In line with the Europe 2020 vision, there is an increasing need for adequate analytical tools to monitor progress towards the European Research Area (ERA). The Framework Programme (FP) is the main instrument of EU research policy. With 17.5 billion euros devoted to FP6 (rising to 51billion...

IPTS hosted a thematic workshop on the "Socio-Economic Aspects of the Knowledge-based Europe: The role of Information Society Technologies (ISTs)", which set out to diagnose major problems for Europe in achieving the Lisbon 2010 objectives. It also aimed to elaborate on possible new initiatives...