SEC Objectives. All SEC projects must contribute to meeting the Centre’s overall aim. Six success criteria with associated targets have been formulated to measure how well this is achieved. All must have been met by the time SEC Stage V has been completed (28 February 2027). There are also a number of indicators that must be monitored and report in annual reports and that the end of SEC Stage V (Table 1). The success criteria and the indicators have been chosen so that together they provide a picture of the scientific excellence of the research and its importance to companies, both in terms of results and the need for qualified workers, as shown below.
