Optimising research programmes and priorities. Report of the ERA Expert Group

This report is written by the European Research Area
Expert Group Optimising Research programmes and
priorities. The Green Paper on “The European Research
Area: New Perspectives” (April 2007) spells out that a core
objective of the European Research Area has been to
ensure the coherence of European, national and regional
research programmes and priorities on issues of European
interest. It observes that since 2000 not enough progress
has been made on this matter. The Expert Group has
discussed these issues, examined the evidence available
and developed policy options for the future.