort between the CORE Organic network funding and stakeholder partners and it has been finalised in October 2020. The publication was prepared under the CORE Organic Cofund in relation to the activities on mapping of the ongoing transnational and national research in organic food and farming. You are kindly invited to use the findings and share the report in your respective professional and national contexts.
29.01.2021
ERA-LEARN reports on Finland and Norway coming up soon
ERA-LEARN is at the stage of finalising and publishing two more Country Reports covering Finland and Norway. The two country reports are planned to be published in February 2021.
02.12.2020
IndTech2020 Conference Recordings
The videos of the European Conference on Industrial Technologies "IndTech2020 - Transition to Sustainable Prosperity" which took place from the 27th - 28th of October 2020 are now available on the IndTech2020 Website.
27.10.2020
Academy of Finland: European Partnerships are Key Funding Opportunities
The Academy of Finland published a report on European Partnerships. The report looks at Horizon 2020 and its ERA-NET programmes, Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI), the European Joint Programme (EJP) Cofund and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) as well as at funding calls by independent international funder networks. The report includes an analysis of financial data and data from a number of surveys sent to representatives of research services at universities, higher education institutions and research institutes and to the Academy officials responsible for the partnerships.
08.10.2020
A new ERA for Research and Innovation – a spotlight on the relevance for European Partnerships
This article summarizes the Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation, adopted by the European Commission on 30 September 2020, with a view to European Partnerships.
25.09.2020
R&I Days: Session on European Partnerships
Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy. That was the motto of the Commission’s R&I Days that took place online on 22-24 September 2020. Several workshops were held that were connected to Partnership issues. Recordings of some of these sessions are available after the event.
17.09.2020
Financial management and in-kind contribution for European Partnerships
Member States are in the process of calculating their commitments for the future European Partnerships Initiatives. In Horizon Europe the commitment of in-kind contributions will be relevant for all partnership formats.
24.06.2020
Draft report: Coherence and Synergies of candidate European Partnerships under Horizon Europe
The European Commission has published a draft report on coherence and synergies of candidate European Partnerships that takes into account inputs from Commission services that are involved with partnerships.
23.06.2020
Information on Partnership Candidates by the European Commission
The European Commission published new information on European Partnerships in the Horizon Europe section of its website.
09.06.2020
Inclusiveness in European R&I Partnership Programme
ERA-LEARN has published a new Report on Inclusiveness in European R&I Partnership Programme.
09.06.2020
Country Report on Participation of Belgium in European R&I Partnerships published
This report analyses the current status of European R&I Partnership participation in Belgium. It is the third in a series of publications.
28.05.2020
Guide for developing Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas (SRIA)
All future European Partnerships under Horizon Europe have to develop a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) or a Roadmap before their launch in order to ensure that the long-term vision is translated into concrete roadmaps with smart and measurable objectives.
26.05.2020
Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2019
ERA-LEARN has published its “Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2019”.
14.05.2020
ERA-LEARN - Focus on Global Research Cooperation
More than ever, Global Research and Innovation Cooperation is crucial to tackle global challenges. And it is used for many further purposes, e.g. as a diplomacy instrument, and to support of competitiveness of European industries. Currently, the ERA-LEARN team explores the globalisation of European Partnerships with the goal to identify drivers and barriers, as well as good and less functional practices for the initiation and management of globalisation through European Partnerships. This activity is based on telephone interviews, encompassing also the views and experiences from the opposite site, i.e. of global partners on European Partnerships. Results will be published on this website, and discussed during events later this year.
27.02.2020
BREXIT does not affect cooperation with UK partners in Horizon 2020 partnerships
The UK stopped being a member of the European Union on 31 January 2020. However, under the Withdrawal Agreement agreed upon between the European Union and the United Kingdom, UK-based research institutions, companies and other legal entities will continue to be fully eligible to participate and receive funding in the current 2014-2020 EU programmes, including Horizon 2020.
12.12.2019
New section on EJP Cofund available
ERA-LEARN started to assemble information about EJP Cofund and provides on the one hand the formal relevant information and the existing experiences on the ERA-LEARN Website.
12.12.2019
Member States participation in European Partnerships with industry
In a series of three thematic workshops with a thematic focus on mobility, digital and industrial technologies, the European Commission discussed together with Member States the opportunities of collaboration on European Partnerships with industry.
12.12.2019
European Partnerships under Horizon Europe: results of the structured consultation of Member States
The European Commission published the Final Report on the Consultation of the Partnerships with a list of 49 future partnership candidates.
11.12.2019
European Partnerships: New Draft Guidance document and proposal template
A new Draft Guidance document and proposal template on European Partnerships under Horizon Europe is available for download on the ERA-LEARN website.
10.12.2019
R&I Partnership Evaluation (RIPE) Toolkit now available!
It includes concrete steps, examples, numerous templates (for online surveys, interviews and case studies) and good practice tips. These are all based on the work that we have been doing over the years in analysing and assessing P2Ps. Thus, it is a methodology completely tailored to the needs of P2Ps for monitoring and evaluation.
