Toolbox    Evaluation criteria for internal review of ERA-NET participation

Instructions To Strategic Person within the Agency

1. The Process:

• Interviews are carried out by a group of/ by a strategic person/s within the agency
  Simple filling in of questionnaire by ERA-NET project staff is not recommended!
• The interviewer translates the answers into an appraisal according to a set of criteria (see List of Criteria for ERA-NET Evaluation)
• For each criterion a 3-fold score is given: (-1) or (0) or (+1) (alternatively: bad /average /good or equivalent). It is up to individual agencies to decide on the modality of scoring.

  Explanation of Scoring:
  7 criteria to score for network
  5 criteria to score for output
  Score range: -1, 0, +1 [Less than expected = -1; OK performance= 0; Better than expected = 1]
  Sub-scores for info only

• Appraisal should result in a classification into 3 categories:
  

  I. ERA-NET to be continued by all means

  II. ERA-NET to be continued pending certain conditions and/or modifications

  III. ERA-NET to be discontinued
  
  For category II: specify explicitly which modifications exactly are needed for improvement and continuation of ERA-NET; use the List of Criteria to define these modifications.

  Explanation of Colour Code:
  Red: at least 1 criterion is below acceptable level therefore participation will not be continued if any plans for future collaboration
  Yellow: will continue collaboration but improvement required
  Green: will continue, no major improvements required

2. Interviews:

• Interview questions are kept much broader than the List of Criteria. Not every question must necessarily lead to a criterion.
• The order of questions does not match with the order of criteria.