European Commissioner for Science & Research

European Commissioner for Science & Research

The European Commissioner for Science and Research is a portfolio within the European Commission. The current commissioner is Janez Potočnik ("independent").

The portfolio is responsible primarily for research and improving the conditions in the Union for researchers. The post is known familiarly as Science and Research; however it involves other fields such as technology, development etc.

Current commissioner

Commissioner Potočnik was approved by the European Parliament in 2004 as "Commissioner for Science and Research". Although the designation had been expanded from simply "Commissioner for Research" of the Prodi Commission, its duties remained essentially the same. The main Directorate-General (DG) is still simply "research" (DG for Research). Potočnik is one of the few commissioners under President Barroso not attached to a political party.

Potočnik has stated that he believes trading knowledge and the development of an information society to create prosperity is as important to Europe as trading steel and coal to create peace was 50 years ago. He aims to develop the European Research Area. [http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/109975/building-an-information-society-on-par-with-postwar-reconstruction-says-eu.html]

List of commissioners

* Filippo Maria Pandolfi (of Italy) - Delors Commission (1989 - 1993)
* Antonio Ruberti (of Italy) Delors Commission III || 1993 - 1995)
* Édith Cresson (of France) - Santer Commission (1995 - 1999)
* Philippe Busquin (of Belgium) - Prodi Commission (1999 - 2004)
* Louis Michel (of Belgium) - Prodi Commission (2004)
* Janez Potočnik (of Slovenia) - Barroso Commission (2004 - 2009)

ee also

* Directorate-General for Research
* Directorate-General Joint Research Centre
* European Research Area
* Framework Programmes
* Lisbon Strategy
* European Atomic Energy Community
* Eurodoc
* European Research Advisory Board
* European Research Council
* European Charter for Researchers
* European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering
* European Institute of Technology

External links

* [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/potocnik/indexfl_en.htm Commissioner's website]
** [http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/potocnik Commissioner's blog]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/research/ Commission's research portal]
* [http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ EU joint research centre]
* [http://www.athenaweb.org/ AthenaWeb - European Science Research]


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