The Future of EU Research Policy

The European Commission has published proposals to guide future European policy to support research, “Science and Technology: the key to the future of Europe – guidelines for future European Union policy to support research” COM (2004) 353, 16 June 2004.

The proposals represent an ambitious European policy in order to strengthen the European research effort and increase the added value of European support to research.

The consultation on these proposals will be used to shape the next Community Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, which will follow the 6th Framework Programme (2002 – 2006). An analysis of responses to the consultation will be published on the website Future European Union research policy.

You can access the questionnaire here.

You can consult the Commission communication here.