Euroscience
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Euroscience is a European grassroots organisation founded in 1997 for the support and promotion of science and technology in Europe. The membership of Euroscience consists of individuals interested in constructing a scientific Europe. Its members are scientists of a wide variety of scientific disciplines, institutions of the public sector, universities, research institutes and members from business and the industry.
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[edit] Goal
- The organisation wants to provide an open forum for debate on science and technology in Europe
- It wants to strengthen the links between European science and society
- It wants to contribute to the creation of an integrated European space for science and technology
- And finally it wants to influence science and technology policies
[edit] EuroScience Open Forum
Euroscience organises the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) which brings together stakeholders involved in European science: scientists, business executives and policy-makers. The ESOF is being held every second year, and is hosted by a European city.
[edit] See also
- Science and technology in Europe
- Directorate-General for Research
- European Science Foundation
- European Research Area (ERA)
- Eurodoc
- Academia Europæa
- Lisbon Strategy
[edit] Source
- Euroscience Open Forum 2006, Biotechnol J. 2006 Sep;1(9):890-1
- A new opportunity for science in Europe, Nature 1996;384:108
- Europas Wissenschaftler gründen ihre Lobby, die Euroscience, Die Zeit, Nr 13, 21 March 1997
- New Euroscience group, Research Europe, 20 nov. 1997, p. 6
