European Commission-DG RTD, with the support of ERA-LEARN project, hosted the second Partnership Stakeholder Forum in Brussels, 5-6 December 2023 and brought together the European Partnerships’ community to discuss achievements and demand for actions, synergies with EU Missions, the enlargement of the partnership’s portfolio, as well as future design of European Partnerships under the next Framework Programme, considering also internationalisation and their global links under the spectrum of strategic autonomy for the EU.
Furthermore, the forum also provided a platform for discussing the state of play of implementation of the European Partnerships and a first look on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, which covers first results of Horizon Europe's R&I actions funded by the EU in 2021-2023, as required under Regulation 2021/695 (Article 52).
Katja Lamprecht and Vitaliy Soloviy (both AIT Center for Innovation and Policy Systems and project partner in ERA-LEARN) organized a parallel session on “Input for Horizon Europe interim evaluation: experiences, achievements and needs of the European partnerships”, with a panel of high-level representatives of the partnerships EIT Health, Batt4EU, Water4All und Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE JU).
The goal of the session was to collect feedback from stakeholders on their experiences with this evaluation, provide space for discussion and facilitate mutual learning among participants. The sessionalso allowed to identify areas where demand for action lies, discuss opportunities and risks partnerships foresee for the next few years in a rapidly evolving context.