EESD (ENERGIE) releases information on its last call for proposals
In advance of its official announcement, the European Commission has released information on the final call for proposals for RTD projects funded by the ENERGIE sub-programme of the Energy, environment and sustainable development programme (EESD) under the Fifth Framework programme. The Commission approves the release of the following information: 'EESD, sub-programme ENERGIE' Calls for proposals in October 2000 - The European Commission specific programme for Energy Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD), sub-programme Energy (ENERGIE), will launch its next calls based on the new approach for the implementation of the programme towards the end of October 2000 with expected deadlines by February 2001 for medium to long term and by March 2001 for short term RTD activities. - The areas chosen for these calls take particularly into consideration the major priorities of the EU Energy policy, notably the concerns of diversity and security of energy supply and the mitigation of the effects of energy supply and use in climate change, as well as the new orientations of the EU Research policy for advancing towards a real European Research Area. - The new approach for programme implementation, as described in the recent Update of the Work Programme, is based upon three main elements. Firstly a clear differentiation between proposals addressing the short time-frame (less than five years) and proposals addressing the medium-to-long time-frame (beyond five years). Secondly, the concentration of a substantial part of the programme around a core set of multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral 'Target Actions' designed to facilitate the emergence of solutions with a measurable impact, high profile and relevance to EU policies. Thirdly, the identification of a limited number of priorities of strategic importance to the EU which are to be addressed by proposals related to any of the topics of the Work Programme. Work Programme Update includes new road maps, while a new Open Call for RTD activities of a Generic Nature, Training, Accompanying Measures and SME measures will replace the previous one. URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/eesd/calls/adv-info1000.htm(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)