Translation of "web research " (English → French) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 68 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) and the Level 5 Laboratory (L5L): (a) what are the details of the initial request for proposals for the CHVI; (b) what amount were the government and the Gates Foundation planning to invest in the CHVI and what were the scheduled dates for investment; (c) how many bids for the CHVI were submitted and by which organizations; (d) what are the details of the CHVI process for determining suitable award winners; (e) what were the selection criteria for awarding the CHVI bid and who was responsible for identifying the criteria; (f ...[+++]) how many people made up the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids, how were they selected, and from which disciplines and geographic areas were they drawn; (g) were representatives from the pharmaceutical industry invited to be part of the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, on what date did each representative serve and, if not, why not; (h) what were the results for each of the selection criterion for each of the organizations bidding on the CHVI and how were the bids ranked; (i) did the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids reach a recommendation, and, if so, on what date, and to whom was the information conveyed in the government; (j) was there a steering committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, who were the members, who was the chair and what was its mandate; (k) were there changes to the steering committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, on what dates and for what reasons; (l) was any organization bidding on the CHVI informed, formally or otherwise, that it had been chosen to host the facility and, if so, how and on what date; (m) did the federal government put up a notice on its Web site to announce that the CHVI project had been cancelled or would not proceed and, if so, on what date; (n) was the notice in (m) removed from the Web site and, if so, on what date and fo ...

ACTIONS The Commission will: Key action 9: Leverage more private investment through the strategic use of pre-commercial procurement[36] and public-private partnerships[37], by using structural funds for research and innovation and by maintaining a pace of 20% yearly increase of the ICT RD budget at least for the duration of FP7; Other actions: Reinforce the coordination and pooling of resources with Member States and industry[38], and put greater focus on demand- and user-driven partnerships in EU support to ICT research and innovation; Starting in 2011 propose measures for ‘light and fast’ access to EU research funds in ICT, making th ...[+++]em more attractive notably to SMEs and young researchers in view of a wider implementation within the revision of the EU RTD Framework; [39] Ensure sufficient financial support to joint ICT research infrastructures and innovation clusters, develop further eInfrastructures and establish an EU strategy for cloud computing notably for government and science; Work with stakeholders to develop a new generation of web-based applications and services, including for multilingual content and services, by supporting standards and open platforms through EU-funded programmes.

As part of the implementation of the Mobility Strategy for the European Research Area [15], the Commission has launched several initiatives, in close cooperation with the Member States, including the "The Researcher's Mobility Portal" [16], which provides web-based national and Community information on a European scale, specific job and fellowship opportunities for researchers, and the European network of mobility centres( ERA-MORE) which will provide researchers and their families with customised assistance in all matters relating to their working and daily lives when undertaki ...[+++]ng a mobility experience.

For many years, the European Union has been keen to tackle the inaccessibility of Web sites, notably through the 1994-1998 Telematics Applications Research and Development Programme (TAP) and a supporting action project called the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

One of the projects given financial support by the European Commission in the 1994-1998 Telematics Applications Research and Development Programme (TAP) was the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) project, which contributed to the work of producing the Guidelines and other specifications and tools for the promotion of access to the Web.

The Commission's Web pages can provide links to project Web pages, or meta-databases of final results, as is already planned for the homepage of the 4th Research Framework Programme's ELOISE thematic network.