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Submit proposals to Specific Support to Policies Call!

Deadline: 22 March 2006

Main Data:

Specific Programme: Integrating and strengthening the ERA
Activity: Specific activity covering policy-orientated research under 'Policy
support and anticipating scientific and technological needs'
Call title: Scientific Support to Policies
Call identifier : FP6-2005-SSP-5A
Date of publication: 22 December 200510
Closure date(s): 22 March 2006 at 17.00 (Brussels local time)

Activities covered:

8.1. B.1.5.

Environmental assessment (soil, water, air, noise, including the effects of chemical substances)

Task 1 - Minimising habitat destruction, fragmentation and degradation

Task 2 - Minimising impact of climate change and of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on biodiversity

Task 4 - Ecological status assessment - filling the gaps

Task 5 - Operational interface linking scientific knowledge to the implementation and development of water policies

Task 6 - Assessing the health risks of environmental stressors :

Task 8 - Identification and analysis of climate change mitigation options in Developing Countries, in particular in China and India

Task 9 - Sectoral Emission Reduction Potentials and Economic Costs for Climate Change.

STREP


Task 3 - Alternatives to HCFCs in developing countries


SSA


Task 7 - Characterisation of mining waste


CA


8.1. B.1.6.

Assessment of environmental technologies for support of policy decisions, in particular concerning effective but low-cost technologies in the context of fulfilling environmental legislation

Task 1 - Measuring eco-innovation

Task 3 - Comparison and assessment of funding schemes for the development of new activities and investments in environmental technologies

STREP


Task 2 - Identification and assessment of training needs, methods and activities for the wider use of environmental technologies in key sectors


CA


8.1. B.2.3.

The impact of environmental issues on health (including safety at work and methods for risk assessment and the mitigation of risks of natural disasters to people)

Task 1 - New knowledge of burden of work-related stress including physical and psychological violence such as harassment, bullying, and mobbing

Task 3 - Risk assessment of furan in food.

STREP


Task 2 - Regional networks in Europe on risk reduction of environmental health risks


CA


8.1. B.2.4.

Quality of life issues relating to handicapped/disabled people (including equal access facilities)

Task 1 - Accessibility of public transport systems for people with disabilities

Task 2 - Free movement of people with disabilities

SSA


8.1. B.2.5.

Comparative research of factors underlying migration and refugee flows, including illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings

Task 1 - Illegal migration – collecting empirical evidence in the EU

Task 2 - New immigration destinations within the EU. The cases of the EU Mediterranean and Eastern European areas

STREP or CA


8.1. B.2.6.

Improved means to anticipate crime trends and causes, and to assess the effectiveness of crime prevention policies; assessment of new challenges related to illicit drug use

Task 1 - Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Criminal Confiscation

Task 2 - The Costs of Crime

Task 3 - Approaches and Methodologies for Cross-border Police Cooperation within the EU

STREP or CA

 


8.1. B.3.2.

The development of tools, indicators and operational parameters for assessing sustainable transport and energy systems performance (economic, environmental and social)

Task 1 - Quality of transport services in the framework of the common transport policy

Task 5 - Best practice, planning, financing and control of costs for the dynamic maintenance of transport infrastructures

Task 6 - Transport related sensitive areas

STREP

 


Task 2 - Policy packages and best practices

Task 3- Integration of energy, technological and/or environmental components to widen the policy assessment and forecasting capabilities of a European transport network model covering freight, passenger and intermodal transport.

Task 4 - European transport network model refinement regarding freight and intermodal transport to and from the Rest of the world

Task 7 - Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the impact on EU economy and employment of high oil prices

Task 8 - Action Plan for high-priority renewable energy initiatives in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean area

Task 10 - RTD for increasing the share of new renewable technologies in emerging and developing countries

SSA


Task 9 - Economics and policy interfaces for gas and nuclear in the context of energy security of supply and a future hydrogen economy


CA


8.1. B.3.3.

Global security analysis and validation systems for transport and research relating to accident risks and safety in mobility systems

Task 1 - Security Training for transport staff.

SSA


8.1. B.3.4.

Forecasting and developing innovative policies for sustainability in the medium and long term

Task 1 - Assessing interlinkages between different priorities of the Sustainable Development Strateg y

Task 3 - Operationalise key concepts to improve sustainable management of coastal erosion

Task 4 - Use of life-cycle thinking for the overall mapping of the environmental issues of waste generation and management

Task 5 - Assessing environmental, economic and social impacts of EU initiatives with developing countries concerning public procurement and investment in environmental public services.

Task 6 - Improvement of tools for evaluation of economic impacts of Lisbon-type reforms, and for impact assessment of EU regulation

STREP


Task 2 - Assessing the potential of various policy instruments for sustainable consumption practices and greening of the market


SSA


8.1. B.3.6.

The protection of cultural heritage and associated -conservation strategies

Task 1 - To verify the authenticity of cultural heritage objects

Task 2 - To enable the traceability of cultural heritage objects

Task 4 - To help protect cultural heritage from environmental damage particularly in relation to flooding

Task 5 - To improve the effectiveness and durability of protection and conservation treatments for movable cultural heritage objects

STREP


Task 3 - To identify best practices for the long-term management of archaeological sites


CA


Task 6 - To design and organise training seminars on cultural heritage research

Task 7 - To support cultural heritage research activities


SSA

Download the relevant documents to SSP Call

Call for proposal
Work Programme
Specific document to SSP
Guide for SSA
Guide for CA
Guide for STREP

 


 

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