European Commissioner for Research

Ministers outline EU research vision for 2020

Amid fears that the current economic crisis could severely hamper R&D investment, EU research ministers yesterday (2 December) unveiled their bold vision of a borderless European Research Area (ERA) by 2020 to boost the bloc's...

Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels

Maandag 1 december 2008 | European Union ] The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 December under the chairmanship of Hervé Novelli, the French Minister of State for Trade, Craft Trades,...

Recession must not rein in university research

The credit crunch feels like a real knock back for higher education institutions just when our work to get universities and industry talking to each other seemed to be bearing fruit. Taken at face value, the global financial...

EU: Focus on knowledge to boost economy

The newsletter contains links to our latest IT news, product reviews, features and how-to guides, plus special offers and competitions. Europe must be opened up even more to allow researchers to collaborate more easily on...

Young People in Europe are Overwhelmingly Interested in Science and Technology

First, the good news: young people in Europe are overwhelmingly interested in science and technology (S&T) and positive about the benefits they bring to society, according to a new Eurobarometer survey on young people's...

THIS WEEK in the European Union

RENATA GOLDIROVA Today @ 17:52 CET EUOBSERVER / AGENDA (17 - This week, France, currently sitting at the EU's helm, ihopes to wrap up member states' year-long political wrangling over the union's farm policy health check. EU...

Keeping focused: EC conference on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis begins

On 13 November the European Commission opened its two-day International Conference on Poverty-Related Diseases. Around 450 prominent scientists, policy makers, business representatives, NGOs (with significant participation from...

EU launches website about alternative methods to animal testing

The European Commission on Tuesday launched a new web site to track the development of new alternative animal testing methods. The web site will enable citizens and other interested parties to track progress of the review,...

5th EU Conference on EU Research Infrastructures

Research Area. Infrastructures such as radiation sources, large-scale lasers, data banks in genomics, observatories for environmental sciences, advanced imaging systems, and testing facilities for the development of new...

Dr Richard Harding speaks at European Water Research Day in Spain

Dr Richard Harding from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology was a keynote speaker at the European Water Research Day event in Zaragoza, Spain on 8 September 2008. Proceedings on the day were broadcast live on the web. The...

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