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Draft Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) for Discussion prior to the 27 May 2003 Meeting of Ministers (link)
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 221/2/03 Revision 2 Suite of documents 221/2/03 Delegations will find attached the revised draft Declaration of COST in preparation of the Ministerial...
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Draft Report from the Committee of Senior Officials to the Ministerial Conference on the state and future of Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) (link)
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 220/1/03 Revision 1 Suite of documents 220/1/03 Subject: Draft Report from the Committee of Senior Officials to the Ministerial Conference on the state and...
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Splashing down on Titan's oceans
Paris, 01 Apr 2003 Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a mysterious place. Its thick atmosphere is rich in organic compounds. Some of them would be signs of life if they were on our planet. How do they...
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EU-US cooperation on agenda of Europe's largest ever geosciences event
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 The EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly 2003, the largest ever event on geosciences to be held in Europe, will take place from 7 to 11 April in Nice, France. By holding a joint assembly...
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A strategy for Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 218/1/03 Revision 1 Suite of documents 218/1/03 Delegations will find attached a revised version of the strategy document based on comments received from...
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The Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing (Mars) unit of the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) will showcase state-of-the-art GIS and image management technologies f
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 7-8 April 2003 - IPSC: IACS - GIS Meeting Ispra (I): The IACS-GIS Meeting is by invitation only, and is organised by the Mars Unit. The meeting is intended to: - act as a...
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Workshop organised to look for habitable planets
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo have jointly organised a workshop entitled 'stellar structure and habitable planet finding', to take...
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UK Chancellor of Exchequer highlights the role of regions in research
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has indicated that the government will place more emphasis on the role of the regions in the country's research and innovation...
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Proposed decision on Scientific and Technical Cooperation with Israel (link)
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the signature of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel Full...
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Online Mini Guide improves understanding of CORDIS FP6 services
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Do you need to identify key Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) services? CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is providing a new...
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Successful launch for Maxus 5
Paris, 01 Apr 2003 The European Space Agency's Maxus 5 sounding rocket mission was successfully launched on 1 April at 08:00 CEST (06:00 GMT) from Esrange, north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna in...
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Institute for Transuranium Elements: 40th anniversary of the Institute - Visit of Commissioner P. Busquin
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 Karlsruhe (D): the Institute for Transuranium Elements will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its foundation with scientific lecture in the morning and an afternoon official...
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Parliament proposes European armament and research agency
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 A report calling for the establishment of an armament and research agency, was adopted by the Parliament's foreign affairs committee on March. The establishment of such an...
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Italy and Germany reach agreement on Galileo contributions
Brussels, 01 Apr 2003 An agreement has been reached between Italy and Germany on contributions to the Galileo programme, which, if acceptable to the other countries involved, will pave the way for...