OPERAS D4.5 Good practice guidelines for instrument choice and tutorials for instrument application

About “Guidance on choice and application of instruments”
Task 4.5 coordinates the work and information flow across WP4 Instruments and produced an overall synthesis of the operational potential of ES/NC instruments, a road map for their application and practice guidance for choice and use of ES/NC instruments, as input to Oppla. The outcomes are synthesised in Task 4.5 in this deliverable D4.5 “Good practice guidelines for instrument choice and tutorials for instrument application” to provide guidance which is also made available to and on Oppla (WP5) for both business and consumers use at http://oppla.eu/marketplace.
Sub task 4.5.3 Recommendations and good practice guidelines (EFI, ULUND, IEEP, ETH, WCMC, PU, ALU, OBU) developed recommendations for the choice of instruments and compiles detailed good practice guidelines and training materials for the application of alternative tools and instruments developed in Task 4.2-4.4.Outcomes from the uptake analysisof Task 4.4 were synthesized and integratedby performing a meta-analysis that accounts for feedbacks from experiments in the Exemplars (T2.2), the meta-analysis (T2.1) and the synthesis of the Exemplars (T2.3) to propose generic and context-specific guidance for the design of effective implementation and uptake schemes for market creation and support based on existing, improved and new instrument combinations. The task has been implemented in cooperation with T5.1, where the Resource Hub/Oppla functionality and structure is designed and with T2.3 where a lessons-learned database is compiled based on the results of the Exemplars. Results of T2.1 and T4.1 were used to identify information needs for different stakeholder types, and help identify tailoring needs with respect to a diversity of use and implementation.
The purpose of this document is not a repetition of guidance material as described in their own deliverables (D4.2, 4.4/4.6, 4.5, 4.7), but to give guidance on how good practice examples and user guidance has been implemented in Oppla. This deliverable OPERAs D4.5 will also feed into the Oppla deliverable (Openness D2.5 “Suite of decision trees to assess users to decide on ES/NC based instruments and tools”)

Diana Tuomasjukka (diana.tuomasjukka@efi.int)

Users in Oppla come from all walks of life, from local to European policy makers, industry, business (SME to large-scale), researchers, NGOs or interested public. Oppla user guidance targets two types of users: new and experienced Oppla users.

For new users, the purpose of Oppla (and within Oppla of user guidance) is to

• Understand what information is most relevant/useful
• Access that information as easily as possible
• Find people who can help

For experienced users, the purpose of Oppla (and within Oppla of user guidance) is to:

• Share successes and increase impact
• Find new clients in emerging markets
• Find new partners for innovation and co-design

James Paterson, Sibyl Brunner, George Cojocaru