19 Mar 2024
EC publishes ERA Scoreboard 2023
The European Commission has published the 'ERA Scoreboard 2023', providing an EU-level assessment on the progress made towards achieving the ERA priorities as defined in the Pact for Research and Innovation. The ERA Scoreboard is part of the ERA Monitoring Mechanism. It builds on 18 indicators: two general indicators measuring progress in the European R&I system and 16 specific indicators – one for each Pact for R&I sub-priority.
The results of the ERA Scoreboard 2023 show that for the EU there has been substantial positive change in the following Pact for R&I priorities: R&D investments; Gender equality; Global engagement; Synergies with sectorial policies and industrial policies; and Coordination of R&I investments.
The EU has shown slower positive change in the following Pact for R&I priorities: Researchers’ careers and mobility; Knowledge Valorisation; and Active citizen and societal engagement in R&I.
The EU has shown limited positive change in the following Pact for R&I priorities: Scientific leadership; Challenge-based ERA actions; Synergies with education and the European Skills Agenda; More investments and reforms in countries and regions with lower R&I performance; and Support to prioritise and secure long-term R&I investments and policy reforms.
While considering the challenges attached to the indicators and the related data, the results indicate that still some additional effort would be beneficial mainly in the priority areas where “limited positive change” can be observed. These preliminary results need to be scrutinised by future Scoreboards, but might also be reflected in the future ERA Policy Agendas.
The Scoreboard is complemented by the new ERA Dashboard 2023 that provides a more detailed monitoring of progress towards the ERA objectives at national level.
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