The support staff for the Vice-Presidents provided support and analysis as required by the three Vice-Presidents. This allowed them to help lead the ERC’s Scientific Council in discussion of the Work Programme for 2024.
After the orientation debate at the plenary meeting in December 2022, the Work Programme 2024 was discussed at the plenary meeting in February 2023. Based on the decisions taken by the Scientific Council at that plenary meeting, the final draft of the Work Programme 2024 was formally approved and established via email at the end of February 2023.
The recruitment of (new) experts and monitoring the quality of the ERC evaluation process is the most significant part of this Coordination and Support Action. This aspect of the action has been achieved, as the recruitment needs for all the ERC calls and panels concerned over the course of this action have been either met, or (in a few cases) invitations are pending with experts to fill the remaining vacancies.
This action provided support to the ERC Vice-Presidents to allow them to prepare for and help lead discussion in the 4 ERC Scientific Council Plenary meetings and ERC Board meetings in 2023. The support staff funded by this action accompanied the Vice-Presidents to these meetings to provide on-site administrative and advisory support to the Vice Presidents. This support contributed to the efficient and productive nature of these meetings, as described in deliverable 4 and 6.
Each of the Vice‐Presidents takes on a number of additional activities alongside their role in panel recruitment and oversight of the evaluation process, including the chairing of Standing Committees and Working Groups of the Scientific Council. This action provides administrative support to allow the smooth operation of these committees and groups. The support provided by the staff allowed the Vice‐Presidents to run the Standing Committee for Programme Impact Monitoring and Evaluation (SC PRIME, chaired by Professor Jesper Q. Svejstrup, VP for the Life Sciences Domain) and the Standing Committee on Conflict of Interest, Scientific Misconduct and Ethical Issues
(CoIME, chaired in 2023 by Professor Eveline Crone, VP for the Social Sciences and Humanities) efficiently and effectively.
