In 2015, the European Council reaffirmed its commitment to a fully operational ERA and endorsed the ERA Plan for 2015-2020. It is a lively document that guides EU countries in creating ERA priorities at national level: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8975-2015-INIT/en/pdf
Monitoring the implementation of the ERA Plan is integrated into the ERA progress reports on the basis of the main indicators proposed by the European Research and Innovation Advisory Committee. (ERAC)