Since its finalisation, the White Paper has been widely distributed. Some of the proposed actions of the Joint Action Plan already have been implemented (e.g. in the framework of the WBC-INCO.NET project), some just started, and some remain outstanding. Feedback and many recommendations have been collected and now, after two years and close to the end of the SEE-ERA.NET project, it seemed to be a good time to revise the Joint Action Plan once more.

While the White Paper is designed as a policy paper, the Joint Action Plan has to be understood as a working paper reflecting the current situation and proposing respective actual measures, gaining momentum through the combination, coordination and adaptation of the individual measures.

This makes the Joint Action Plan the ideal document to be updated from time to time summarising and outlining all combined measures targeting at the strengthening of strategic reform processes with regard to S&T in the WBCs, the assuring of a high level of participation of the WBCs in FP7 and the promotion of an intensive use of existing cooperation instruments, or, where necessary, introducing new, coherent and complementary or joint cooperation instruments.
The update is available on the websites of SEE-ERA.NET (PLUS) and WBC-INCO.NET.