JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

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Institute for the Protection and Security of the
Citizen
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for the
Protection and Security of the Citizen Enlargemen
t Action 2004 WELCOME !
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JRC is the research-based policy support body of
the European Commission

• More than 25 of all EU legislation has a
  significant ST basis
• e.g. food, chemicals, environment, energy
• As a Directorate General (DG) of the European
  Commission, the JRC provides scientific and
  technical support to Community policy making

In the last 2 years, the JRC was engaged in over
70 pieces of EU legislation
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Structure of the JRC
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JRC Work Programme 2003-2006
Food, Chemical Products and Health (food safety
quality, food chain consumer protection, GMOs,
chemical products, alternative testing methods,
biomedical technologies, health
environment) Environment and Sustainability (air,
water soil quality, land resources,
sustainability issues, climate change, ecosystem
monitoring, energy technologies) Nuclear Safety
and Security (waste treatment storage, nuclear
non-proliferation, reactor safety, radiation
monitoring, basic actinide research) ST
Foresight (technology techno-economic
foresight, statistical methods for analysis of
economic indicators) Reference Materials and
Measurements (reference materials methods,
certified reference materials, radionuclide
metrology, neutron data measurements) Public
Security and Antifraud (antifraud technologies,
cybersecurity, technological natural
emergencies, humanitarian aid)
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JRC Enlargement Action 2004

• started in 2002
• with an overall budget of about 10M Euro/year
• in 2004 the Enlargement Action consists of
  workshops, training courses and opportunities for
  temporary jobs for work related to JRC research
  projects (the call for national detached experts
  and visiting scientists closed in June)

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JRC Enlargement action 2005

• In 2005 necessity to support the 10 new member
  states for the purposes of integration
• Objective to integrate the enlargement action
  into JRCs main work programme
• How exact formula not yet decided
• - every JRC project could have a part where a
  concrete contribution to enlargement
  objectives is expected
• - calls for workshops, training courses and
  opportunities for temporary jobs will probably
  be continued
• Open to action will be open also to
• candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey,
  and Croatia
• potential candidate countries
  Serbia/Montenegro, Former Yugoslav Republic of
  Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania

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Job Opportunities
JRC Enlargement Action
For all Commission DGs (permanent posts) EPSO http//europa.eu.int/epso/
For Research DGs (temporary posts) CORDIS ELSA database http//elsa.cordis.lu
For JRC ENLARGEMENT ACTION 2004 http//www.jrc.cec.eu.int
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GENERAL INFORMATION
JRC Enlargement Action
Unit JRC.A.3 (Brussels) Enlargement end associated initiatives Head of Unit G. CARATTI DI LANZACCO