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Work Package 4 (WP4) establishes a common view of where current programmes and the future demand for research will benefit from cooperation and joint research. It undertakes a gap analysis and strategic appraisal. This leads to the identification of common strategic issues and provides a driver for ERA-NET ROAD. Current national programmes and future opportunities are assessed, identifying areas where joint working is beneficial and allows synergy between partners. It is expected that there are opportunities for the following types of collaboration:
- Independent national projects: These are projects that remain nationally and financially independent but where partners influence each others objectives. This avoids duplication by making sure other nations are aware of each others activities and can benefit from the outcome of the research.
- Joint Projects: These projects are undertaken where similar research activities can be joined into one collaborative project with joint management but a single budget. This could be where a number of countries fund an individual project, allowing research providers from a variety of countries to tender and all partners contribute to its management.
- Joint ongoing programmes: Theses are ongoing national programmes that are wholly or partly co-ordinated in time and objectives. The outcomes are joint projects or programmes meeting the objectives of several partners. The programmes will be opened up to research providers from across Europe.
- Establishing new joint programmes: These are programmes which research areas, management/evaluation systems and a financial model are established among participating countries. A joint call is carried out and the research is financed from a joint fund. It is more likely that projects/programmes of the types described in the first three bullet points are developed from current activities and that future strategies will lead to the development of projects under the final bullet point. This approach ultimately leads to the networking of programmes that are strategically planned and nationally funded, and to the mutual opening of national/regional research programmes. This is a restructuring of the European research fabric relating to the management and operation of the strategic road network.
Contact:
Tom Warras, FinnRA, FI