Who is doing this research?
The Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) is open to all legal entities
established in the 15 Member States and to partners from countries
which have association agreements with the European Union for
participation in FP5. In addition, FP5 is accessible on a self-funding
basis to non-associated European countries and Mediterranean partner
countries, if their participation is in accordance with Community
interest, while partners from all other countries are welcomed
on a self-funding basis, on condition that they can demonstrate
that they will contribute significant added value to all or part
of a specific programme.
Non-Member States participating in projects selected in 1999 and
2000 for Key Action 4 – Environment and Health, include:
Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, USA, Japan, Russia, Belorussia,
and eight candidate countries: Slovakia, Estonia, the Czech Republic,
Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Hungary.
The high representation of candidate countries in Key Action
4 reflects the challenges they must meet to be aligned with EU
environmental legislation, particularly in the areas of air and
water pollution, waste management, industrial pollution control
and risk management, and nuclear safety/radiation protection.
Partners
Participants in 'Environment and Health' projects are mainly
universities, hospitals, public and private institutes concerned
with occupational and environmental safety, health authorities,
and regulatory bodies. The contribution of industry to KA4 has
been relatively small, but the growing prospect for marketable
diagnostic tools and other applications should gradually attract
more companies to this research area.
Selection criteria
Projects for Key Action 4 – Environment and Health are
chosen for the quality of the scientific work, the competence
of the partnership, and the contribution a project will make to
EU policies. In total, 92 projects have been selected from more
than 500 proposals submitted.
Some of the projects come under the 'Concerted Actions' and 'Thematic
Network' categories, in which EU funds support the networking
activities required to coordinate projects that have already received
funding from outside FP5. The remainder are 'shared-cost actions'
focusing on the acquisition of new knowledge.
Contact information
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Further reading:
- RTD info A quarterly magazine
providing information on European research
(web version at http://europa.eu)
- Leaflet Improving the Quality of Life
(web version at http://europa.eu)
- Key Action 4 catalogue: coming soon
- A New Framework Programme for European
Research, Towards a European Research Area
– European Commission, EUR 19460, 2001,
53pp,
ISBN 92-894-1035-3
- Summaries of selected "Environment
and Health" projects: available on request
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