Project description
Piloting the ERA Hub model
The ERA Hubs concept is an initiative for improving and amplifying the European Research Area. The EU-funded COOPERATE project will develop and pilot the ERA Hub concept based on the vision and success stories experienced within the EuroTech Universities Alliance and their R&I ecosystems. The project applies an approach relying on co-creation Arenas in which ecosystems and a broader community of quadruple helix actors interact. COOPERATE will test it and pave the way for its consolidation and replication phase. The project will deliver the ERA Hub model and associated PLAYBOOK, TOOLBOX, and PLATFORM with compliance criteria to develop the ERA Hubs network and policy recommendations and content from co-creation activities.
Objective
COOPERATE overall objective is to develop and pilot the ERA Hub concept based on the vision and success stories developed within the EuroTech Universities Alliance and their R&I ecosystems. The overall approach revolves around co-creation Arenas in which ecosystems and a broader community of quadruple helix actors can interact. The piloting phases of the project’s implementation are expected to test the approach and pave the way for its consolidation and replication phase.
The approach follows a mechanism in which leverage is sought to engage a broad range of stakeholders, activate cross-fertilization, facilitate mutual understanding, create intertwining cooperation, and jointly develop innovative ideas for shaping the ERA Hub framework model for further piloting and validation. The intended ERA Hub model builds on lines of action (e.g. access to knowledge and talents) which gather a set of initiatives/projects to animate the actors and stakeholders and operate the ecosystem around common priorities (i.e. strategic multi-annual roadmap) which reflect the mission-based approach.
In this framework the key exploitable results include: 1) The ERA Hub model and associated PLAYBOOK, TOOLBOX and PLATFORM with compliance criteria to develop the ERA Hubs network; 2); the Policy Recommendations and content from co-creation activities.
The consortium is aware that the outcome of the project is supporting the EC roadmap towards the launch of ERA Hubs as flagship initiative in Europe to boost the ERA, beyond the scope of the project. Tailor made communication, dissemination and exploitation actions will therefore create awareness and engagement within regional ecosystems in EU, building consensus in a close dialogue with EU and national/regional institutions. In particular two large events will be organised in Brussels at mid-term and at the end of the project for consensus building on the project findings and policy recommendations.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.4.2 - Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
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HORIZON.4.2.6 - Careers and universities
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01
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5612 AE Eindhoven
Netherlands
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