Overview Role: to provide analysis of foreign, security and defence policy issues Director: Gustav Lindstrom Set up: 2002 Staff: 24 Location: headquarters in Paris (France) with a liaison office in Brussels (Belgium) Website: EUISS The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is an EU agency that analyses foreign, security and defence policy issues. What it does The EUISS aims to: […]
European Labour Authority
Access to the official webpage and the social networks Role: The European Labour Authority helps improve cooperation between EU countries, coordinates joint inspections, carries out analyses and risk assessments on cross-border labour mobility issues and mediates disputes between EU countries Executive Director: Cosmin Boiangiu Established in: 2019 Number of staff: 144 by 2024 Website: ELA […]
Start of rolling review for adapted Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine
EMA has started a rolling review for a version of Spikevax adapted to provide better protection against specific variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The review concerns a bivalent vaccine. This means it will target two strains of SARS-CoV-2, in this case the original strain and the Omicron variant of concern. The review […]
European Health Union: a stronger role for the European Medicines Agency
As part of the on-going work to build a strong European Health Union, the Council has adopted the Regulation revising the mandate of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), taking an important step towards EMA’s reinforcement in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices. The new rules will allow the Agency to closely […]
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
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 […]