CORDIS focus 122. 30 November 1998

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 30 November 1998 The contents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases FIFTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME TO START ON SCHEDULE Agreement reached on 17 November The Fifth RTD Framework Programme - which will introduce a new era for EU research - now looks certain to be adopted before the end of 1998, therefore avoiding the break in EU research funding which would have so hindered European researchers. Following the compromise reached by the Parliament and Council on 17 November on the outstanding issues which had divided them throughout the adoption of the Programme, it is expected that this will be confirmed and all the legal Decisions required will be formally adopted before the end of December. This will allow the Commission to finalise its preparations for the implementation of the Programme, and European researchers can expect to see the first calls for proposals launched in February or March 1999. Four formal meetings ­ not to mention regular informal contacts between the participants ­ of the conciliation committee bringing together representatives of the Parliament and Council, together with the Commission, were needed to achieve this compromise. With unanimity required between the 15 Member States in the Council, changes in its position were always going to be difficult to realise.

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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