ERAWATCH is the European Commission's information platform on European, national and regional research systems and policies. Its main objectives are to support policy-making in the research field in Europe and to contribute to the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA).
The service currently covers 49 countries: 27 EU Member States, countries associated with the European Community's Research Framework Programme and, for comparative purposes, main trading partners of the EU.
The site is organised as follows:
- National profiles, including national and regional information
- European perspective, comprising European level information
- Reports, section, devoted to analysis on research policy issues, country overviews and trends.
ERAWATCH is targeted at all those involved in research policy-making in Europe.
It is a long term initiative jointly carried out by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and the Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS) based in Seville (Spain).
The ERAWATCH online service has been developed in collaboration with CORDIS.