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DGs 2 Agencies & bodies 3 External Research Affairs 3 Institutes 4 Scientific Committees 4 Groups 4 LSF. 5 Miscellaneous I 5 Miscellaneous II 7 Special Notes 9

The objective of this document/file is to allow research oriented parties a quick scan of the 'landscape of science policy and research organisations' in Europe. The objective is to focus on formal EU organisations to begin with and then follow the lines ‘down’ to individual organisations that are (fully) hierarchical related to the EU organisations. The list is neither complete nor conclusive; the number of websites resulting from the numerous initiatives resulting from the Framework Programmes must be infinite! Sometimes less formal yet clearly ‘European’ organisations turned op in some inventories, these are listed below too as the exact relationship with formal EU organisations is not clear. Countless national organisations that start their formal names with ‘European…’ or ‘International…’ without mingling in EU affairs, were not included. You are referred to the country reports for those. Blue underlined text signifies direct www access by hyperlink. All information is or was publicly available on the internet. Latest update: 2019, June 9^th.

Since the EU*) is not ‘a country’ in the same way as other countries are countries, you will not find the hierarchy of ‘Ministries’ on science, research and technology etc. So an introduction –as short as possible– might be handy.

The EU is a networking community of independent and autonomous Member State Countries (MMS) with a legal status. It has several points with “hierarchical” powers and rights of initiatives. How does it work ? Well, check: HOW THE EUROPEAN UNION WORKS, A citizen's guide to the EU institutions (March 2003, European Commission, DG Press and Communications.

Index of all key words and subjects dealt with:http://europa.eu/comm/publications/booklets/eu_documentation/06/index_en.htm).

Index of all key words and subjects in RESEARCH dealt with: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index/indextc_en.cfm

Index and translation facility of all key concepts in EU terminology www.knack.be/belga/algemeen/website-biedt-handige-vertaalmachine-voor-eu-vakjargon/site13-section5-article97263.html

Ah, ‘European Commission’, what is that and what is a ‘DG’ ?

1. The European Commission (EC http://www.ec-gis.org/) is a group of selected people in charge of the apparatus that makes the union work. It is the policy level. www.europa.eu/comm/dgs_nl.htm.
2. A DG is a Directorate General and there are a number of them: www.europa.eu/comm/dgs_nl.htm. Some of them have something to do with science, research, technology, education etc. and like Ministries of MMS, it is the ‘government’ level. It is run by a EC member.
3. The actual hands on structuring and organising that policy into programmes for real science and research, is done by a number of agencies and special organisations www.europa.eu/inst-en.htm.

The actual research etc. is done in specific research organisations (see Institutes. 2, Groups. 3, Miscellaneous I. 4 and Miscellaneous II. 5.)

4. Participation is possible in special programmes such as the 6^th Framework Programme and the upcoming 7^th.
5. There are programmes to connect EU research with research in non EU countries, for instance in the ASIA Link Programme. Norway, Switzerland (2004; http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:21461) and Israel (2007) have formal agreements. And in other cases, there is another option for research organisations from non EU countries to participate in EU research it also possible. The Commission’s decision COM (2001) 822 final, article 6, allows such participation if the proper conditions and terms are met. Other known alliances lately are:

- Singapore http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na-020312

- India (10 Feb. 2012) http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?lg=nl&pg=newsalert&year=2012&na=na-100212

In the following, the websites will be listed of DG’s, agencies and research organisations involved in science, technology, education etc. However, your first visit should be http://www.cordis.lu/guidance/links.htm. And of course: http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls.cfm. At http://bookshop.europa.eu you find the e-bookshop of EU publications !!

And check REGinNET that present R&D strengths of the new EU Member States at http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&RCN=25583&DOC=8&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=1146585253134

Single access point voor EU publicaties http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/home/

DGs

www.europa.eu/comm/dgs_nl.htm

• Tax & Custom www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/taxation_customs/index_en.htm
• Economy & Finance www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/economy_finance

o ECFIN.A:Economic studies and research www.europa.eu/comm/staffdir/plsql/gsys_www.branch?pLang=EN&pId=105&pDisplayAll=0

o ECFIN.E: Economic evaluation service www.europa.eu/comm/staffdir/plsql/gsys_www.branch?pLang=EN&pId=113&pDisplayAll=0

• Research Centre www.jrc.cec.europa.eu (see below for details)

o ECVAM European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods http://ecvam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

