The Commission signs the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and endorses the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

"Today, the Commission has signed the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment. The Agreement sets a common direction for changes in assessment practices for research, researchers and research organisations, with the goal to maximise the quality and impact of research. It covers the principles, commitments and timeframe for reforms and lays out the principles for the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). The Coalition is a group of organisations willing to work together to implement the reform. The Coalition’s establishment is one of the main expected outcomes of the European Research Area (ERASearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••) Policy Agenda for 2022-2024Search for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••, which includes an action to advance the reform of the assessment system for research, researchers and institutions.