ENR2 - ERA-NET ROAD II
Overview
Background & policy context:
ERA-NET ROAD II builds on the success of the first ERA-NET ROAD, which was funded under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). It made considerable progress towards the networking of road research programmes across Europe and was able to develop working procedures, identify common strategic research opportunities and launch a number of joint transnational research projects.
Objectives:
ERA-NET ROAD II built on that work, focusing on implementation of joint activities and funding of joint transnational research. The aim of ERA-NET ROAD II was to strengthen the European Research Area in road research by coordinating national and regional road research programmes and policies. The consortium comprises owners and managers of road research programmes in fifteen countries and two regions. Jointly, they will promote, develop and facilitate collaborative transnational programming, financing and procurement of road research.
Methodology:
The partners in ERA-NET ROAD II set out to ensure that coordination between road research programmes owners from both within and outside the Consortium was broadened and deepened, and that new partners were invited to join the consortium. Two transnationally funded programme calls paved the way towards achieving an expenditure of 10% of public road research budgets on collaborative research by 2013. The project also liaised with other public and private stakeholders and encouraged collaboration with non-European research programmes.
At the end of the project, collaborative research will have become business as usual for National Road Administrations. A permanent and self-sustaining structure will have been established and embedded that will take forward the transnational coordination of road research programmes after completion of the project.
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