• Health & consumer Protection www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/health_consumer/

o Community Reference Laboratories http://europa.eu/comm/food/food/biosafety/laboratories/index_en.htm

o ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control www.ecdc.europa.eu

o ECCG European Consumer Consultative Group http://www.europa.eu/comm/consumers/cons_org/associations/committ/index_en.htm

o Rapid Alert System (RASFF) http://europa.eu/comm/food/food/rapidalert/index_en.htm

o Scientific Advice http://europa.eu/comm/food/food/biosafety/animalbyproducts/sci_advice_en.htm

o Scientific Committee http://europa.eu/comm/food/committees/scientific/index_en.htm

o Scientific Committee on Consumer Products http://europa.eu/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/04_sccp/04_sccp_en.htm

o Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks http://europa.eu/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/04_scher_en.htm

o Scientific Committee on emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks http://europa.eu/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/04_scenihr_en.htm

o Inter-Committee Coordination Group http://europa.eu/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/coordination/coordination_en.htm

• Information Society www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/information_society/

o ARTEMIS Advanced Research and Development on Embedded Intelligent Systems http://www.cordis.lu/ist/artemis/

• Internal Market & Services www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/internal_market/ no sitemap
• Justice, Freedom & Security http://www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/justice_home/index_en.htm
• Agriculture & Rural Environment www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/agriculture/ no sitemap
• Competitiveness www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/competition/ no sitemap
• Environment http://www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/environment/index_en.htm
• Enterprises & Industry www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/enterprise/ no sitemap

o ECA European Cluster Alliance  www.proinno-europe.eu/projects/homepage/public/6959

• Education & Culture www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/education_culture/ no sitemap

o EQAVET European Quality Assurance in VET www.eqavet.eu

• Research and Innovation www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/research/
• Regional Policy http://www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/regional_policy/index_en.htm no sitemap

o ERRIN European Regions Research and Innovation Network www.errin.eu

• Transportation & Energy http://www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html no sitemap

o Energy Research http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/eu/index_en.cfm

• Fishery & Marine Affairs http://www.europa.eu/comm/commission_barroso/borg/index_en.htm no sitemap
• Employment, Social affairs and Equal opportunities http://www.europa.eu/comm/dgs/employment_social/index_en.htm no sitemap

Councils of the EU

- EESC European Economic and Social Committee http://eesc.europa.eu

- EPSCO Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council

- General Affairs and External Relations Council

- ECOFIN.

Agencies & bodies

http://europa.eu/agencies/index_en.htm

EU A-Z institutes http://cordis.europa.eu/guidance/links.htm

SYNAPSE European Platform for Information Exchange between Researchers, experts, civil servants and advisory organisations http://europa.eu/sinapse/sinapse/index.cfm

• BEPA Bureau of European Policy Advisers http://europa.eu/comm/dgs/policy_advisers/press_release_bepa/index_en.htm
• EAR European Agency for Reconstruction http://europa.eu/agencies/ear/index_en.htm
• EASA European Aviation Safety Agency http://europa.eu/agencies/easa/index_en.htm
• EASNIE European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education www.european-agency.org/
• EEN Enterprise Europe Network www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu
• EFSA European Food Safety Authority www.efsa.europa.eu
• ENIAC European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/eniac/ www.eniac.eu/web/index.php
• EMSA European Maritime Safety Agency http://www.emsa.europa.eu/end173.html
• EPRS European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/20150201PVL00031/European-Parliamentary-Research-Service

- Towards Scientific Foresight in the European Parliament; see pg 11 for the foresight cycle www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/527415/EPRS_IDA(2015)527415_REV1_EN.pdf

• ERA European Research Area http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch

European Research Area http://europa.eu/comm/research/era/eranews_en.html

Link Members http://cordis.europa.eu/eralink/members_en.html

ERA Project List www.internationale-kooperation.de/compera

• ERAB European Research Area Board http://ec.europa.eu/research/erab/
• ESA (European Space Agency): http://www.esa.int
• ESFIC European Strategic Forum for International Cooperation url: pm
• EUROFOUND European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions http://europa.eu/agencies/efound/index_en.htm
• EU-OSHA European Agency for Safety and Health at Work http://europa.eu/agencies/osha/index_en.htm
• OHIM Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) http://europa.eu/agencies/ohim/index_en.htm
• SFIC Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation http://consilium.europa.eu/policies/era/sfic
• SINAPSE 'Scientific INformAtion for Policy Suport in Europe' http://europa.eu/sinapse
• UBC University-Business Cooperation http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/business/index_en.html
• Who is who http://whoiswho.europa.eu

