Work Packages

WP3 Best practice in research management

Landfill imageThe Finnish Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Environment Institute lead this work package. The objective is to share and identify best practice in research planning and management, from project inception to delivery. It involves obtaining information on research management in the participants' countries. The main output of this Work package is a report and guidelines identifying best practice for programme management (Published July 2006) and common evaluation procedures (published June 2007).

Management challenges for ERA-NETS

A report has been written that concentrates on analysing experiences of the environmental ERANets when planning and managing joint calls/research programmes. A team of SYKE researchers from the Research Programme for Environmental Policy has produced the report.

Workshop in Helsinki 8-9 October 2008

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Finnish Ministry of the Environment  (FiMoE) hosted a SKEP ERA-Net workshop in Helsinki on October 8-9, 2008. The workshop brought together coordinators and partners from 12 environmental ERA-Nets. It was a unique opportunity for ERA-Net coordinators and partners to meet and share their experiences in planning and management of the joint calls. 

Workshop presentations:

The workshop memorandum contains the minutes from the workshop as well as the outcomes of the work groups discussions.

You can also download a draft report on 'Expereinces of environmental ERA-Nets in management of joint calls'.  We welcome your comments on both draft report and working group oucomes by email: olga.mashkina@ymparisto.fi

Report on Programme Evaluation published

The report, which concentrates on programme evaluation, and is one of the contributions of Work Package 3. Written by Paula Kivimaa, Hanna Mela & Eeva Furman.

Poster exhibited at Bridging the Gap

A poster on this work package was presented at the Bridging the Gap conference in Slovenia.

Research on Management Challenges for ERA-Nets' Transnational Research Programmes

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Finland's Ministry of the Environment (FiMoE) are proceeding  with research of the management challenges for  ERA-Nets' trans-national research programmes on is-sues important for environmental governance.  The detailed research plan is now available.

Report on how research funding could promote the production of policy relevant research knowledge and its use in political decision-making

Political decision-making uses among others things the knowledge generated by scientific research. The relationship between science and policy is, however complicated. Science and policy have different working cultures, aims and ways of communication, which poses a challenge to their interaction. This article discusses how research funding could promote the production of policy relevant research knowledge and its use in political decision-making. A study made within the SKEP ERA-Net is used as an example. Supra-national, jointly funded research programmes are also discussed. The focus of the article is environment-related research but can also be applied to research funding in general.  

Report available for download

A report on the approaches and practices in mid-term and ex-post evaluation of environmental research programmes has been published.

Report and guidelines 

The report identifying best practice for programme management have been submitted to the Commission.

Workshop on common evaluation procedures

A workshop was held in the Aland Islands in April 2007 to discuss common evaluation procedures.