CommNet
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CommNet is an informal network of communications managers from EU funded research projects about food quality and safety.
CommNet was established in early 2005 based on an initiative from the Network of Excellence CASCADE. It is an informal network and started with Communicators from about 15 different Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence. Later, more projects have been added, and the network now counts more than 20 Framework Programme 6 projects supported by the European Commission Direcorate General for Research’s Food Quality and Safety Programme.
About 3000 scientists are fully or partly engaged in the consortia forming the CommNet. The members of CommNet address common issues related to the design and implementation of communication activities within European Union’s funded projects in the health and food sector.
CommNet members are responsible for managing communication of EU food and health research with non-governmental organization
s (NGOs), authorities, and other policy-makers that are stakeholders in Community research, European Commission
officials, science journalists, especially those with special interest in the bioscience
s, ongoing FP6 consortia, newly FP6 research consortia, planned European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7) research consortia and other groups interested in the management of science–society issues or communication of the biosciences.
CommNet was established in early 2005 based on an initiative from the Network of Excellence CASCADE. It is an informal network and started with Communicators from about 15 different Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence. Later, more projects have been added, and the network now counts more than 20 Framework Programme 6 projects supported by the European Commission Direcorate General for Research’s Food Quality and Safety Programme.
Consortia with members in CommNet
- CASCADEhttp://www.cascadenet.org/
- DIOGENES
- EADGENEEADGENEThe EADGENE acronym stands for "European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence."- What is EADGENE? :...
- EARNEST
- EICOSANOX
- EPIZONE
- EuroFIR [www.eurofir.net]
- GrainLegumes(or GLIP)
- EuroPrevall
- Food & Fecundity
- GA2LEN
- LipGene
- Med-Vet-NetMed-Vet-NetMed-Vet-Net is the European Network of Excellence for Zoonoses research.Zoonoses are diseases that are naturally transmitted from animals to man....
- NeuroPrion
- NoMiracle
- NuGO
- PathogenCombat
- PHIME http://www.phime.org
- SAFE FOODSSAFE FOODSSAFE FOODS is a European project established in 2004 that deals with food safety. It aims to contribute to the restoration of consumer confidence in the safety of the European food chain, to protect the consumer from foodborne illness, and to refine risk analysis practices for food safety via an...
- SEAFOODplus
- TRACE
- Q-PorkChains Q-PorkChains Industry Plattform
About 3000 scientists are fully or partly engaged in the consortia forming the CommNet. The members of CommNet address common issues related to the design and implementation of communication activities within European Union’s funded projects in the health and food sector.
CommNet members are responsible for managing communication of EU food and health research with non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
s (NGOs), authorities, and other policy-makers that are stakeholders in Community research, European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
officials, science journalists, especially those with special interest in the bioscience
BioScience
BioScience is a peer-reviewed monthly sometimes daily scientific journal that is published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences . The content is written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike...
s, ongoing FP6 consortia, newly FP6 research consortia, planned European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7) research consortia and other groups interested in the management of science–society issues or communication of the biosciences.