External Research Affairs

Formal structural external relations for EU co operation related to research, science, technology, innovation and business

· Asia

- TEIN2 Trans-Eurasia Information Network www.tein2.net

· Australia

- FEAST Forum for European-Australian science and technology cooperation www.feast.org

· Japan

- EJBDRT EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table www.eujapan.com/europe/roundtable.html

· New Zeeland

- FRENZ Facilitating Research co-operation between Europe and New Zealand www.frenz.org.nz/

Institutes

http://europa.eu/inst-en.htm

• CEC-WYS Policy, Central European Centre for Women and Youth in Science: www.cec-wys.org
• CEDEFOP European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training http://www.cedefop.gr

- Passport for work and study in the EU (for EU citizens) http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/

- ReferNet (European Network on developments in Vocational Education and Training (VET)) http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/networks/refernet

· Belgium www.refernet.be

· Netherlands www.refernet.nl

· Etcetera

• CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research: http://welcome.cern.ch/
• COST (European) COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research http://ue.europa.int/cost
• CPVO Community Plant Variety Office http://europa.eu/agencies/cpvo/index_en.htm
• ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control http://europa.eu/comm/health/ph_overview/strategy/ecdc/ecdc_en.htm
• EDP European Data Portal www.europeandataportal.eu
• EEA European Environment Agency http://europa.eu/agencies/eea/index_en.htm
• EGTC European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funds/gect/index_en.htm
• EISS European Institute for Security Studies http://europa.eu/institutions/cfsp/index_en.htm
• EIT European Institute of Technology http://europa.eu/comm/education/policies/educ/eit/index_en.html & http://eit.europa.eu or https://portaal.neth-er.eu/contenttypes/Organisaties/Organisatie582.aspx?Source=https://portaal.neth-er.eu/Dutch/Pages/default.aspx

- KIC InnoEnergy: Sustainable Energy,

- Climate-KIC : Climate Change Mitigation And Adaption

- EIT ICT Labs : Future Information and Communication Society

• EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory): http://www.embl-heidelberg.de
• EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction http://europa.eu/agencies/emcdda/index_en.htm
• EMCRX European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia www.eumc.europa.eu
• EMEA European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products http://europa.eu/agencies/emea/index_en.htm
• EMEA European Medicine Agency www.emea.europa.eu
• ESO (European Southern Observatory): http://www.eso.org
• ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility): www.esfr.fr
• EUROSTAT http://europa.eu/comm/eurostat/
• EEO European Employment Observatory www.ias-berlin.de
• EOSS European Observatory on the Social Situation, Demography and the Family www.europa.eu/comm/employment_social/eoss/index_en.html
• ETF European Training Foundation http://europa.eu/agencies/etf/index_en.htm
• EUROSTAT http://epp.eurostat.cec.europa.eu/pls/portal
• Hague Institute of International Law www.hiil.nl
• Internet Governance Forum (IGF) url PM (http://icadc.cordis.lu/fep-cgi/srchidadb?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&RCN=24784&DOC=1&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=1)
• INIS (International Nuclear Information System): http://www.iaea.org/inis/
• INPADOCDB INternational PAtent DOCumentation Data Base URL PM

(joining of European Patent Office (EPO).org and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), .int)

• JRC Joint Research Institutes

o CRELL Centre for Research on Education and Lifelong Learning https://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

o IRMM: http://irmm.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o ITU: http://itu.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o IE: http://ie.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o IPSC: http://ipsc.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o IES: http://ies.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o IHCP: http://ihcp.jrc.cec.europa.eu

o IPTS: http://ipts.jrc.cec.europa.eu

• Networks of Excellence in Technology www.supportresearchnoes.eu/cc/join.xhtml

Scientific Committees

• ITRE Committee Industries, Research en Energy www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/itre_home_en.htm
• no website, documents on WWW

o SCCP Scientific Committee on Consumer Products

o SCHER Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks

o SCENIHR Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks

o

Groups

• ACARE – Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) http://www.errac.org/
• Borderless Chemistry for Sustainability http://www.cefic.be/Templates/shwStory.asp?NID=9&HID=49
• Energy

