Toolbox Smart Coordination Positioning of the ERA-NET scheme

ERA-NET Scheme (ERA-NET Actions and ERA-NET Plus Actions)

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The ERA-NET scheme aims at developing and strengthening the coordination of national and regional research programmes. Two specific actions have to be distinguished under this scheme:

'ERA-NET actions', which provide a mid-term framework for actors implementing public research programmes (“programme owners”) to coordinate their activities e.g. by developing joint activities; in particular, joint calls for trans-national proposals,

and 'ERA-NET Plus actions' which provide - in a limited number of cases with high European added value - additional EU financial support to facilitate single joint calls for proposals between national and/or regional programmes.

Under the ERA-NET scheme, national and regional authorities, represented by so-called 'programme owners' and/or 'programme managers', identify research programmes they wish to synchronize, link, coordinate or open up mutually.