The project impacts are:
a) More strategic priority setting for EU-US cooperation across the whole of H2020
b) Stronger interaction between EU and US researchers, including through a stronger US participation in H2020
c) Establishment of optimal framework conditions for international cooperation
d) Increased coordination and synergies between MS/AC, US policies and programmes
e) Ensuring close synergies with the international dimension of calls launched across H2020 to enhance the socio-economic impact of H2020
Overall, it can be highlighted that BILAT USA 4.0 has contributed with its activities to all expected impacts. In detail:
Activities in WP1 such as the JPI workshop in Brussels increased the coordination and synergies between the EU, its MS/AC, and US programmes, thus answering impact a and d. Efforts similarly will enhance communication and interactions between EU and US researchers, if this should result in concrete activities (impact b). Providing H2020 information workshops, WP 1 highly contributed to increasing and strengthening US entities’ participation in Horizon 2020 (impact c, e). WP2 contributed particularly to impact a and e as this WP per se focuses on the priority areas for cooperation having been determined by the EU-US JCG. A workshop in the NMPB area was successfully organized (impact b). Efforts will be reinforced once the new Work Programme 2018-2020 will be published. Work carried out in WP3 is expected to have great impact in contributing to the setting of strategic priorities for EU-US cooperation across the whole of H2020 though the consultation processes implemented to determine new thematic areas of interest (contributing to impact a in case of uptake). Funding opportunities and new funding rules (such as the Implementing Arrangement and Art. 14a) of Horizon 2020 were promoted. This has a direct impact on enhancing the interaction between EU and US researchers by promoting the cooperation schemes within H2020 (impact b and e). WP4 activities have namely helped to establish optimal framework conditions for international cooperation between US and EU industry actors (impact c). Both, the cluster visit and the knowledge sharing roundtable created new opportunities for collaboration and exchanges between the EU and US side. Following the visit, participants created a joint LinkedIn group to continue sharing information and facilitate potential further collaboration (impact b). The report entitled “report on academia industry collaboration support schemes and their openness for international cooperation” specifically targeted programme owners, researchers, companies and industry representatives as well as other support actors such as clusters and relevant networks. The document should also serve as an initial informative mapping of the opportunities available in both regions for potential applicants (impact c). WP 4 has helped boost the economic competitiveness of both industry actors in the EU and the US, helping to enhance the overall socio-economic impacts of H2020 (impact e). All information and communication activities in WP5 contribute to the overall objective of informing BILAT USA 4.0 stakeholders, among them EU-US policy-makers, researchers, research managers and administers, business actors and entrepreneurs as well the general public about project developments and news (impact b).
