The specific objectives of ERA-LEARN are:

increase the visibility of ERA-LEARN by intensifying the close interaction of ERA-LEARN with the R&I partnership community to make it more user-friendly and attractive to the partnership community;
increase the relevance by applying a more thematic approach in tackling the issues and challenges identified by partnership initiatives;
support partnerships with evidence in view of the next EU Framework Programme;
support impact assessments by offering trainings and real, full scale pilot assessment exercises as well as special tool-kits to provide guidance and advice addressing also the development of key performance indicators (KPIs);
identify and spread good practise for specific common challenges such as widening of participation and inclusiveness of less research intensive countries, internationalisation of partnership initiatives, reaching out to industry and innovation;
engage the R&I partnership community in a dialogue with other stakeholders or initiatives such as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs);
facilitate the identification and handling of emerging issues in relation to partnership strategic development, operation and performance;
closer interaction of ERA-LEARN with the partnership initiatives community.
The Consortium
ERA-LEARN has a strong background in practical operation of R&I partnerships through the diverse involvements in ERA-NETs, JPIs and Art.185 initiatives. The consortium members are complementary to each other through their specific roles as national ministries, national funding agencies, and specialists for analysis and policy research and through their activities in the context of stakeholder groups such as the GPC. Representing a wide range of the main partnership stakeholders, the ERA-LEARN consortium is therefore perfectly suited to respond to user needs. The consortium has close links to the business community and to policy makers. Public relation expertise is strongly represented in the consortium.