Translation of "Projets conjoints spéciaux de recherche sur le génome " (French → English) :

22. Deplores the fact that research funding is still very fragmented in Europe, with multiple sources of funding from the Member States and the Community applying different priorities, evaluation criteria, definitions and procedures, leading to unnecessary overlap, confusion, error and lack of critical mass; asks the Commission and the Council to put the issues of cooperation and coordination between the various EU and national programmes at the top of the agenda; calls on the Commission to carry out an analysis to improve the link between European and national actions, including possible coordination in the phases of formulating calls for proposals and e ...[+++]valuating projects, as well as the identification of national rules or laws that hinder or complicate the financial management of international research cooperation projects; asks that calls for proposals, including those of July 2011, be issued in consultation with the Member States, not duplicating or competing with national initiatives but complementing them; in this respect, considers that the ERA-Net scheme should be strengthened as a tool to support excellence and the development of criteria for quality indicators which constitutes the basis for coordination between programmes or joint ventures; suggests that FP7 should complement the efforts of actors managing national programmes involved in joint programming in order to move the RDFPs away from project management thinking towards programme management thinking, but without neglecting the management of small projects; believes that for Joint Programming to be successful, projects should be selected on the basis of excellence, tailored to the characteristics of each sector, the coordinating role of the Commission should be strengthened, and participating Member States should honour their financial commitments; asks that the last three years of FP7 be devoted to helping structure the European Research Area;

The European Defence Agency makes a valuable contribution towards the harmonisation of the armaments market and the coordination of joint research projects in the security and defence sphere.

Industry and services (Art.7) will be promoted via a number of initiatives seeking to expand and diversify Pakistan’s industrial base, or facilitating SME’s access to capital, markets and technology, or encourage joint-projects in the field of joint venture, sub-contracting, licences and applied research.

The Member States were also requested to take action in this field by promoting mental health and preventing mental illness, encouraging the exchange of best practice and information, promoting joint projects with other Member States, and furthering and supporting research into mental health and its promotion.

The Member States were also invited to act in this field by promoting mental health and preventing mental illness, by promoting exchanges of good practice and joint projects with other Member States, and by stimulating and supporting research on mental health and its promotion.

As regards the information society, cooperation focuses on dialogue, exchanges of information, the dissemination of new technologies, reciprocal access to databases, the interconnection and interoperability of telematic networks and services, and the promotion of joint research projects and pilot projects.