1.1.9 Monitoring of call implementation & funded projects

One of the follow-up activities of a joint call is the monitoring of efforts and results. Setting up a monitoring system is a task of the call secretariat.
The ERA-NET consortium can agree on the implementation of systems for common transnational monitoring, distinguishing between the monitoring of the call impact and management and the monitoring of funded projects.

monitoring of funded projects.

While there will be procedures for reporting and monitoring at the national/regional levels, it is up to the ERA-NET consortium to agree on common parameters for joint monitoring at the ERA-NET level, or, as currently most often used, to collate national monitoring results for a joint monitoring at the ERA-NET level.

Even if the monitoring of funded projects starts only at the end of the a call it is necessary to identify the targets and indicators in advance as this may affect the method and details for collecting information from the applicants already at the time of submitting proposals.

Details on monitoring of projects are described here
monitoring of call implementation

It is unlikely that any involved national/regional programme will routinely cover this aspect. However, especially for ERA-NET that are planning more than one call it is recommended to analyse the efforts and feed the acquired knowledge (“lessons learned”) back into the execution of future calls.

This type of monitoring can be done decentralised by the national/regional organisations or centralised by the call secretariat applying online questionnaires, telephone interviews or other methods.

These monitoring activities must target:

o analysing of internal call procedures

o optimising call management

o implementation of user-friendly systems

o creating a reasonable and attractive funding instrument for the target group

Details on monitoring of call implementation are described here