Call for proposals - citizens and governance
The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the 'citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society' thematic priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The areas covered by this call are: For Networks of Excellence and Integrated Projects: - knowledge based policies for the knowledge based society: policy learning and the sources of policy knowledge; - growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge based economy; - the relations between the labour market, employment and welfare regimes; - education strategies for inclusion and social cohesion and their relation to other policies; - linguistic diversity in a European knowledge based society; - democracy in a supranational context; - approaches to conflict analysis: prevention and resolution of violent conflicts; - towards a European public sphere; - gender and citizenship in a multicultural context. For STREPs and CAs: - emerging dynamic growth regions and their role in a global economy; - understanding knowledge; - societal trends, quality of life and public policies; - inequalities in society and their consequences; - they dynamics of youth in the context of intergenerational relations in European society; - development models to meet combined societal and economic objectives; - new EU borders, new visions of neighbourhood; - governance for sustainable development; - privatisation and public policy in different contexts; - regulatory processes and the use of impact assessment; - economic governance, articulation and competences and role of expertise; - transnational terrorism, security and the rule of law; - human rights and conflicts; - crime and criminalisation; - values and religions in Europe; - understanding and measuring social sciences and humanities and their impact; - promotion and support for comparative research, methodologies and data generation. For SSAs: - increasing the visibility and impact of research infrastructures and activities for social sciences and humanities in Europe; - new approaches for policy-research dialogues in the ERA: targeted dissemination of EU research in national and multi-national contexts; - promoting international research and policy cooperation in social sciences and humanities; - new converging technologies and their wider implications for a European knowledge-based society. For further information on the budget for each area, please consult the full call text.To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web addresses: http://fp6.cordis.lu/citizens/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=175(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) http://fp6.cordis.lu/citizens/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=176(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) http://fp6.cordis.lu/citizens/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=177(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)