o www.biofuelstp.eu

o www.smartgrids.eu

o www.windplatform.eu

• ERRAC - European Rail Research Advisory Council) http://www.transport-forum
• ERTRAC - European Road Transport Research Advisory Council)
• ESTIEM European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management www.estiem.org
• EUFEPS New Safe Medicines Faster European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences http://www.cefic.be/Templates/shwStory.asp?NID=9&HID=49
• EUREC European Renewable Energy Centres Agency www.eurec.be
• EUREKA www.eurekanetwork.org
• FG Fundamental Genomics http://europa.eu/comm/research/health/genomics/index_en.htm
• GRACE Genomics to Combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe Network http://www.GRACE-LRTI.org
• Hydrogen and Fuel Cells; http://europa.eu/comm/research/energy/nn/nn_rt_htp1_en.html
• IGLO Informal Group of 22 RTD Liaison Offices of 22 MSC: www.iglortd.org
• Nanoelectronics http://europa.eu/comm/commissioners/prodi/pdf/growth_initiative_en.p
• Photovoltaics http://europa.eu/comm/research/energy/nn/nn_rt_pv1_en.html
• Research on Energy http://europa.eu/comm/research/energy/nn/nn_rt_htp1_en.html
• Research Infrastructuren www.riportal.eu
• Steel http://www.eurofer.org/positionpaper/ECSCresearch.htm
• Technology platforms http://www.europabio.org/
• Textiles and clothing: http://www.euratex.org/content/research.html
• Transport: http://www.acare4europe.com/html/strategic.shtml
• Water supply and sanitation PM
• Water Network EU-Africa EU www.africanwater.net

LSF

Large Scale Facilities

è ESFRI European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructure: http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/

-> The ‘GRID” is a European Megabit Infrastructural facility. Basic to it is Géant, powered by Dante (www.dante.org.uk). The next layer provides al sorts of interface facilities, dedicated to disciplines or techniques.

· AVO Astrophisycal Virtual Observatory www.eso.org/projects/avo

· BIOGRID www.bo-Grid.net

· COG Corporate Ontology Grid project www.cogproject.org

· CROSSGRID www.eu-crossGrid.org

· DAMIEN www.hlrs.de/organization/pds/projects/damien

· DATAGRID www.edg.org

· DATATAG http://datatag.web.cern.ch/datatag

· EGSO European Grind of Solar Observations www.egso.org

· EUROGRID www.euroGrid.org

· FLOWGRID www.unizar.es/flowGrid

· GEMSS www.ccrl-nece.de/gemss

· GRACE www.grace-ist.org

· GRASP www.eu-grasp.net

· GRIA www.gria.org

· GridLab www.Gridlab.org

· Gridstart www.Gridstart.org

· MammoGrid http://wwwhum.ku.dk/moses

· Openmolgrid www.openmolGrid.org

· SELENE Self Learning Networks www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~ap/projects/selene

In addition to it several national grid initiatives followed:

o DutchGrid www.dutchGrid.nl

o INFB-Grid www.INFN.it/Grid

o NORDUGRID www.norduGrid.org

o UK E-science Programme www.escience-Grid.org.uk

Miscellaneous I

• AEGS Association of European Geological Societies www.aegs.org
• ALLEA All European Academies of Science www.allea.org

