ERA-Net COMPERA with New Toolbox for Competence Research Centres (CRC) Managers
What are suitable forms of organisation, what is the best way to interact with industry, how can I enhance the centre’s involvement in international projects and, last but not least, how can sustainability be achieved - these are typical questions that CRC managers are facing. The ERA-Net COMPERA has compiled a toolbox that offers CRC management instruments to be used and combined as needed. Numerous links and good practice examples from different European countries are made available and may be used as orientation for CRC managers. Among the topics that are offered are: - Governance and research management, - Monitoring and evaluation, - Public awareness and Public Relations, - International Cooperation, - Public Private Partnerships and - IPR issues. The specific characteristic of the new online tool is that is has been designed as a “learning toolbox”. CRC managers can share their experiences by giving their feed back and suggesting further links and good practice examples. A “message board” offers the possibility to post CRC management-related questions. The toolbox is made available on the COMPERA Website: http://www.competence-research-centres.eu/toolbox(opens in new window). About Competence Research Centres: Competence Research Centres (CRCs) - bridge the gap between scientific and economic innovation, - provide a collective environment for academics, industry and in some cases public services, as well as sufficient critical mass of people who can synergistically extend research and diffuse the resulting knowledge, - are an instrument to tackle the ‘European Paradox’, i.e. the fact that Europe plays a leading role in the world in terms of scientific excellence and the provision of highly-skilled human capital, but largely fails to convert science-based findings and inventions into wealth-generating innovations. CRCs achieve this through the - pooling of knowledge, - concentration of infrastructure, - creation of new knowledge by performing different types of research (pre-competitive and competitive), along the same theme, - training and dissemination of knowledge towards specific target groups of involved actors in a tailor-made way. About COMPERA: COMPERA is targeted towards the creation of a sustainable network of programmes that are funding Competence Research Centres. It should lead to a strategic decision-making of programme owners and managers at pan-European level with regard to Competence Research Centres. These centres aim to bridge the gap between technological and economic innovation by providing a collective environment for academics and industry and sufficient critical mass. Their activities are multiple: pooling of knowledge, creation of new knowledge by performing different types of research, training and dissemination of knowledge. COMPERA is funded under the ERA-NET scheme of the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme. If you want to learn more about COMPERA: The ERA-Net COMPERA will organize a conference on Competence Research Centre Programmes and Policies. The conference will take place on 3 February 2009 at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany. DOWNLOAD the programme: http://www.competence-research-centres.eu/index.php?id=1092(opens in new window) The conference will be free of charge and held in English.
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom