ERA

The initial political concept of the European research Area (ERA) was launched by the publication of the Communication of the European Commission "Towards a European Research Area" in 2000. The initiative was driven by the increasing negative effects on European competitiveness caused by the absence of a science and research policy process at EU level, and by the massive fragmentation and compartmentalisation of the EU science and research landscape at that time... The Austrian online platform for the European Research Area (ERA) is a promotion initiative aiming at providing comprehensive information on the implementation of the ERA... From its beginning, the initiative to establish the ERA aimed at improving the framework conditions for the mobility of researchers and for the collaboration across Member States at the level of researchers, research performing organisations (RPOs) and research funding organisations (RFOs). Among the main achievements of the ERA so far are the..

Primary location: Vienna Austria