FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON BEST PRACTICES AND COMMON STANDARDS FOR RI BUSINESS PLANNING

This report proposes recommendations on business planning for RIs, and evaluation of business plans in view of RI roadmapping and funding. Targeted at RI managers and policy-makers, such as funding organisations, the recommendations aim at ensuring the long-term sustainability of RIs by promoting business plans widely as a valuable management tool to ensure RI growth, and as an indispensable criterion in roadmap and funding processes. These recommendations are illustrated by good practices based on real cases, and supported by the findings from desk research, a consultation and field work (case studies and regional technical workshops), findings which are presented in more details in deliverables D5.2 – D5.3. Furthermore, the recommendations have been discussed and refined with the Reflection Group and other stakeholder’s representatives during InRoad’s Validation workshop. The recommendations from this report, as well as the analyses from the case studies and consultation, are presented in the InRoad final report.