20.11.2019
Country Report on participation of Spain in P2P published
This report analyses the current status of P2P participation in Spain. It is the third in a series of publications.
22.10.2019
Taskforce key indicators for JPIs
In January 2017, the Chairs of the decision making bodies from the 10 JPIs established a Task Force on Monitoring and Evaluation of the JPIs with the aim to define a framework of common dimensions and indicators relevant and applicable for all the JPIs.
22.10.2019
ERA-LEARN survey on inclusiveness reveals position of Widening Countries in P2Ps
The definition of Widening Countries situates them among less performing member states, i.e. those that do not reach the threshold of research excellence, which is set at 70% of EU28 performance.
21.10.2019
R&I Days: photos and videos available online
In September, the “European Research & Innovation Days” took place in Brussels to discuss the future research and innovation policy.
21.10.2019
ERA-LEARN training workshop on implementing ERA-NET Cofund
Close to 70 persons participated in the ERA-LEARN workshop “Implementing ERA-NET Cofund”, which took place in Berlin on 7 and 8 October 2019.
19.09.2019
R&I partnerships in Horizon Europe: European Commission starts consultation
The European Commission opened a survey about the 12 proposed European Partnerships for the upcoming research framework Horizon Europe.
19.09.2019
Facts and Figures updated
Following publication of the annual report earlier this year, the "Facts and Figures" section of the ERA-LEARN website has been updated to highlight the results of the annual data collection exercise.
19.09.2019
Development of the PRIMA monitoring and evaluation framework
Continuing its support to P2Ps, ERA-LEARN provides advice to PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) for the development of its monitoring and evaluation framework.
16.08.2019
Country Report on Austria's participation in P2P published
This report analyses the current status of P2P participation in Austria. It is the second report in a series of publications.
31.07.2019
Horizon Europe Consultation open until 15 Sept 2019
The web consultation on the Horizon Europe Implementation Strategy has been launched recently. The Commission invites to participate in the consultation, which will close on 15 September 2019. This survey is linked to the consultation on the strategic planning for Horizon Europe.
10.07.2019
Updates on ERA-NET Cofund and EJP Cofund
The model for the certificate on the financial statements was extended with a section dedicated to ERA-NET Cofund actions.
10.07.2019
European Partnerships under Horizon Europe: results of the structured consultation of Member States
In May 2019, the Commission launched a consultation of Member States on 44 possible candidates for European Partnerships as part of a strategic coordinating process. The feedback provided by 30 countries has been analysed by the Commission services and summarised in a report.
05.06.2019
Partnerships meet to discuss how to increase synergies and collaboration
The first "Thematic partnership workshop: Towards Horizon Europe" on the rationalisation and reform of the partnership landscape was held in Brussels, 15-16 May 2019. The workshop was the first one of a series of thematic workshops to be organised by ERA-LEARN.
05.06.2019
Openness and transparency in Horizon Europe partnerships
The new Framework Programme will include a focus on openness and transparency in building future partnership. With a view to addressing these Horizon Europe priorities, ERA-LEARN is launching a survey on inclusiveness targeted at ERA-NET Cofund and EJP coordinators.
05.06.2019
Mutual Learning Exercise: Widening participation and ESIF-H2020 Synergies
The European Commission invited Member States to join a Mutual Learning Exercise in Widening Participation and Strenghtening ESIF-H2020 Synergies.
13.05.2019
Thematic partnership workshop: Towards Horizon Europe
The ERA-LEARN “Thematic partnership workshop: Towards Horizon Europe” will take place from 15 to 16 May 2019 in Brussels. The workshop aims to connect networks thematically and to foster cooperation between all types of partnerships. Network representatives will discuss the ERA-LEARN thematic analysis and the transition of European partnerships to Horizon Europe.
10.05.2019
ERA-LEARN Annual Report 2018 published
ERA-LEARN has published the “4th Annual Report on Public-Public Partnerships 2018”. This report has been prepared by the ERA-LEARN project team using data provided by the P2P networks.
12.04.2019
Strategic Coordinating Process
In its 41st ERAC plenary in Bucharest on 21-22 March 2019, ERAC exchanged views on the structured consultation process for future European Partnerships. The European Commission provided information on the status quo of the strategic coordinating process including a timeline.
12.04.2019
Partnerships in Horizon Europe
A common understanding was reached between the Romanian presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on the majority of the operative provisions of Horizon Europe. The common understanding published on 27th March 2019 confirms the new policy approach on partnerships.
12.04.2019
MLE on International Cooperation
The European Commission has started an MLE (Mutual Learning Exercise) on National Strategies and Roadmaps for International Cooperation in Research and Innovation with 15 participating countries.
01.03.2019
Country Report on P2P participation in Poland published
The first ERA-LEARN country report analyses the current status of P2P participation in Poland. This report is the first in a series of publications: Three further country reports on P2Ps in Romania, Spain and Belgium are planned for 2019.
