ERA-NET – European Commission

The ERA-NET scheme was first launched in the Sixth Framework Programme with the aim to “step up the cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national or regional level […] through the networking of research activities, including their mutual opening and the development and implementation of joint activities.”

ERA-NET – Cordis

LEAD ERA

LEAD ERA is aimed at fostering the coordination of a series of trans-regional programmes dedicated to research and innovation within the highly innovative and technology based themes of the EU Lead market initiative. Through a process of intensive knowledge sharing of the regional competences and programmes, LEAD ERA partners will develop a joint Scientific and Technological strategy and the mutual tools and methods to foster RTD cooperation amongst their regional RTD stakeholders. The main objectives of the project are to launch ambitious RTD calls for proposals and therefore to fund trans-national projects involving RTD actors from the private or the public sector which will provide them new resources to collaborate at a European level.

MNT-ERA.NET

MNT-ERA.NET enhances the competitiveness of the European industry by coordinating and streamlining European support measures for micro and nano technologies. This is achieved by implementing coordinated activities and securing sustainable cooperation between the participating funding programmes.

MATERA

MATERA promotes European cooperation between national and regional programmes on the material science and engineering. MATERA has brought together an active network. So far three joint calls for industry, universities and research centre have been launched. The most recent call was MATERA+ Call with an option of additional EC financial support.

European Technology Platforms (ETP)

European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are industry-led stakeholder fora charged with defining research priorities in a broad range of technological areas.

Manufuture

The mission of the European Technology Platform Manufuture is to propose, develop and implement a strategy based on Research and Innovation, capable of speeding up the rate of industrial transformation to high-added-value products, processes and services, securing high-skills employment and winning a major share of world Manufacturing output in the future knowledge-driven economy.

High Level Objectives:

• Competitiveness in manufacturing industries.
• Leadership in manufacturing technologies.
• Eco-efficient products and manufacturing.
• Leadership in products and processes, as well as in cultural, ethical and social values.

ESTEP

European Steel Technology Platform brings together the whole European steel industry, research centres, universities, the European Commission and Member States, as well as the other European institutions and trade unions.

• It expresses the major ambition of the steel industry, looking forward to 2030: the consolidation of undisputed leadership in sustainable development, given the rapid development in other parts of the world, notably Asia.
• It represents a response to the challenges that lie before us: the growing impact of globalisation, the matching of steel supply and demand, the climate change issue and the strengthening of the EU-27 partnerships.
• The Steel Technology Platform is geared to the future. Building on the foundation established by the first European research network created by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the Steel Technology Platform will give new impetus to the full spectrum of European research into materials and processes.