Documents

Scientific Council

• See the Library on the Scientific Council web site

European Commission

• Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the specific programme: “Ideas” implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities COM(2005) 441 final
• Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) COM(2005) 119 final
• Commission Interim Working Document on the implementation of a funding mechanism for Basic Research, 29 September 2004
• “Science and technology, the key to Europe’s future – Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research”, COM (2004) 353, 16 June 2004
• “Europe and basic research”, COM (2004) 9, 14 January 2004
• “Building our common Future: Policy challenges and Budgetary means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013”, COM (2004) 101 final

European Council

• Competitiveness Council, 28-29 November 2005
• Competitiveness Council, 26 November 2004
• Spring European Council, 25-26 March 2004, Presidency Conclusions
• Competitiveness Council, 11 March 2004, Council Conclusions on Basic Research
• The Dublin Symposium, 16-17 February 2004, Final Conclusions

European Parliament

• ITRE meeting documents

Working Groups on ERC

• The ERC Identification Committee submits its final report, 20 June 2005 ( 24 kB) 
• Frontier Research: The European Challenge", HLEG report, April 2005 - Full Report ( 437 kB), Executive Summary ( 565 kB)
• Experts support the creation of a European Research Council, 21 April 2005
• Interim Report of the ERC identification Committee, 21 March 2005.
• European Commission – EUROHORCs: Report of the Joint Working Group on a European Funding Mechanism for Basic Research, 28 July 2004.
• The ERCEG Report (Mayor Report), December 2003
• ESF Position paper - New structures for the support of high-quality research in Europe, April 2003