• Rapporteur to the Expert Group on Public Research Spending and Policy Mixes supporting CREST in the implementation of the Commission’s 3% Action Plan • Evaluation of the impacts of FP5 in Ireland for Forfás • Publication of a chapter in ‘Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation’, Shapira and Kuhlmann (Eds), Edward Elgar • Preparation of ‘A New Role for Universities’ for the EURAB Working Group on the role of universities in the ERA • Completion of ‘Insights from Policy Research for the Formulation and Evaluation of Policy’, a review of projects funded under the TSER Programme • Invitation by METI to conduct a series of seminars on evaluation in Tokyo in November 2003 • Organisation of Six Countries Workshop on the European Research Area, Eisenstadt/Sopron, October 2003 • Revision of MEANS Manual on the evaluation of RTD and Innovation Policies • Member of roundtable at conference on Evaluation of Government-funded R&D Activities, Vienna, May 15-16 2003 • Preparation of paper for OECD conference on Benchmarking National Innovation Systems, London, March 24 2003 • Rapporteur to the EURAB Working Group on the role of universities in the ERA • Rapporteur and Member of the Mid-Term Assessment Panel for the STRATA/CBSTII Support for the Development of Science and Technology Policies in Europe Action Line of DG Research • Member of the Academic Panel reviewing DTI/HMT Innovation Policy, UK • Preparation of the annual Evaluation and Impact Assessment reports for the GROWTH programme • Advice to Forfás, Ireland, on future R&D policies • Organisation of Policy Review process for DG Research • Preparation of Conference Declaration and Conference Summary, Benchmarking National Research Policies Conference, Athens, 17-18 January 2003 • Presentation of the results of the Impact Assessment of GROWTH projects to the Annual Monitoring panel, Brussels, January 13 2003 • Chair of industry/policymaker workshop on RTD policies, Brussels, January 8 2003 • Review of RTD Benchmarking Policy Workshops for DG Research and the Greek Presidency
 
Projects and tasks commencing 2003
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