The aim of this initiative was to discuss ways and means of stimulating the involvement of NGOs and other civil society organisations in the European Research Area.

Participants in the Round Table :

Chairperson :  Willem Halffman, University of Twente, NL
Eszter Markus, EMLA (Environnemental management and Law Association), Budapest
Claudia Neubauer, FSC, Fondation Sciences citoyennes, Paris
Anne-Sophie Parent, AGE – the European Older People Platform, Brussels
Douglas Parr, Greenpeace, London
Frank Rodenbourg, EATG, European Aids Treatment Group, Paris
Tamsin Rose, EPHA, European Public Health Alliance, Brussels

1. SETTING THE SCENE

The aim of this initiative was to discuss ways and means of stimulating the
involvement of NGOs and other civil society organisations in the European Research
Area. The chairperson asked participants to express their views on the following
issues :

Stakes and experiences :

What is your ‘stake’ as a ‘stakeholder’ in research and, as such, what do you want
to achieve ? What are your past experiences at national level, and with the EU and
its research policy ? Can you identify what works well and what doesn’t ?

Recommendations :

What are your recommendations to increase the involvement of NGOs in EU
research policy ? (in particular in view of the 7th Framework Programme)

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