Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: manages the EU’s contribution to ITER and cooperates with Japan on fusion R&D projects Director: Johannes Schwemmer Established in: 2007 Number of staff: 446 Location: Barcelona (Spain) Website: Fusion for Energy What it does It is the EU organisation that manages the EU’s contribution to the ITER project, designed to demonstrate […]
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
Access to the official webpage and the social networks ACER helps ensure the single European market in gas and electricity functions properly. It assists national regulatory authorities in performing their regulatory function at European level and, where necessary, coordinates their work. More specifically, ACER: complements and coordinates the work of national regulatory authorities helps […]
European Environment Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: The EEA provides environmental information to policymakers and the public. Director: Hans Bruyninckx Partners: EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey & Switzerland Established in: 1990 Number of staff: 200 Location: Copenhagen Website: European Environment Agency The EEA is an EU agency tasked with providing sound, independent information on the environment. It […]
European Fisheries Control Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: EFCA ensures that the EU’s common fisheries policy is applied properly Executive Director: Susan Steele Set up: 2005 Staff: 73 Location: Vigo (Spain) What it does EFCA’s mission is to promote the highest common standards for control, inspection and surveillance under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). EFCA does this […]
Oficina Comunitaria de Variedades Vegetales
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: managing the EU plant variety rights system President: Francesco Mattina Set up: 1995 Staff: 50 Location: Angers (France) The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) encourages innovation in plant varieties by meticulously processing applications for Community plant variety rights at affordable costs, while giving its stakeholders policy guidance on and […]
Premio Europeo Carlomagno de la Juventud
Desde 2008 el Parlamento Europeo, junto con la Fundación Premio Internacional Carlomagno de Aquisgrán, anima cada año a los jóvenes de todos los Estados miembros de la Unión a que presenten proyectos gestionados por y para jóvenes que contribuyan activamente al desarrollo de Europa, fomentando la idea de identidad e integración europea para los jóvenes que […]
European Food Safety Authority
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: Provides scientific advice & communicates on existing & emerging risks associated with the food chain Director: Bernhard Url Established in: 2002 Number of staff: 435 Location: Parma (Italy) What does EFSA do? The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides independent scientific advice on food-related risks. EFSA issues advice on existing and emerging food […]
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: To provide factual, objective, reliable and comparable information on drugs and drug addiction. Director: Alexis Goosdeel (Belgium) Established in: 1993 Number of staff: 100 Location: Lisbon (Portugal) The EMCDDA provides the EU and its member states with factual, objective, reliable and comparable information at European level on drugs and […]
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: Collect, analyse and disseminate information for those involved in safety and health at work Director: Dr Christa Sedlatschek Established in: 1994 Number of staff: 67 Location: Bilbao (Spain) EU-OSHA works to make European workplaces safer, healthier and more productive – for the benefit of businesses, employees and governments. […]