AUT and employers square up over pay
AUT is 'promulgating completely wrong information' about the pay offer Ucea 'published disingenuous claims' about 20 per cent pay rises AUT's claims are a 'deliberate strategy' to bolster support for...
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Europe pledges research cooperation to tackle resurgent AIDS epidemic
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 The EU and its neighbours have pledged to take common action to counter the resurgent HIV/AIDS epidemic, including research into more effective prevention and new treatments for...
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Alternative testing methods: European research to replace and reduce animal tests
Brussels, 23 June 2004 In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium, President of the Prince Laurent Foundation for Animal Welfare, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will today...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: A New Start for Lisbon, REACH and Other Topics, Environment Committee of the European Parliament
Brussels, 3rd February 2005 Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank you most warmly for this invitation to speak to you about the priorities and preoccupations we share in our work...
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NorthWest Science: A meeting of minds on a single mission
Northwest Science is a model of best practice, according to the Council for Industry and ÌÇÐÄVlog, drawing together businesses and economic development organisations with academic communities...
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DIP on semantic web: the new Internet revolution
Brussels, 08 Jul 2005 The Internet is on the verge of another revolution. The development of the World Wide Web allowed millions around the world access to information by making it easy for anyone to...
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Alison Wolf column
As the regions hone their business strategies for global domination, the needs of small, local firms are being overlooked. I wish someone could find me some quangos that have disappeared. Not ones...
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Commission calls on EU Member States to intensify efforts in life sciences and biotechnology
Brussels, 5 March 2003 In its first progress report since adopting the EU strategy on life sciences and biotechnology in 2002, the European Commission today indicated that the risk of diverging...
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European partners discuss 'boosting innovation from research to market'
Brussels, 12 Dec 2003 A conference addressing innovation in Europe on 10 December heard senior policy makers from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the US and Brussels present their strategies for...
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European partners discuss 'boosting innovation from research to market'
Brussels, 12 Dec 2003 A conference addressing innovation in Europe on 10 December heard senior policy makers from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the US and Brussels present their strategies for...
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The BioEconomy in 2030: A Policy Agenda by the OECD (link)
Paris, 02 May 2005 In 2005, the International Futures Programme (IFP) of the OECD will start a two year project that aims to draft a broad policy agenda for governments in respect to the bioeconomy....
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Future European Policy to Support Research - Presidency Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council of 26 November)
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Following a wide ranging policy debate on the future of the EU funded research and the broad contours of the next Framework Programme, formal proposals for which are expected...
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Parliament committee backs call for one billion euro security research budget
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a report by Polish MEP Bogdan Klich on security research, which calls for a minimum annual budget of one billion...
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Pre-commercial public procurement should become a bridge from research to innovation, says Commission ICT expert group
Brussels, 24 March 2006 Proposals to drive forward innovation in the field of information and communication technologies through public procurement were presented yesterday in Vienna by an ad-hoc...
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New challenges beget new security needs
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 Amid fears of terror attacks and the shifting demographical and political sands across Europe, EU policy-makers are keen to raise the profile of research on security challenges...