Evaluierung der Umsetzung von H2020, EUREKA, COSME, EEN und ERA in Österreich. Endbericht

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“…Taking up this perspective, we demonstrate how the Delphi method can be used as a tool not only for validating the evidence gathered, but also how to incorporate a forward-looking perspective in drawing conclusions and elaborating recommendations by making use of expert knowledge from different domains. The empirical basis for the discussion is the Evaluation of the Support Structures for implementing the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020), EUREKA, COSME, EEN and ERA in Austria (Dinges et al 2018) commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy in 2017.…”

“…In the first stage of the Delphi, a set of three to five hypotheses were assigned to each topic. These hypotheses were based on the findings of the previous analytical evaluation steps (Dinges et al 2018). The evaluation focused on the assessment of support services provided by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency -Division of European and International Programmes (FFG-EIP), which is the national contact point for Horizon 2020 on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research 3 .…”

“…Based on the results of the Delphi survey three alternative policy pathways for the future orientation of Austrian governance and support services for Horizon Europe were synthesized and finally discussed with R&I policy-makers in Austria. These pathways were in particular developed in order not to limit the further design of the roles, functions and tasks of the FFG-EIP to rectify existing deficiencies or just to improve them against the backdrop of current tasks and challenges, but to take into account future challenges stemming from changing framework conditions such as the EC's proposal for the 9th European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ("Horizon Europe") (see Dinges et al, 2018 for further details).…”