CORDIS focus 25 January 1999. NUMBER 125

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ISSN 1022-6559 25 January 1999 The tontents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases. GERMAN PRESIDENCY WILL STRESS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH The Future of Europe: Learning Together ­ Doing Research Together The German Presidency of the European Union, between January and June 1999, will be guided by the motto "The Future of Europe: Learning Together ­ Doing Together", according to German Federal Minister for Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn in a statement this month. "Education and research policies form the cornerstones of erage of their scientific research, according to Minister Bulmahn in her statement this month. European integration," she said. "They constitute an impor­tant part of European co­operation and, more than virtually Meeting expectations any other field, make a positive contribution towards closer integration in Europe that is visible to its citizens. Minister Bulmahn said that the Fifth Framework Programme was specifically designed to meet present­day challenges. "Education and research are more decisive than ever before in determining a favourable future for the people and coun­ "It puts an end to the undervaluing of life sciences," she said. tries of Europe. They are decisive driving forces for innova­ "We have been able to increase the proportion given over to tion and structural change. They are the prerequisites for life sciences by 50%.

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