The ERANET scheme

The ERANET scheme, developed in 2002, was the first instrument to support joint programming of national research activities. The scheme created networks of programme owners and programme managers from national or regional research funding institutions, to foster mutual knowledge and exchange of good practices. However, the instrument revealed existing national administrative and legal barriers that prevent the implementation of transnational joint programmes, and thus had a limited impact on the fragmentation of the research landscape.

Author: Vincent Reillon

European Commission: Research & Innovation: ERA: ERA-NET Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/era-net-in-horizon-2020_en.html

ESO: Background information: ERA-NET in Horizon 2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-era-net-in-horizon-2020/

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