New case studies on alignment modalities at trans-regional level

Two new case studies have been conducted as part of the ERA-LEARN 2020 Task 4.4: “Investigate alignment modalities at trans-regional level”. They focus on:

• NordForsk  - an organisation developed at regional level among the Nordic Countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and three autonomous areas, Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Åland Islands. The peculiarity of this regional initiative relies on the extended use of the “real common pot funding mechanism” in all its programmes and initiatives.

•  Bonus - the joint Baltic Sea research and development programme,  was launched under the Article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as a strategic, multi-annual joint research undertaking of eight Baltic Member States. Its purpose is to overcome research fragmentation and duplication by integrating national programmes into a single centrally managed programme.

Case study reports and further information on the related task are available here.