Thursday, September 3, 2009

ERAWATCH: a new European perspective on research

The European Commission developed a new information platform on research systems and policies in Europe and beyond.RAWATCH, the European Commission's on-line information platform on research systems and policies in Europe and beyond, has expanded its service with a new section entitled "European Perspective", offering an overview of research policies and systems at a European level.

New content includes analytical summaries and comparisons of EU Member States in terms of research policies and systems. The section also has information on intergovernmental and supranational R&D cooperation programmes and organisations with relevance to the European Research Area (ERA).

The ERAWATCH digital platform was launched in 2006 by the JRC's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) and has been providing comprehensive information from a national perspective, covering all EU Member States and several non member countries. The new service further enhances the picture of research related activities in Europe.

In addition, the coverage of the ERAWATCH Research Inventory has been extended to include information on national and regional research policies, research structures and research actors in a number of additional non-EU countries, such as Russia, Egypt and Tunisia, which are already available. Country information for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, Jordan and Morocco will be on line shortly.

Significant technical and presentation improvements have also been made to the website, including a new and more user-friendly layout and navigation.

The ERAWATCH information platform is a long term cooperative undertaking between JRC-IPTS and the European Commission's Research Directorate General.

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