The ETER contract is implemented by a consortium of five partners:

• USI – Università della Svizzera italiana
• JOANNEUM RESEARCH
• AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology
• NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation
• University of Rome La Sapienza

All consortium partners, as well as a network of national experts, support data delivery.

Additional key functions of the project team (USI, JOANNEUM RESEARCH and AIT) are as follows:

• Coordinating the entire process and developing its methodology, as specified in the project Handbook
• Preparing perimeter and data collection templates and sending them to NSAs.
• Performing data validation and quality analysis on collected data and reporting any problems to NSAs.
• Integrating the data in the ETER database and publishing them.
• External communication and dissemination.
• Training for data collectors and data users.

Within the project team, the USI is responsible for the leadership of consortium and central coordination, methodological development and external stakeholder relations, the AIT leads on dissemination and training as well as future developments, while JOANNEUM RESEARCH is responsible for managing the data collection infrastructure.