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> New ERA-NET projects to create links between national research programmes
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> Record Control Number : 21337
> Date : 2003-12-12
> Category : Programme implementation
> General Information :
> The European Commission announced on 11 December the funding of 32
> cross-border initiatives under the ERA-NET scheme of the Sixth
> Framework Programme (FP6) .
>
> Projects have been selected for funding in areas including the
> coordination of emergency medical response across Europe, the
> continent's ageing population, and Baltic marine science. The
> initiative is intended to encourage close, long term links between
> national research programmes with common goals.
>
> 'The core message of the European Research Area [ERA] is to
> overcome the traditional fragmentation of research efforts in
> Europe through better coordination and cooperation,' said EU
> Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin.
>
> Explaining the rationale for the ERA-NET scheme, Mr Busquin said:
> 'Up until now, there has been little cooperation between research
> projects funded by the national research bodies. As a result, key
> resources were wasted through duplication, dispersion and
> overlapping; and bigger projects were often not undertaken due to
> the inability to gather the necessary critical mass.'
>
> Initially, ERA-NET projects will map out current research funding
> programmes, and build up mutual understanding and trust through
> regular workshops. This will lead to the identification of gaps,
> overlaps and possible synergies, and lay the ground for longer
> lasting cooperation in the form of joint research programmes, and
> the reciprocal opening of national research programmes to
> researchers from other EU Member States.
>
> Addressing medical emergency response, the HESCULAEP project brings
> together 13 partners from health ministries and agencies, as well
> as emergency service operators and hospitals.
>
> There are around 100 million medical emergencies every year in the
> European Union, and the infrastructure for responding varies
> between countries. Concerns about bio-terrorism and new diseases
> such as SARS have made preparation for threats at a transnational
> level appear more relevant.
>
> Text :
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> Remarks :
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> Data Source Provider : European Commission
> Document Reference : Based on IP/03/1707 and IP/03/1708
> Programme Acronym : FRAMEWORK 6C, FP6-INTEGRATING, FP6-COORDINATION, ERA
> Subject Index Codes : Coordination, Cooperation, Medicine, Health
> Contact Person : For further information on ERA-NET, please visit:
> http://www.cordis.lu/coordination/era-net.htm
>
> For further information on the HESCULAEP project, please visit:
> http://www.eena.org/Common/HESCULAEP_112_en.pdf
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Received on Mon Dec 15 08:21:20 2003