The key contribution which career guidance can make to the achievement of four public policy goals - lifelong learning, social inclusion, labour market efficiency and economic development - is increasingly widely acknowledged both within Europe and internationally. Such public policy goals are...

DG Research commissioned an Expert group in the end of 2003 to develop "blueprints" for how to effectively initiate foresight processes in regions facing different types of challenges. Five blueprints aimed at foresight practitioners (i.e., regional stakeholders championing or initiating...

Interested in the Sixth Framework Programme? Want to participate in a call for tender? Need information about the European Union's future research activities? Want to know more about the European Research Area? FP6 is a fundamentally new and different scheme for driving European research further...

Stimulating innovation is a central feature of the European Union's Enterprise Policy because it is the most powerful long-term driver of economic growth and improvements in living standards. It is sustainable, however, only when companies convert new ideas into commercially successful products,...

DG Research commissioned an Expert group in the end of 2003 to develop "blueprints" for how to effectively initiate foresight processes in regions facing different types of challenges. Five blueprints aimed at foresight practitioners (i.e., regional stakeholders championing or initiating...

Since the influence of science stretches far beyond the scientific community, involving society in setting research priorities and monitoring research activities is becoming increasingly important. This publication explores the growing trend towards direct participation by citizens in the...

The Descartes Prizes honour the name of one of Europe's greatest scientific thinkers, René Descartes. The competition aims to identify and showcase the best European research, as well as the best ways to communicate science to the public. It also raises awareness of the benefits of...