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Directorate-General for Research (European Commission)
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, is a Directorate-General
Directorate-General
A Directorate-General is a branch of an administration dedicated to a specific field of expertise.* The European Commission: Commission Directorates-General are each headed by a European Commissioner;* The European Patent Office: EPO Directorates-General;...
of the 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....
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Mission
The Directorate General’s mission is evolving as work on the European Research AreaEuropean Research Area
The European Research Area is a system of scientific research programmes integrating the scientific resources of the European Union . Since its inception in 2000, the structure has been concentrated on multi-national co-operation in the fields of medical, environmental, industrial and...
(ERA) continues. It can be summarised as follows http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/research/:
- to develop the European Union’s policy in the field of research and technological development and thereby contribute to the international cooperation of European industry;
- to coordinate European research activities with those carried out at the level of the Member States;
- to support the Union’s policies in other fields such as environment, health, energy, regional development, etc;
- to promote a better understanding of the role of science in modern societies and stimulate a public debate about research-related issues at European level.
One of the instruments used for the implementation of this policy is the multi-annual Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 through FP8, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage research in the European Research Area...
(FP RTD) which helps to organise and financially support cooperation between high schools, research centres, and industries - including small and medium sized enterprises (SME).
Structure
Directorates :- Directorate A - Inter-institutional and legal matters – Framework programme
- Directorate B - European Research Area: research programmes and capacity
- Directorate C - European Research Area: Knowledge-based economy
- Directorate D - International cooperation
- Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
- Directorate F - Health
- Directorate G - Industrial technologies
- Directorate H - Transport
- Directorate I - Environment
- Directorate J - Energy (EURATOM)
- Directorate K - Energy
- Directorate L - Science, economy and society
- Directorate R - Resources
- Directorate S - Implementation of the 'Ideas' programme
- Directorate T - Implementation of activities to outsource
In carrying out the various tasks the Directorate General works closely with other Commission departments such as the Joint Research Centre, which also falls under the responsibility of Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is an Irish politician, and is the current European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science. She previously served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Galway West constituency from 1975 to 1997...
, the Directorates General for the Information Society, Energy and Transport, the Environment, Enterprise, and others.
See also
- Science and technology in EuropeScience and technology in EuropeEurope's achievements in science and technology have been significant and research and development efforts form an integral part of the European economy. Europe has been the home of some of the most prominent researchers in various scientific disciplines, notably physics, mathematics, chemistry and...
- EU Directorate General Joint Research Centre
- Lisbon StrategyLisbon StrategyThe Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, was an action and development plan devised in 2000, for the economy of the European Union between 2000 and 2010....
- Sixth Framework Programme
- EURATOM
- EURODOCEurodocEurodoc is the European federation of national organisations of young researchers. Young researchers are the ones currently undertaking their doctorate or PhD holders in their first years of their post-doctoral research career .As a non-profit organisation,...
- ERAWATCH
- European Charter for ResearchersEuropean Charter for ResearchersThe European Charter for Researchers is a recommendation of good practice for researchers and employers and/or funders of researchers issued by the European Commission . It sketches rights and duties of researchers and their funding institutions...
- European Research CouncilEuropean Research CouncilThe European Research Council is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the European Union . It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme ....
(ERC) - European Institute of TechnologyEuropean Institute of TechnologyThe European Institute of Innovation and Technology is a public European institute which was established on 11 March 2008. It was set up in order to ‘address Europe's innovation gap’, and is the EU's flagship education institute designed to assist innovation, research and growth in the European...
(EIT) - European Research Advisory BoardEuropean Research Advisory BoardEURAB was the European Research Advisory Board from 2001 to 2007. Its successor - since 2008 - is the European Research Area Board .It is a high-level, independent, advisory committee created by the European Commission to provide advice on the design and implementation of EU research policy. EURAB...
(EURAB) - Directorate-General for Education and Culture