Role: provides evidence-based advice on fundamental rights Director: Michael O’Flaherty Set up: 2007 Staff: 105 Location: Vienna (Austria) The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides independent, evidence-based advice to EU and national decision makers, thereby helping to make debates, policies and legislation on fundamental rights better informed and targeted. What it does It advises […]
European Border and Coast Guard Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: Frontex helps EU countries and Schengen associated countries manage their external borders. It also to helps to harmonise border controls across the EU. The agency facilitates cooperation between border authorities in each EU country, providing technical support and expertise. Director: Fabrice Leggeri Established in: 2004 Number of […]
Agency for Support for BEREC
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 […]
European Research Council Executive Agency
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 […]
European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) manages funding for education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering. Website www.eacea.ec.europa.eu Responsibilities EACEA manages most parts of the following EU funding programmes, in close cooperation with other Commission departments: Creative Europe Erasmus+ European Solidarity Corps Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values EACEA continues to manage the projects selected during the 2014-2020 programming period and the 2007-2013 programming period.EACEA also manages the Eurydice network (providing analysis […]
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 […]
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: Strengthening Europe’s defences against infectious diseases Director: Andrea Ammon Established in: 2005 Number of staff: 290 Location: Stockholm (Sweden) What it does Analyse and interpret data from EU countries on 52 communicable diseases and conditions, using the European Surveillance System (TESSy). Provide scientific advice to the EU governments and institutions. Ensure early […]
European Maritime Safety Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Overview Role: Offers technical expertise and operational assistance in maritime safety, security and pollution Director: Maja Markovčić Kostelac Set up: 2002 Staff: 250 Location: Lisbon (Portugal) The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) provides technical expertise and operational assistance to improve maritime safety, pollution preparedness and response and maritime security. Most of the Agency’s tasks […]