- global: www.interacademies.net

• ECSITE European Network of Science Centres and Museums www.ecsite-conference.net/
• EIF European Investment Fund www.eif.org
• EAA European Anthropological Association www.e-a-a.org
• EAA European Association of Archaeologists www.eaa.org
• EASP European Association Experimental Social Psychology http://www.deskmod.org/entry/2073022/
• EALE European Association of Law and Economics www.eale.org
• EAPB European Association Pharma Biotechnology www.eapb.org
• EARLI European Association for Research on learning and instruction www.earli.org
• EARTO European Association of Research and Technology Organisations www.earto.org
• EASA European Association of Social Anthropologists (Lots of hits, no site so far; Jan 14th 2005)
• EAS European Astronomical Science www.eas.org
• EBCL European Business Competence Licence www.ebcl.nl
• EBSA European Biophysical Societies Association www.ebsa.org
• ECFS European Cystic Fibrosis Science www.esfsco.org
• ECIS European Colloid and Interfaces Society www.ecis-web.eu
• ECPR European Consortium for Political Research www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr
• ECSB Centre for Structural Biology (Grenoble, France) pm
• ECSITE (European Network of Science Centres and Museums) www.ecsite-conference.net
• EESC European Economic and Social Committee www.eesc.europa.eu/ceslink
• EFB European Federation of Biotechnology www.efbweb.org
• EFIS European Federation of IMMUNological Societies www.efis.org
• EFMN European Foresight Monitoring Network www.efmn.info
• EFOMP European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics www.efomp.org
• EFPA European Federation of Psychologists Associations www.efpa.be
• EGU European Geosciences Union www.copernicus.org/EGU/EGU.html
• EGAS European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy Follow: www.egas37.org
• EHPRG European High Pressure Research Group www.ehprg.org
• EI European Innovators www.euinnovators.eu
• ELSO European Life Scientists Organization www.elso.org
• ELSF European Life Science Forum www.elsf.org
• EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory www.embl.org
• EMBO European Molecular Biology Organisation www.embo.org
• EMS European Mathematical Society http://emis.kaist.ac.kr/ems-general.html
• E-MRS European Materials Research Society www.e-mrs.org
• ENII European Network of IMMUnology Institutes www.enii.org
• ENI-NET Network of European Neuroscience Institutes www.eni-net.org/
• ENS European Nuclear Society www.euronuclear.org
• EPS European Physical Society www.eps.org
• EPSO European Plant Science Organisation www.epsoweb.org
• EPUE European Platform of Universities Engaged in Energy research and Training www.eua.be/to-be-removed/eua-work-and-policy-area/research-and-innovation/Universities-Engaged-in-Energy-Research.aspx
• EOS European Optical Society www.europeanopticalsociety.org
• ESA European Sociological Association www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa
• ESO European Southern Observatory www.eso.org
• ESF European Science Foundation www.esf.org
• ESGT European Society of Gene Therapy www.esgt.org
• ESHG European Society of Human Genetics www.eshg.org
• ESN European Society for Neurochemistry http://chemport.ipe.ac.cn/cgi-bin/chemport/getfiler.cgi?ID=EVq6TDAu6OuocV36yyPVqXe3ir0f2c1FPYD2o69YfAigiILLA6RijuWuKkTs26He&VER=E
• ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility www.esrf.fr/
• EUA European University Association www.eua.be/eua
• EUROCHAMBRES European Chambers of Trade www.eurochambres.be
• EuroScience European Association for the promotion of Science and Technology www.euroscience.org
• FEBS Federation of European Biochemical Societies www.febs.org
• FENS Federation of European Neuroscience Societies www.fens.org
• GENL Group of European Nobel Laureates www.genl.nl

· ICT Ideal-ist partner search website www.ideal-ist.eu

• ISE Initiative for Science in Europe www.initiative-science-europe.org

· ITP www.i-techpartner.eu

· KICs Knowledge and Innovation Communities http://eit.europa.eu/about-eit/knowledge-and-innovation-communities.html

· NENS Network of European Neuroscience Schools www.fens.org/Training/NENS/

· Sitemap EU http://www.europa.eu/comm/sitemap/menu_en.htm

· Sites of preceding EU-chairs (past and upcoming)

o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union#List_of_rotations

• & CdT Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union http://europa.eu/agencies/cdt/index_en.htm

Miscellaneous II

• Agriculture http://www.terena.nl/

- SCAR, the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, http://europa.eu/comm/research/agriculture/scar/index_en.cfm

• EASAC European Academies Science Advisory Council www.easac.org
• EASST European Association for the Study of Science and Technology www.easst.net
• ECF European Cultural Foundation www.eurocult.org
• ECTRI European Conference of Transport Research Institutes www.ectri.org
• EEAC European Enviromental A.. Organisation www.eeac.org
• Europeana www.europeana.eu/ (Multi-lingual online collection of millions of digitized items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections, with procedures for content)
• Hanze Group (alliance of NL, Dk, S, FIN, IRE, EST, LAT, LIT; March 2018)
• STOA Science and Technology Options Assessment www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/
• SFS Scientific Foresight Service
• Science in Europe www.scienceineurope.net
• UEAPME European (Employers) Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises www.ueapme.com  Members are the European Branch Associations (incomplete list)

- AIG Advertising Information Group www.aig.org

- ACE Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment www.ace.be

- ASSURRE Association for the Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources in Europe www.assurre.org

