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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-767/annex/division-EUROPEAN/division-3/division-3.1.2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/767",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 December 2010 amending Decision C(2007) 2286 on the adoption of ERC Rules for the submission of proposals and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures for indirect actions under the Ideas Specific Programme of the Seventh Framework Programme (2007 to 2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/767/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-767",
  "path": "annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/3/division/3.1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1.2",
  "heading": "Appointment of experts",
  "text": "The ERC Scientific Council is responsible for proposing independent experts for the peer review evaluation of frontier research projects pursuant to Article 17(2) of the Rules for Participation, and monitoring of indirect actions implementation within the meaning of Article 27(1) of the Rules for Participation. The ERC Scientific Council may rely on its members and on information provided by Panel members or by the ERCEA to identify the independent experts. Based on this proposal the ERCEA will appoint them formally.\nIndependent experts are required to have skills and knowledge appropriate to the areas of activity in which they are asked to assist. They must have a high level of professional experience in the public or private sector in scientific research, scholarship, or scientific management. Other skills may also be required (e.g. mentoring and education of young scientists; management or evaluation of projects; technology transfer and innovation; international cooperation in science and technology). For the appointment of independent experts dealing with classified information, the appropriate security clearance shall be required.\nThe ERCEA has also recourse to the list of experts resulting from calls for applications published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as well as other experts with the necessary qualifications, identified for example, through consultation with national research funding agencies and similar organisations. Experts may come from countries other than the Member States or countries associated to FP7.\nIn assembling pools of experts, the ERCEA seeks to ensure the highest level of scientific and technical expertise, in areas appropriate to the call, considering also other criteria, such as:\nA reasonable inclusion of women and men from across the EU and associated countries as well as third countries;\nRegular rotation of experts, consistent with the need for continuity. On average, a turnover of at least a quarter of the experts used in each research area per calendar year is expected.\nExperts must also have the appropriate language skills required for the proposals to be evaluated.\nThe names of the independent experts assigned to individual proposals are not made public. However, the list of independent experts that have assisted in the evaluation of proposals received under a call related to the Ideas Specific Programme will be published yearly on Commission website(s). In addition the list of Panel members will be published on the ERC website.\nAny direct or indirect contact about the peer review evaluation of a call between the PI and/or applicant legal entity submitting a proposal under the same call and any independent expert involved in that peer review evaluation is strictly forbidden. Any such contact may result in the decision of the ERCEA to exclude the proposal concerned from the call in question.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 17(2) of the Rules for Participation."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The selection by the Scientific Council may not necessarily be required for the appointment of peer reviewers of coordination and support actions."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "According to the Rules for Participation and/or Commission Decision C(2008) 5694 of 8 October 2008 delegating powers to the ERCEA."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The European Union pursues a gender balance and equal opportunities policy in the field of research. To that extent, Commission Decision 2000/407/EC of 19 June 2000‘on gender balance within the committees and experts groups established by it’. In the same context, Article 17(2) of the Rules for Participation provides that ‘appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure reasonable gender balance when appointing groups of independent experts’."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/767/annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/3/division/3.1.2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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