Press Release: Public Research: Common problems need common solutions! Commission proposes to Member States to jointly address major societal challenges

Climate change, diseases, or energy are societal challenges shared by all EU countries. National research, which currently makes up 85% of all European public research funding, will have more impact if Member States pool their resources and better coordinate their efforts. The European Commission proposed that Member States adopt a new approach of 'Joint Programming'. It aims at tackling current compartmentalisation which undermines the efficiency of Europe's research.

European Commission: MEMO/08/504: Commission proposes a legal framework for European Research Infrastructures – Q & A http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/503&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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