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Press Release
Heidelberg, 28th October, 2004
Unique new platform offers European scientific community
a common voice
Official Launch of Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE)
On 25 October
2004, the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) was officially
launched at an
ISE conference in Paris, France. The launch marked the coming together
of some 35 European scientific organizations to structure and give
greater weight
to the input of the scientific community into science policy-making and
to promote the European Research Council (ERC).
ISE is an independent and informal platform for organizations committed
to the scientific and technological development of Europe. It provides
a common
forum to advocate independent scientific advice in European policy-making
and stimulate the involvement of European scientists in the design and
implementation of European science and technology policy.
ISE now includes organizations such as the European Life Sciences Forum
(ELSF), the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the European
Molecular
Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Physical Society (EPS), the European
Science Foundation (ESF), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the
European University Association (EUA), EuroScience, the Federation of
European Biochemical
Societies and many more representative of all scientific disciplines
ranging from mathematics and chemistry to the social sciences and humanities.
ISE
membership is open to all European organizations.
Contact:
Prof. José Mariano Gago
Chair of ISE
Tel: +351 (0) 217 973 880
Mb: +351 965 806 736
E-mail: gago@lip.pt
Dr Luc Van Dyck
Secretary of ISE
Tel: +49 (0)6221 8891 552
Mb: +49 (0)174 343 54 99
E-mail: ise@elsf.org
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