Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society - Part B
The European Commission has published a call for proposals for priority 7 (part B) under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society' thematic priority area (point 7 in the work programme). This is one of the areas covered by the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme. Projects selected under this call will be funded using the specific targeted research project instrument and the coordinated action instrument. The activities carried out in this thematic priority are intended to mobilise in a coherent effort, in all their wealth and diversity, European research capacities in economic, political, social sciences and humanities that are necessary to develop an understanding of, and to address issues related to, the emergence of the knowledge-based society and new forms of relationships between its citizens, on one hand, and between its citizens and institutions, on the other. Areas covered by this call include: - Understanding the knowledge based society (area 1.2 of the work programme); - The contribution of knowledge based entrepreneurship as a source of growth, employment and development potential in Europe (area 1.2 of the work programme); - The integration of social sciences and humanities (area 1.2 of the work programme); - Education challenges for the knowledge society (area 2.2 of the work programme); - Reinforcing the links between science and education (area 2.2 of the work programme); - Intergenerational inheritance of inequalities (area 2.2 of the work programme); - Insecurity (area 1.2 of the work programme); - Historical development of socio-economic development models (area 3.2 of the work programme); - Citizens attitudes, preferences, civic values (area 3.2 of the work programme); - Compatibility and tension - sustainable development and the knowledge society (area 3.2 of the work programme); - Knowledge for Humankind initiative (area 3.2 of the work programme); - Social, political and economic transformations in the candidate countries (area 4.2 of the work programme); - Corporate social responsibility (area 5.2 of the work programme); - Human rights (area 6.2 of the work programme); - Violent conflicts (area 6.2 of the work programme); - Active civic participation (area 7.2 of the work programme); - Assessments of the media's impact in the public sphere (area 7.2 of the work programme). The total indicative budget for this call is 33 million euro.To see the call text, please visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=13(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)