14.02.2019
Implications of BREXIT for ERA-NET Cofunds and other types of partnerships
ERA-LEARN elaborated a document which summarises potential implications of BREXIT for ERA-NET Cofunds and other types of partnerships.
21.12.2018
GENDER-NET Plus: Results of the joint Call
The ERA-NET project GENDER-NET Plus will fund 13 research projects integrating a gender dimension into their analyses.
07.12.2018
New Documents concerning Partnerships in Horizon Europe available
ERAC endorsed at its Plenary in Brussels on 6 December 2018 the final report of the ad-hoc Working Group on Partnerships and discussed two documents presented by the Commission Services.
14.10.2018
New GPC Task Force Report on JPI Long Term Strategies available
This report of a GPC Task Force provides an analysis of the Long Term Strategies of the Joint Programming Initiatives.
23.09.2018
ERAC Ad-hoc Working Group on Partnerships - New Reports published
2 new reports of the ERAC Ad-hoc Working Group on Partnershipsare are published: Report on the "Recommendations on rationalising the EU R&I partnership landscape and optimising its coherence" and "Recommendations on increasing the efficiency of implementation of partnerships"
20.09.2018
ERA-LEARNs new Twitter Channel
Today, ERA-LEARN launched its new Twitter channel. The new channel is available under the Twitter name @ERA-LEARN_EU.
26.07.2018
ERA-LEARN Relaunch
Since 2008, the ERA-LEARN consortium has been supporting the Public-Public Partnerships (P2P) community. Building on the success of the previous ERA-LEARN project, we are now taking P2P support to the next level: Our experienced consortium is looking forward to the continuous cooperation with all relevant and interested stakeholders.
13.06.2018
ERA-LEARN 2020 Newsletter #7
In this issue: A revised policy approach for European partnerships under Horizon Europe: What’s new? | Efficient implementation of partnerships under Horizon Europe | An interview with Maria Reinfeldt, Chair of the ERAC Ad-Hoc Working Group on Partnerships, and more...
12.06.2018
ERAC ad-hoc Working Group on Partnerships - Reports
The ERAC ad-hoc Working Group was tasked with four goals. First, to propose criteria for selecting EU research & innovation partnerships. Second, to sketch out a long-term strategic coordinating process for the selection, implementation, monitoring and phasing out partnerships. The Working Group released reports on these two goals in May.
07.06.2018
Commission redefines European Partnerships in its proposal for Horizon Europe
On 7 June 2018, the Commission adopted its proposal for the new framework programme, called Horizon Europe, which will become operational from January 2021 onwards. While the overall policy for the new framework programme was ‘evolution and no revolution’, the part on ‘European partnerships’ differs significantly compared to Horizon 2020.
25.05.2018
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that enters into force today has several implications for the use of personal data within the context of implementing co-funded joint call for proposals and funding/managing co-funded projects as well as using mailing lists and sending newsletters.
02.05.2018
European Commission proposes €100-billion Budget for FP9
In May, the European Commission proposed €97.6 billion for Horizon Europe, the next EU framework programme for research and innovation (2021-2027). Additional €2.4 billion are scheduled for the Euratom nuclear research programme.
26.03.2018
ERAC Ad-hoc Working Group on Partnerships
EU Research and Innovation Partnerships have been used since FP6 to optimise the contribution of public and private players in achieving sustainable growth and competitiveness, addressing societal challenges, and to ensure that national policies and Union policy are mutually consistent. A discussion on partnerships at the Informal Council of July 2017 resulted in a general recognition by the Member States of the continued relevance of partnerships.
26.03.2018
P2P Calls in 2018 and 2019
The European Commission has launched nine calls in P2P specific topics in the Work Programme 2018 of the framework programme Horizon 2020. The Work Programme 2018 will fund P2Ps with a planned Union contribution of about Euro 100 million. H2020 calls invite for the submission of six proposals for ERA-NET Cofund actions, one proposal for EJP Cofund actions and two Coordination and Support Actions (CSA). In 2019, there will be calls for three additional ERA-NET Cofund actions and two EJP Cofund actions with a planned Union contribution of about Euro 90 million.
22.02.2018
Mazzucato Report on Missions published
The European Commission has published a paper by Professor Mariana Mazzucato entitled "Mission-Oriented Research and Innovation in the European Union - a problem-solving approach to fuel innovation-led growth".
01.02.2018
ERA-LEARN Support for P2Ps
During the annual P2P-Event 2017, conference participants identified 20 services that ERA-LEARN could provide to support the P2P-activities. While many of the specified needs have already been addressed by the current ERA-LEARN 2020 project, the next ERA-LEARN phase will also reach out to stakeholders beyond the P2P community.
01.02.2018
Annual Event on Public Public Partnerships 2017 - Conference report available
The focus of the 2017 Annual Joint Programming Conference was on the future of P2Ps under the motto "Co-designing Public-Public Partnerships for the next Framework Programme".