Euroscience

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.

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

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.

* 2004: Stockholm
* 2006: Munich
* 2008: Barcelona
* 2010: Torino

ee also

* Science and technology in Europe
* Directorate-General for Research
* European Science Foundation
* European Research Area (ERA)
* Academia Europæa
* Lisbon Strategy

ource

* "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

External links

* [http://www.euroscience.org/ Euroscience]
* [http://www.esof2010.org/ ESOF2010]