CORDIS focus 22 February 1999. NUMBER 127

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 22 February 1999 Based on information from the CORDIS databases available on the Web at http://www.iordis.lu/ Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for research, technological development and demonstration RESEARCH AIMS TO DELIVER STRATEGIC VALUE As the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for research, technological development and demonstration, is launched in Essen this week, CORDIS focus met with the European Commission's Director-General for research, Professor Jorma Routti, and asked him to explain the Programme's significance for the future of European research. Prof. Routti heads up DG XII, which has had the responsibility for the overall planning of FP5 and is also responsible for running the majority of its specific programmes and coordi­nating its implementation. As Director General tor research and biotechnology, information society, industrial growth and since January 1996 - after ten years energy-environment. as president of the Finnish innova­"The basis of science today in all life sciences is the same -tion agency, SITRA, and 14 years as molecular biology and genetics - whether we talk about medi­professor of energy studies and dean cine or agriculture," he said. "After all, in agriculture, the is­of the department of technical phys­sues relate to genetically modified organisms and cloning, and, ics at the University of Helsinki -on the medical side, they are the secret to finding therapies Prof.

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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