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| 01/10/2008 |
The ERA Coordination Study has come to a successful end! |
The ERA Study "ERA Coordination Initiaitve in the field on the Networked Enteprrise" was successfully completed on July 2008. The Study proved to be a concrete ERA Coordination action in the ICT field of Networked Enteprise. Its main achievements and actual impact are considered highly significant and are summarized below. More specifically, the Study:
(i) Contributed to the development of a common knowledge base necessary for the coordination and coherent development of the Networked Enterprise European, national and regional ICT research policies and programmes;
(ii) Created substantial awareness of the Networked Enteprrise field and its 4 key research areas among key national / regional policy makers, and mainly among national / regional research programme managers of EU27 and Turkey;
(iii) Facilitated the direct networking and exchange of information among the EC (DG-INFSO, D4: Networked Enterprise and RFID Unit) and the national / regional policy makers and programme managers in the field;
(iv) Promoted the inclusion of the Networked Enterprise field within the research priorities of an existing ERANET (i.e. eTRANET). As an outcome, relevant research areas were included in the eTRANET 3rd joint call for trans-national research projects, thus setting a concrete coordination paradigm in action;
(v) Paved the way towards an ERANET in the area of ‘Future Enterprise’, a cross-thematic, cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research area of a horizontal nature, that is based on the Networked Enterprise field and its key research areas.
In addition, within the framework of the Study the following main Compendiums, Reports and Coordination Activities were elaborated:
· The Final Comparative Analysis concluding on research areas of common interests among Member States, that are prominent for coordination actions. In addition, it concluded on best practices and on a Recommendation Action Plan for future coordination actions in the field.
· The Compendium of European, national, regional policies / initiatives in the field of Networked Enterprise, providing an overall insight to the main European, national and regional ICT policies, priorities and initiatives that can be considered relevant to the field of Networked Enterprise and a mapping of them to its four key areas.
Including, also:
o The ‘European Report on Policies / Initiatives in the field of Networked Enterprise’.
o The ‘28 National Reports (EU27 + Turkey) on Policies / Initiatives in the field of Networked Enterprise’.
o The ’28 Summary Tables’ of National and Regional relevant Policies / Initiatives in the field of Networked Enterprise.
· The Compendium of ERA co-ordination actions in the Networked Enterprise & RFID Unit providing an overall insight on: (i) the strengths and weaknesses of the ERA related activities in the Networked Enterprise field; (ii) the missing activities that should be addressed by the Unit in the future; (iii) the key success factors for ERA Coordination; and (iv) the areas where benefits from ERA Coordination can be gained in the field of Networked Enterprise.
· The Compendium of effective ‘Knowledge Hubs’ in the field of Networked Enterprise: The ERA Study proceeded to the identification of the organisations acting as Knowledge Hubs in the field of Networked Enterprise.
· The organisation of a set of coordination activities including: (i) an on-line consultation and (ii) four coordination workshops on ERA Coordination in the field of Networked Enterprise (Nov. 07’ – Jun. 08’). National & regional policy makers and experts in the field of Networked Enterprise participated in a series of four policy / coordination workshops on ERA Coordination in the field of Networked Enterprise. Both activities achieved to gather the views of key representatives (policy makers and research programmes ‘owners’ from the public sector) from the 27 Member States and Turkey with respect to the coordination opportunities in the respective field.
Based on the input provided by these key representatives a Final Recommendations Report was elaborated contaning a set of ERA coordination actions to be used as recommendations and the Compendium of Good Practice Cases/ Initiatives including a set of:
1. European good practice cases / initiatives that concern the ERA Coordination topic in ICT and in the field of Networked Enterprise and,
2. National and regional good practice cases / initiatives that constitute a set of research, innovation and policy initiatives at national or regional level in areas related to the field of Networked Enterprise or to its four key areas.
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