 The Contractor  shall foresee resources for final editing, reviewing and publishing of white papers and similar publications produced by the ETIP SNET Working Groups (at least four and possibly up to eight such publications). 

 Finally, the Contractor shall foresee resources for ad-hoc publications, for example briefings or position papers. INEA estimates that six to eight person months would be adequate for this purpose. 

## Task 3: Mapping of progress in energy systems research and innovation 

 The Contractor  shall monitor progress in energy systems research and innovation in the EU Member States and SET-Plan countries and map this progress with reference to the latest implementation plan and roadmap. 

 The Contractor  shall deliver two European progress reviews on energy system R&I, one within the first 12 months and the other within the last six months of the operations of the Technical and Support Office . In their tenders, the tenderers should schedule the precise delivery dates so that they can build on the latest implementation plan and roadmap and make available the insights needed for stakeholders, EU Member States and European Commission to re-adjust their R&D strategies accordingly. 

 The progress reviews must explicitly include progress through EU Member State funded activities and they must include estimates of R&I expenditure by the EU, Member States and private entities. The tenderers should describe their methodology to collect this information in their tenders. 

## Task 4: Organisation of regional workshops and webinars 

The Contractor shall organise eight regional workshops (two per energy market region) spread over the duration of the contract. The four energy market regions as currently addressed by the ETIP SNET are Central Europe, Northern Europe, South-West Europe and Western Europe.$^{8}$ The average number of participants per regional workshop in the past was 100, ranging from 55 to 130 for individual workshops. 

The regional workshops should aim at: 

 presenting RD&I projects of significant added value for energy system integration, in line with the thematic priorities of the ETIP SNET Working Groups, i.e., mainly national and regional projects but also European projects active in the relevant region, in order to enhance exchanges between all projects and communities; 

 identifying unsolved RD&I topics and monitoring the implementation of RD&I activities at national and regional levels in Europe; 

