PLATFORM POLICY BRIEF No. 3
In the spirit of building an inclusive European Research Area, The Platform Policy Brief provides recommendations for the European Commission (EC), ERA -NET initiatives and the so -called lower performing countries (LPCs) on how LPCs can become an integral and empowered part of the ERA-NET community.
Disparities in research and innovation performance existing among Member States, but the LPCs, as defined in the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Program of H2020, gave motivation to PLATFORM to take a more in -depth look at the participation of LPCs in bioeconomy ERA-NETs. After statistical overview and the survey, specific conclusions and results provided a comprehensive overview of issues at stake. This served as a basis for the PLATFORM Master Class on Inclusiveness, which aimed to support and empower LPCs to increase their involvement in bioeconomy ERA -NETs. The results of the surveys and the outcomes of the Master Class were further discussed with the whole bioeconomy P2P community and other relevant stakeholders in the 2016 PLATFORM Annual Event. The analysis, conclusions of the workshop, and the event report are available at www.era-platform.eu.
The Platform of bioeconomy ERA -NET Actions brings together funders and programme managers in European Research Area Networks (ERA-NETs) in the fields that make up the bioeconomy: food, agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, forestry, climate, biodiversity and biotechnologies. PLATFORM aims to improve exchange and cooperation and to strengthen the impact of the ERA-NET Actions on the European Research Area and the European bioeconomy.
The Policy Brief no.3 is a result of a several PLATFORM activities: a statistical overview of LPC participation in bioeconomy ERA-NETs, surveys for ERA-NET coordinators, LPC NCPs/PC/SCAR members, and LPC ERA-NET participants.
You can read the report with specific results at: https://www.h2020.cz/cs/storage/9355f61140cc6edf9b2f44ec0e38eff5339824a7?uid=9355f61140cc6edf9b2f44ec0e38eff5339824a7
