Project description
Paving the way for a new era of ERA
The EU is moving towards a new economic growth and management model to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, in line with the European Green Deal. This is why the European Research Area (ERA) is so important. The EU-funded ERA_FABRIC project will define, structure, populate and validate the ‘interconnected knowledge space’ foreseen by the EU ERA Hubs initiative. There are three distinct, and intertwined, dimensions, all of them relevant for policymaking. The first is the ERA Hubs as Knowledge Ecosystems. The second is the ERA Hubs as Multi Stakeholder Platforms that bring together the representatives of the various involved interest groups. The third is the ERA Hubs as a Policy Co Creation Toolbox. All three will be made interoperable at a broad EU level.
Objective
Overarching aim of the ERA_FABRIC project is to define, structure, populate and validate the “interconnected knowledge space” foreseen by the EU ERA Hubs initiative (COM 2020 628 final). Three distinct, and intertwined, dimensions, all of them relevant for policy making, are adopted as a structuring principle for the community to be built and cultivated during the project:
1) ERA Hubs as Knowledge Ecosystems: fostering the dynamic interaction of R&D and innovation actors at regional and multiregional levels, taking into account the different knowledge and cultural contexts and the alignment of research foci and industrial needs;
2) ERA Hubs as Multi Stakeholder Platforms: bringing together the representatives of the various involved interest groups in a seamless and uninterrupted discussion and deliberation on strategic priorities, actions and results evaluation;
3) ERA Hubs as a Policy Co Creation Toolbox: a transformative set of measures and tools operating in a “middle ground” needing to be configured as a distinct space from both the EU and the MS/Regional levels, historically presided over by “ad hoc” sets of instruments (e.g. Framework Programmes for R&I, Structural and Investment Funds, Interregional and Cross Border Cooperation Programmes).
It is the consortium’s vision and assumption that the 3 above dimensions should be presided over and made interoperable, in order for the ERA Hubs initiative to become path breaking and impactful at broad EU level.
ERA_FABRIC is designed by leading European actors in the domain of regional development. The 11 partners represent 8 Member States and 1 Associated State. With the addition of the letters of interest gathered before the proposal presentation, almost half of EU27 territorial coverage has been reached.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
40129 Bologna Bo
Italy