ETP workshops

ERA-NET: Opening up of national programmes

ERA-Net Scheme

The objective of the ERA-NET scheme is to step up the cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national or regional level in the Member States and Associated States through:

- the networking of research activities conducted at national or regional level, and

- the mutual opening of national and regional research programmes .

The scheme will contribute to making a reality of the European Research Area by improving the coherence and coordination across Europe of such research programmes . The scheme will also enable national systems to take on tasks collectively that they would not have been able to tackle independently.

Both networking and mutual opening require a progressive approach. The ERA-NET scheme therefore has a long-term perspective that must also allow for the different way that research is organised in different Member States and Associated States.