European Commission
EUROPEAN RESEARCH ERA

Tatjana Volkova
Discussant session 1.3
 
Following the invitation to focus debate of the workshop session around the two main issues mentioned by Sabine Herlitschka toward responsible funding conditions in the European Research Area I support the idea that there is a strong need for development of common shared principles (guidelines) for external funding in the ERA context. …

Erkki Leppävuori
Discussant Session 1.3

Sabine Herlitschka’s excellent overview paper focuses particularly on universities and emphasises especially the need for them to continue to move towards full-cost accounting. The experience of Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) confirms the importance of adopting full-cost accounting. Most RTOs made the transition to full cost during the past two decades or so, and the results have been clearly positive: transparency with regard …

Francien Heijs
Discussant session 1.3
 

a) Government Perspective
The role of the government is to bolster a good tertiary education and research system. Conditions need to be created that serve to not only maintain but also improve a sustainable, well-functioning research system.
To …

Arvid Hallen
Discussant session 1.3
 
Stakeholder organizations have an important role in the ERA process, and I am glad to see that the opinion of TAFTIE – the European Network of Innovation Agencies is widely sought and valued. This year the Research Council of Norway is chairing TAFTIE, and my colleague Executive Director Lars Aukrust is the TAFTIE Chairman….

Sabine Herlitschka
Main speaker session 1.3
 
In November 2007 the European Commission initiated an independent Expert Group on the subject of external funding for university-based research. After extensive data gathering, interviewing and discussions the Expert Group finalized its report end of 2008 under the title ‘Diversified Funding streams for University-based research: Impact of external project-based research funding on financial management in Universities’[1]. …