ERIC Forum

Acronym: ERIC Forum

General Information

Identification Code: 633497747437-62

Website: https://www.eric-forum.eu/

Entity Form: Formal group

Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions

Registration Date: 9/4/2022

Last Update: 2/26/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The EC ERIC Regulation No 723/2009 on the Community legal Framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) provides a legal instrument for facilitating the establishment and operation of European research infrastructures. Its implementation gives rise to a number of common specific policy, regulatory and administrative questions at European and national level. In 2017 the existing ERICs (now 28) formed the ERIC Forum in order to further strengthen the coordination among ERICs and interact effectively with the EC to achieve the full implementation of the ERIC regulation. The ERIC Forum’s aim is to advance operations of ERICs and to strategically contribute to the development of ERIC related policies, identify common challenges, collectively develop responses to these challenges, contribute to the further development of the ERIC Regulation, ESFRI framework and European and international research context, and foster the visibility, impact and sustainability of ERICs.

Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests

Interests:

Research and innovation

Levels of Interest:

global
european
national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Main EU legislative proposals or policies targeted: Participation in the VAT expert group and EU VAT Forum. The ERIC Forum is also actively engaged in the analysis and full implementation of the ERIC Regulation, improving the awareness and understanding of the ERIC concepts at national level. Research Infrastructures, and ERICs in particular, are essential stakeholders in the European Research Area, participating in the definition and development of the ERA policy and actions. The ERIC Forum acts as a trusted honest broker, and the ERIC Forum chair is at this moment representing Research Infrastructures in the ERA Forum. Moreover, the ERIC Forum helps defining the EC Framework Programme, since the ERICs are often beneficiaries of these calls.

Communication Activities: The ERIC Forum communicates its activities, and those of the ERIC members, internally and externally. The next major event is the ERIC Forum Annual Meeting (February 27-28, 2024 in Brussels). The ERIC Forum website includes many Position Papers and Policy Briefs developed during the EC H2020 ERIC Forum project. These are also announced in social networks (X (Twitter), LinkedIn). ERIC Forum participates actively in international conferences like the International Coference for Research Infrastructures (ICRI) (2024 in Brisbane Australia).

EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission expert group on Technology Infrastructures#E03928#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3928 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2/B/6

Post Code: 8010

City: Graz

Country: AUSTRIA

Phone:

Indic Phone: 43

Phone Number: 3163499170

EU Office

Address: Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2/B/6

Post Code: 8010

City: Graz

Country: AUSTRIA

Phone:

Indic Phone: 43

Phone Number: 3163499170

Financial Data

Closed Year:

Start Date:

End Date:

Funding Sources:

EU funding

Contributions:

Amount: 0
Currency: €
_id:
Buffer:
0: 104
1: 64
2: 61
3: 7
4: 158
5: 212
6: 182
7: 32
8: 86
9: 90
10: 21
11: 71

Total Budget: 3000000

Grants:

Source: Horizon Europe
Amount: 0
Currency: €
_id:
Buffer:
0: 104
1: 64
2: 61
3: 7
4: 158
5: 212
6: 182
7: 32
8: 86
9: 90
10: 21
11: 70

Current Year:

Grants:

Complementary Information: The Second Implementation Project for the ERIC Forum is born to further structure the cooperation between the ERICs and to support the implementation of the ERICs’ policy, shaping their community identity and consolidating their integration within the European Research Area (ERA). It officially started on the 1st of September, 2023, thanks to funds from the Horizon Europe Action.Over the next four years, specific working groups will meet to identify shared practices in managing back-office resources, employment contracts, VAT exemptions, or rules for multi-sited or distributed ERICs. The Project will comply with the European Commission’s open science obligations set out by Horizon Europe and ensure an appropriate sex and gender balance.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 5

Members50 Percent: 1

Members: 6

Members F T E: 1

Info Members: 6 staff is involved in the secretariat of the ERIC Forum, equaling cca 1 FTE This staff is distributed between the Chair's office (EuroBioImaging ERIC) and the coordinator of the project, BBMRI-ERIC.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: ERIC Forum comprises all 28 ERICs which have been established by decisions of the EU Commission. See the following web sitehttps://www.eric-forum.eu/the-eric-landscape/

Organisation Members: none