- ACTE Association of Commercial Television in Europe www.acte.be

- APEAL Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging PM

- BLIC European Association of the Rubber Industry www.blic.be

- CERAMEUNIE Liaison office of the European ceramic industry www.cerameunie.net

- CITPA-EUROPE International Confederation of Paper and Board Converters www.citpa-europe.org

- CECED European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers www.ceced.org

- CEFIC European Producers Association for Synthetic Organic Exchangers and Adsorbents www.cefic.org

- CEI-BOIS European Confederation of Woodworking Industries www.cei-bois.org

- CELIEGE Confédération Européenne du Liège (CELiège) www.celiege.com

- CEPE European Council of Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' colours Industry www.cepe.org

- CEPI Confederation of European Paper Industries www.cepi.org

- CETIE Centre Technique International de l'Embouteillage et du Conditionnement www.cetie.org

- CIAA Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries in the EU www.ciaa.be

- EACA European Association of Communication Agencies www.eaca.be

- EASA-ALLIANCE European Advertising Standards Alliance www.easa-alliance.org

- EAA European Aluminium Association www.eaa.net

- ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association www.ecma.ch

- EFBW European Federation of Bottled Water www.efbw.org

- EFPA European Food Service and Packaging Association www.efpa.com

- EGTA European Group of Television Advertising www.egta.com

- EPFMA European Plasticized Film Manufacturers Association www.epfma.org/news.php?navi=1

- ERMA European Resin Manufacturers Association www.erma.org.uk

- EUCIA European Composites Industry Association www.eucia.org

- EUPC European Plastics Converters Confederation www.eupc.org

- EUPIA European Printing Ink Association www.eupia.org

- EUPR European Plastics Recyclers www.eupr.org

- EURATEX European Apparel and Textile Organisation www.euratex.org

- EURO-INOX European Stainless Steel Association www.euro-inox.org

- EUROPEANTISSUE European Tissue Symposium www.europeantissue.com

- EUROPEN European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment www.europen.be

- EUROMETAUX European Association of Metals www.eurometaux.org

- EVA European Vending Association www.eva.be

- FAEP European Federation of Magazine Publishers www.faep.org

- FCA.CEFIC CEFIC-Food Contact Additives https://portaal.neth-er.eu/Lists/Organisaties/fca.cefic.org

- FEDMAEuropean Newspaper Publisher' Association EURONICKEL European Nickel Industry Association www.euronickel.org

- FEFCO European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers www.fefco.org

- FEICA Association of European Adhesives Industry www.feica.com

- FEVE European Container Glass Federation www.feve.org

- FLEX PACK v European Forum for the flexible Packaging Industry www.flexpack-europe.org

- FPME Food Processing Machinery Europe www.fpme.com

- IISRP International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers www.iisrp.com

- PLASTICSEUROPE Association of Plastics Manufacturers www.plasticseurope.org

- PRO EUROPE Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe www.pro-e.org

- PETCORE PET Container Recycling Europewww.petcore.org

- SEFEL European Secretariat of Manufacturers of Light Metal Packaging www.sefel.net

- SILICONES-EUROPE Centre Européen des Silicones www.silicones-europe.com

- UEAPME Union Européenne de l´Artisanat et des Petits et Moyennes Entreprises www.ueapme.com

- WAX European Wax Federation www.wax.org

• EU Safe European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics www.eurosafe.org
• EU Innova: Network Driving European Innovation  www.europe-innova.org
• CRIS Current Research Information System www.EuroCRIS.org

o UniCRIS pm

Others (Dutch):

DRIS: http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/en/oi/dris/toon

DANS: www.dans.knaw.nl incl.

Archives of WSA pm

DAREnet www.darenet.nl (searchable repositories of the universities)

NHDA (Neth. Historical Data Archive)

Steinmetz Institute (archives stat.data)

NARCIS: www.narcis.onderzoekinformatie.nl incl.

