Creating a platform for Andorran members of CoARA to exchange knowledge and engage in mutal learning, the NC of Andorra addresses issues unique to the country and other small territories.

The NC of Cyprus aims to support CoARA’s mission in a national context with the University of Cyprus (UCY) and the European Office of Cyprus (EOC) leading the way to mentor other universities and research institutions to better understand the aim and benefits of CoARA and to endorse its mission.

The mission of the NC of Finland is to support the entire Finnish research community in its journey towards a quality focused assessment culture that recognises the full diversity and impact of academic work.

The NC of France aims to foster common understanding among different institutions in the country, including the coordination of French members participating in CoARA, information sharing, and creating synergies between specialists.

The NC of Germany functions as a forum for the discussion and coordination of CoARA matters specific to the German research landscape and to support the reform of research assessment practices and culture in practical ways.

The mission of the NC of Hungary is to harmonise and align the development and update of assessment systems of the participant Hungarian entities on national level along the CoARA commitments in order to create a framework for the interoperability of assessment.

The NC of Ireland provides a platform for Irish members of CoARA to exchange knowledge, mutual learning on issues that are specific to Ireland (peer review processes, revision of promotion criteria, Irish funding agency adoption of DORA and/or other statements on the responsible use of research metrics).

The NC of Italy aims to enable mutual learning, share best practices, and raise awareness of best responsible assessment practices and indicators in the national community on the ongoing research assessment reform, and foster the discussion about the reviewing and development of assessment criteria, tools and processes for assessing research institutions, individual researchers and projects.

The NC of Norway has two interlinked purposes: 1. To share experiences and best practices on the development of institutional versions of the NORCAM framework 2. To create an arena for discussing and sharing practical and strategic aspects of the European Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA).

The NC of Poland’s mission is to assess the coherence of the solutions agreed within the Coalition with the currently applicable country regulations, and to propose the necessary changes at the national level that would allow implementation of specific elements of the reform.

The NC of Portugal is a collaborative platform that will enhance and contextualise CoARA’s commitments to action and the debate on research assessment reform within the Portuguese research landscape and institutional diversity, also bringing the Agreement to the forefront of ongoing national initiatives and contributing to a wider adherence to it.

The NC of Spain’s mission is to support the reform of research assessment in Spain, recognising the diverse outputs, practices and activities that maximise the quality and impact of research.

The NC of Sweden aims to work at the national level to identify common standards for research assessment practices, coordinating national efforts in reform and offering best practices to broader CoARA community.

The NC of Switzerland bring together Swiss cantonal and federal universities, universities of applied sciences and funders, covering Switzerland’s different language regions and reflecting the variety of its higher education and research landscape and ensuring a more coordinated, systematic approach towards reforming research assessment on a national level.

The mission of the NC of Ukraine is to advance the growth of Ukraine’s knowledge-driven economy for the post-war recovery by reforming the country’s research and higher education system through advancing research assessment based on CoARA principles and prioritising Open Science.

The NC of the United Kingdom supports CoARA members and signatories to reflect on their ambitions for reform of research assessment and provides a space to discuss ways of bringing about this reform. By sharing successes and lessons learnt, the NC of the United Kingdom aims to work together to bring about meaningful change in organisations within the region and across the sector.