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Evaluation of the European Technology Platforms (ETPs)
4.3
Evaluation ................................................................................. 64
4.3.1
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Conclusions ............................................................................... 70
Effects on synergy between EU, national and regional levels ____ 72
5.1 Introduction............................................................................... 72
5.2 Addressing synergies between EU, national and regional levels ........ 72
5.3 Evaluation ................................................................................. 73
5.3.1
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Effects on mobilization of public and private resources_________ 77
6.1 Introduction............................................................................... 77
6.2 Resources available to the ETPs.................................................... 77
6.3 Evaluation ................................................................................. 78
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.4
How do SRAs influence national and/or other R&D work
programmes? .............................................................................78
How have the SRAs influenced the Work Programmes of FP7? ..........79
To what extent have the ETPs succeeded in attracting and/or
mobilizing funds from EU sources (e.g. FP7), national and/or
regional sources? ........................................................................79
To what extent have the ETPs enhanced the use of other funds,
such as debt and equity financing, for implementing R&D
activities? ..................................................................................79
Have the ETPs succeeded in or contributed to mobilising and
aligning R&D investments by industrial stakeholders? ......................81
Conclusions ............................................................................... 82
Effects on improvement of framework conditions _____________ 83
7.1 Introduction............................................................................... 83
7.2 Addressing framework conditions ................................................. 83
7.3 Evaluation ................................................................................. 84
7.3.1
7.3.2
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How do ETPs interact with relevant authorities in Member States? ....73
What role do the national mirror groups play in the ETPs? Are the
mirror groups sufficiently involved? What role do national R&D
priorities play?............................................................................73
Do the ETPs sufficiently represent Member State, national and
regional levels of policy making? ...................................................74
To what extent do ETPs facilitate a greater alignment of R&D
priorities between EU, national and/or regional levels? ....................75
Conclusions ............................................................................... 76
6.3.1
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Are all stakeholders relevant to a specific technological area
involved in the ETP? ....................................................................64
To what extent have ETPs succeeded in establishing an ongoing
communication process between the stakeholders facilitating
coordination (communication actions, strategy etc.)? ......................66
Have the operations of ETPs (e.g. SVDs and SRAs) led to higher
levels of coordination between relevant stakeholders (including
financial and regulatory actors) in the development of keytechnologies? .............................................................................67
Have the operations of the ETPs led to other levels of collaboration
such as joint R&D activities undertaken by ETP members (e.g.
JTIs, Eureka projects, other public-private, or private-private
partnerships)? ............................................................................67
To what extent do the ETPs themselves coordinate their activities
in order to avoid duplication of efforts, and benefit from crossdisciplinary cooperation? ..............................................................68
Regulatory and other barriers for the optimal development,
deployment and use of key technologies ........................................84
Creation of a favourable climate for development and deployment
of key technologies .....................................................................85
Conclusions ............................................................................... 85
Effects on maintaining and enhancing a high-skilled work force __ 86
8.1 Introduction............................................................................... 86
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