Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has announced a call for tenders for the promotion of participation by SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises), crafts enterprises...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Commission Staff Working Paper entitled: "Benchmarking National RTD Policies: First Results". Cover note from Mr Bernhard ZEPTER, Deputy Secretary-General of the European...
LSE claims Mittal broke scholarship deal pledge The London School of Economics has claimed that billionaire Lakshmi Mittal pulled the plug on a pledged £200,000 scholarship deal after his daughter...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture and amending Regulation (EC) No 1258...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission has announced a call for tenders for a study on the contribution of copyright and related rights to the European economy. For further information,...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission's Education and Culture DG has issued a call for tenders for a feasibility study on the setting up in Brussels of an interinstitutional library for...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for moves to counteract what he describes as the 'reversal of the European paradox,' the phenomenon of Europe's failure to...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 An intellectual property rights framework in pre-accession countries is beneficial for technology transfer, may lead to a local technology dependency, but ultimately could...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Speaking to two Parliament committees on 19 February, Lord Robertson, the NATO Secretary General increased technology transfer within the EU in order to boost the regions'...
Paris, 20 February 2002 A global mass killer could be tamed with the aid of satellite technology. Scientists are using data from Meteosat to help model and predict outbreaks of malaria. "Satellite...
Brussels, 19 February 2002 "Le Conseil se félicite des travaux réalisés par la Cour des comptes. Il prend note des conclusions générales de la Cour des comptes dans lesquelles elle indique que les...
Brussels, 19 February 2002 This year's European small hydropower association's (ESHA) Hidroenergia conference will take place in Mulhouse, France, from 3 to 6 July, and will provide an overview of...
Brussels, 19 February 2002 I. GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS I.1 The aim of this call for proposals is to identify projects, which might be eligible for financial support from DG ENV....
Brussels, 19 February 2002 Speaking at a Belgian Royal Military Academy workshop on humanitarian mine clearance on 18 February, EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin highlighted how the European...
Brussels, 19 February 2002 A breakthrough in understanding interferon production has been made by scientists from the EMBL (European molecular biology laboratory) in Italy. Looking to build on the...