ERA-NET Cofund Survey Introduction

The Commission has invited me to Chair an Expert Group to carry out an assessment of the ERA-NET Cofund actions under Horizon 2020. The idea is to take stock of the experiences with the new ERA-NET Cofund projects in terms of preparation and implementation, identify critical issues that need to be addressed, assess the relevance of the instrument to EU policies and look into how the instrument can best contribute to EU policy developments. The results of the assessment will provide an input to the Horizon 2020 interim evaluation.
As the quality of this assessment strongly depends on the answers to this questionnaire, I would be most grateful if you could take time to answer the questions posed. It is estimated that this will require around 30 minutes of your time.
There are some questions that need to be answered having in mind the ERA-NET Cofund project you participate in – please write down the acronym of this project as requested on the first page of the questionnaire. If you are responsible for more than one ERA-NET Cofund projects, please feel free to fill in only one questionnaire, i.e. for the project you consider more appropriate and mature. However, most of the questions are of a more general nature and can benefit from your overall ERA-NET experience.
In case you feel you are not the right person to fill in this questionnaire, please feel free to forward it to those responsible. In addition some questions may need that you consult your colleagues – please feel free to do so before providing answers. You can find a pdf version of the questionnaire that you can print if you wish on the introductory page of the survey. We hope that your answers reflect the position of your organisation.
Some of the aspects addressed in the questionnaire may be too early to discuss at this stage of the development for certain ERA-NET Cofund actions. For these cases we provide the option ‘non-applicable’. Nonetheless we invite you to respond on the basis of your experience and to the best of your abilities in order to make the process more relevant and efficient from the onset. You can save the questionnaire at any time using the ‘save’ function on the bottom of each page.

We would appreciate your response by 21 March 2016.

The results will be treated collectively and anonymously. They will be presented in a workshop for the ERA-NET Cofund Coordinators in May 2016 and will be integrated in the Final Report of the Expert Group.
Appreciating your willingness to assist us in this,

With kind regards