Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: Provide professional and administrative support to the Body of the European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) Director: László Ignéczi Set up: 2010 Number of staff: 27 Location: Riga (Latvia) The BEREC Office is an EU agency providing professional and administrative support to BEREC, the Body of European Regulators for […]
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Access to the official webpage and the social networks Based in France, the ERA is helping to integrate European railway systems by making trains safer and able to cross national borders without stopping. Since 2006, the ERA has: worked to develop economically viable common technical standards and safety measures and targets in cooperation with the rail sector, national authorities, EU […]
Read MoreEuropean Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks The Agency implements the European Innovation Council and manages other EU programmes focusing on SME support, innovation and the single market. The Agency is responsible for developing and implementing the European Innovation Council and manages other EU programmes in the fields of SME support, […]
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The European Research Executive Agency is a funding body for research and innovation. It manages EU research grants. The REA is a funding body set up by the European Commission to manage EU programmes. The lifetime of an executive agency is limited and linked to the length of the programmes they manage. A more detailed legal framework for executive […]
Read MoreEuropean Union Satellite Centre
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: supports the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) by providing services based on space assets and collateral data Director: Sorin Ducaru Partners: European External Action Service, European Commission, European Defence Agency, European Space Agency and other institutions and international organisations Established in: 2002 (Western European Union Satellite Centre […]
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Access to the official webpage and the social networks The Executive Agency for the European Research Council manages EU programmes on research. Mission The ERC’s mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence. The […]
Read MoreEuropean Union Agency for the Space Programme
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: EUSPA manages public interests related to the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) programmes EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System) and Galileo, the Earth observation (EO) programme Copernicus, and the European Union Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) programme Executive Director: Rodrigo da Costa Partners: European Commission, European […]
Read MoreEuropean Institute of Innovation and Technology
Overview Role: To promote innovation in EU countries Director: Martin Kern Established in: 2008 Number of staff: 49 Location: Budapest (Hungary) The EIT helps businesses, educational and research bodies work together to create an environment conducive for innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe. What it does The EIT increases Europe’s capacity to innovate, compete with foreign […]
Read MoreEuropean Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: Cedefop provides the data on which vocational education and training policy in the EU is based Acting Director: Mara Brugia Established in: 1975 Number of staff: 98 Location: Thessaloniki (Greece) Website: Cedefop The European Centre for the Development of Vocational training (Cedefop) helps develop and implement EU vocational training policies. […]
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