METIS http://www.kun.nl/phil/onderzoek/metis/metis.html

NOD: www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/nl/oi/nod/

NWO-Delphi

SHARED/COLLEXIS: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5VLHSG_Eng

NWODelft pm

www.keurderwetenschap.nl

Note: the Royal Library (KB) is developing an e-depot in the long run and will relate to DAREnet.

o USA

DoE’s Science Gateway www.worldwidescience.org

o World

Biology & health www.plos.org

• EDCTP European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership www.edctp.org
• ECIS European Council of International Schools http://www.ecis.org/
• EUI European University Institute www.iue.it
• EMCDA European Monitoring Centre for D and D.A. pm
• ENTA European Nanotechnology Trade Association, designed to represent the industry's interests in Europe (not yet established (06 June 2019)
• EUROFRAME European Forecast Research Association for the Macro Economy http://www.euroframe.org/

- EFN European Forecasting Network http://www.euroframe.org/index.php?id=46

• ERD European Research Directors (of company laboratories) pm
• ERRIN European Regions Research & Innovation Network www.errin-brussels.org
• EUMC European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia http://europa.eu/agencies/eumc/index_en.htm
• EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education) www.eurashe.be
• EU-USA research cooperation (annual meeting of…) http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/STE/eraaaas.htm
• ETPS European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety http://www.industrialsafety-tp.org/
• EURAB European Research Advisory Board http://ec.europa.eu/research/eurab/index_en.html
• EURIC European research Information Centres http://europa.eu/comm/research/infocentre/index_en.cfm
• EUROHORCS www.eurohorcs.org
• European Platform Inspections of Education www.sici.org.uk
• European Policy Thinktanks

CER Centre for European Reform (private funds) www.cer.org.uk

CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies (publ&priv.funded) www.ceps.be

EPC European Policy Centre (private funds) www.theepc.be

Bertelsmann Stiftung (private funds, from publishers com.) www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de

IFRI Institute Français des Relations Internationales (publ&priv.funded) www.ifri.org

Clingendael, Ned.Instituut voor Buitenlandse Betrekkingen (Pub.funds) http://www.clingendael.nl

• IAC Inter Academy Council www.interacademycouncil.net
• ICT research Geant http://www.gigaport.nl/netwerk/ne_netwerk_interconnectie.html
• IFAT Enterprise Europe Network www.ifat.de
• Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices in Brussels for EU R&D http://www.iglortd.org/
• INTER International Network for Evaluation of Research pm
• IT Innovation in Technology www.i-techpartner.eu
• LERU League of European Research Universities www.leru.org
• Micro Electronics http://www.medeaplus.org
• Moneto Financial Research and Expertise Centre (independent, not commercial) www.moneto.eu
• Photonics www.photonics21.org
• PRIOR Poverty Relationship Infection Oriented Research (www.nwo.nl ->search)

· RC Project and Networks information: http://projects.jrc.cec.europa.eu/

• Pan European Business Co-operation Schemes (PES) SME match-making http://eic.cec.europa.eu/PES

SINAPSE Scientific INformAtion for Policy Support in Europe; EU initiative to stimulate the interaction between policy makers and scientists. http://europa.eu/sinapse or http://europa.eu/comm/research/science-society/science-governance/sinapse_en.html

• ROSTE Regional Office for Science and Technology for Europe www.unirom2.it/unesco/roste/eng.html
• RSCAS Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies www.iue.it/RSCAS
• ScienceCo international network of researchers (EU and non-EU) www.scienceco.eu
• SRAE Society for Risk Analysis Europe http://www.sraeurope.org/
• Trade http://www.europa.eu/comm/trade/icentre/opportunities/index_en.htm
• Transeuropean Policy Studies Association Network. Roof organisation www.tepsa.be Members: www.tepsa.be/member.html
• UAS Universities of Applied Sciences www.uasnet.eu
• Your Europe Business Portal http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/business/index_en.htm
• www.eubrazilconnect.com/

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Special Notes

FAQ on Europa

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/480&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=e n

What difference does the EU make for its citizens:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/383&format=HTML&aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en

Facts and Myths about the EU

http://ec.europe.eu/budget/explained/myths/myths_en.cfm

ALDE Alliance of Liberal Democrates of Europe www.alde.eu

Bologna and stuff

Lisbon and stuff: www.esc.europa.eu/lisbon_strategy/index_en.asp AND www.lisboncouncil.net

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Do not confuse the EU’s European Council (and all those ‘European Councils for …..’ the Member State’s Ministers attend to) with the Council of Europe (www.coe.int) who hosted the EU in its very early days. This CoE alliance of 49 Member States organises a number of organisations, like:

- GRECO Group of States against Corruption

PM

FYI please note that on 9 May 2006, the European Institutions have changed their Internet domain name from "eu.int" to "europa.eu".

Therefore from that date, the Council's email addresses will end in

"@consilium.europa.eu" instead of "@consilium.eu.int"

and the new address of the Council's website is be: www.consilium.europa.eu