Data collection at country level for the Biennial Monitoring Report

Quantitative data

The quantitative data on participation in P2Ps included in the country fiches are pre-filled in by the Commission Expert Group on support of the strategic coordinating process for partnerships, based on ERA-LEARN database and eCORDA data extracts.

During the consultation process, data is verified with the delegates of the MS/AC to identify actual national contributions made as grants to supported projects.

Quantitative data includes figures on

  • country’s participation in public partnerships and its share from the total number of public partnerships;
  • total partnership participations per country: number of partners from a specific country participating with any role (i.e. coordinator, participant, observer, other) in partnerships;
  • partnership coordinations: number of partnerships a specific country coordinates and its share from the total number of public partnerships;
  • actual national contribution: the funding given by each country to cover the participation of national science and technology groups in the funded projects of the joint transnational calls launched by the public partnerships;
  • actual contributions per researcher: the total actual contributions by a country divided by the number of researchers in the country estimated in full-time equivalents (FTE) average between 2014-2019 based on EUROSTAT data;
  • distribution of national funding under the different partnership types (Co-funded, Co-programmed, Institutionalised) and per HE cluster. Values are calculated as the share of investments of the specific type to the specific cluster divided by the total investments of the specific partnership type;
  • country’s figures on eligible proposals, projects and success rates in EU partnerships;
  • country’s figures on types of project beneficiaries in EU partnerships;
  • key outcomes (e.g. publications and IPR applications) drawing on the KIP indicators as they become available in Horizon Europe;
  • country’s top collaborator countries under Horizon Europe projects (including partnerships); Comments also possible on markable differences from past BMR and any high-added value combinations between groups of countries, and the role partnerships may have had in identifying and capturing synergies, and enhancing networking which may have led to some significant benefits.

Qualitative data

The qualitative data included in the country fiches are collected from the delegates of MS/AC.

Qualitative data includes input into the following sections:

  • The ‘Key highlights’ section is to express overall country performance, a specific element the country wishes to note, references to strategic choices linked to the participation in partnerships or some specific achievements or ambition.
  • The ‘Key intentions for the future’ aim to address the thematic priorities of the country, targeted in context of the partnerships or Horizon Europe. Updates from previous fiches are also relevant.
  • The ‘directionality’ section refers to comments on the overall national investments mobilised towards EU priorities but also on alignment of national / regional / sectorial policies due to participation in partnerships. updates from previous fiches are also relevant. Updates from previous fiches are also relevant.
  • The ‘Additional investments/activities triggered’ aims to collect evidence on additional investments triggered by the participation in partnerships notably for exploiting or scaling up results (linked to but outside the partnerships, including qualitative impacts and success stories) or particularly due to the EU’s top-up funding. Updates from previous fiches are also relevant.
  • ‘Complementary and cumulative funding’ – links national participation in partnerships with Smart Specialisation Strategy, ESIF funds, RRF, etc. and refers to the use of funding from other Union funds (Horizon Europe, National funding, ERDF, RRF, Other cohesion policy funds, CEF, DEP) for the partnerships– both quantitative and qualitative information is relevant here.
  • ‘Success stories’ – aims to highlight impacts on the economy, society and policy; impact on national strategies or alignment with EU priorities on national level;
  • ‘Addressing European strategic autonomy’ – aims to present the country’s position on how to address European strategic autonomy/technological sovereignty in relation to participation in Partnerships, i.e. safeguard European interests in specific research and innovation areas, placing particular emphasis on collaborating with certain countries instead of others, etc. May also comment especially on the partnerships strategy for non-EU countries/actors.