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Alun JONES EU Network Manager European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

6 th Framework Programme on Research. Alun JONES EU Network Manager European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. 6 th Framework Programme for Research. No specific section on Occupational Safety and Health Community strategy emphasis on foreseeing new and emerging risks

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Alun JONES EU Network Manager European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

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  1. 6th Framework Programme on Research Alun JONES EU Network Manager European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

  2. 6th Framework Programme for Research • No specific section on Occupational Safety and Health • Community strategy emphasis on foreseeing new and emerging risks • EP Employment Committee call for OSH Research as part of 6th Framework

  3. OSH as part of the 6th Framework Programme • Development of individual Work Programmes in each of the 8 Thematic priorities • Potential for OSH Research in following Thematic Priorities: • Information Society Technologies (workplace design and work organization) • Hazard/risk Control and Safe Production Processes and Devices • Priority 8 – policy support (environment and OSH section) • Priority 7 – Knowledge Society (quality of working life and work organisation)? • Health (occupational cancer) • SME research (OSH element)

  4. Tools available under 6th Framework Programme (I) • Networks of Excellence • critical mass of research resources and expertise - concentrated in a living network of leading research organisations where information is shared, exchanged and developed • new information will result but not primary objective which is the pooling of existing expertise • European leadership and world force –joint programme of activities –durable integration of research capacities

  5. Tools available under 6th Framework Programme (II) • Integrated Projects • critical mass of activities and resources needed to achieve ambitious clearly defined scientific and technological objectives • objective driven research where primary deliverable is new knowledge • grouping together of more limited number of research organizations, industry partners, etc to achieve objective

  6. Tools available under 6th Framework Programme (III) • Research for policy support • Specific Targeted Projects and Coordination Actions objective driven research where primary deliverable is new knowledge • SME specific research • 2 specific schemes for SMEs: Co-operative Research ("CRAFT") and Collective Research - large community of SMEs with a capacity to innovate but with inadequate research capabilities

  7. Tools available under 6th Framework Programme (IV) • Co-ordinating several Member Stateresearch activities • (i.e. national research programmes) under article 169 – new tool mainly for principle areas of research, such as “European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership – OSH relevance not certain • Others • studies, conferences, seminars, etc. to be defined according to needs

  8. Key deadlines – “call for proposals” • First deadline for “call for proposals” – from 1st December 2003 • Remaining deadlines over 2003 - 2004 period • Published in official journal of the European Communities • Agency will explore possibility of developing role of providing information about Commission “calls for proposals” via its news service functions

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