11/09/2007

European Union. The ERC has published a paper with recommendations for the re-launching of the ERA

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) recently published a paper with key recommendations for the future development of the European Research Area (ERA). This paper comes in response to the European Commission Green Paper on the re-launch of the ERA, following a request by the EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potočnik.

The 14-page paper puts forward five key recommendations for the European Commission, namely: - implement fully and properly an autonomous ERC according to the established legislation; - extend the principles of autonomous management and governance to other areas; - increase research resources in Europe; - improve the efficiency and complementariness of European research and training schemes and promote their synergies with robust national programmes; - and improve the connections between frontier research and innovation.

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Paper of the Scientific Council of the ERC: Re-launching the ERA

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