EU money geared to smart future
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Europe launches its 50.5bn-euro (Â£33bn) programme for research and technological development.
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Industry given more proactive role Improved management of Europe's airwaves could boost electronic communications industry revenues by billions of euros per year, according to Brussels.â¦
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The Eurozone will be able to withstand world economic problems in 2007, the European Commission says.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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Europe must make good on plans to set up an independent funding body for science or face an unprecedented brain drain, a leading scientist has warned.
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A 54bn-euro (Â£36bn) plan to boost science research in Europe is approved by the EU Parliament.
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BRUSSELS : Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realise the world&#39;s most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or
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The European Commission on Wednesday proposed funding the troubled multi-billion-euro satellite navigation project Galileo wholly from EU coffers, rather than with money from private industry or member states.
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The European Commission will on Wednesday present its public financement plans for the troubled Galileo satellite navigation network, with unused farm funds viewed as a potential piggy bank, according to sources.
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European power companies are making billions of euros in excess profits in the European Union's battle to beat global warming by cutting emissions of carbon gases, and consumers are paying for it, economists say.
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The European Union may not be very good at creating jobs and producing goods people want to buy, but when it comes to setting up high level working groups and churning out reports, it is a world leader.
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Let's get connected The European Commission has pledged â¬78m to fund research projects into tailoring computer grid technologies and services to meet the needs of European businesses.â¦
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The European Commission has approved a financial package of â¬188m (US$233.1m) to fight animal diseases in the EU in 2005. The EU budget for 2005 will tackle transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE
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Here's a smart way to kick-start your financial future.
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Europe's programme for funding scientific research in the member states is a step closer to being adopted.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Union will provide a sizeable amount of money to research groups this year as part of a multiyear program to spur research in new information and communications technologies. More than 2,000 ICT researchers met Thursday in Cologne, Germany, to learn how they can participate in the E.U.'s 7th Framework Program for research and development, with a budget of â¬50 billion ($65 billion) through 2013. ICT research accounts for the lion's share of the framework budget at â¬9.1 billion, with â¬1.2 billion to be allocated this year. The E.U. is keen to fund research in areas where the region has a technological edge, including communications, software systems, networked media, and embedded systems. The European government also hopes to speed innovation in areas where companies in the region could gain a competitive edge, such as next-generation Internet technology. Early E.U. investment in digital mobile communications, the Brussels government is quick to point out, led to the development and worldwide adoption of the GSM standard, the most widely used mobile phone system in the world. Research organizations across Europe are encouraged to establish a research priority, form a consortium, and apply for funding. The E.U., which launched a call for proposals on Dec. 22, will accept proposals through May 8. While researchers team up in Cologne, other partnerships are already taking shape in the ICT area. Under aÂ new strategy for funding technology research announced in November, the E.U. has agreed to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership. The plan calls for technology companies and research institutes to marry their own R&DÂ investments with additional funds from the member states and the E.U. through new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI). The first JTI, called Artemis, is focused on embedded systems, an area signaled by European ministers as being of strategic importance for Europe's economy. European industry's own research investment in this area is estimated at around â¬15 billion to â¬20 billion per year. Â
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EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen is to launch a new plan to boost growth across the European Union next month.