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Announcement: Report on the ERA-NET Learning Platform 2009 and progress made in the development of NETWATCH
10-06-2009
The Annual ERA-NET Event was held from 31 March to 1 April 2009. The main aim was to bring new and old stakeholders together to keep them abreast of the latest policy thinking, to review progress in terms of the development of the platform, and to elicit their views on future activities. More specifically, the event reviewed the progress of the NETWATCH Information, Analysis and Learning Platform and the ERA-LEARN project; sought feedback likely to influence their continued development; presented a number of examples of how different ERA-NETs had developed in order that others might benefit from these experiences; and organised one policy round table and four workshops in order to facilitate mutual learning and elicit suggestions for further developments.
Furthermore the prototype of the NETWATCH Information, Analysis and Learning Platform, designed to support ERA-NET stakeholders via the provision of up-to-date information on ERA-NETs across the EU, was presented. Participants at the event seemed generally satisfied with progress to date. They also offered many useful suggestions concerning coverage and additional features that will help the NETWATCH team considerably as it moves into full implementation of the system. One of the key recommendations was to secure active engagement of the ERA-NET stakeholders in the further development of NETWATCH. After all, ERA-NET stakeholders constitute the most important sources of data on their own ERA-NETs, and their willingness to contribute these data to NETWATCH and share them with other stakeholders is thus crucial to the success of the NETWATCH initiative. For this reason all stakeholders are strongly encouraged to visit the demonstration site of NETWATCH: http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/static/
For further information on the outcomes of the ERA-NET Learning Platform 2009, you can download the conference report ERA-NETs on Stage.
For further information on NETWATCH, you can download the flyer ERA-NET's on Stage and/or visit the demonstration site at http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/static/