EUROHORCs

EUROHORCs is a European association of the heads of research funding organisations (RFO) and research performing organisations (RPO).
The acronym originates from European Heads of Research Councils. EUROHORCs was established in 1992 as an informal association of national research councils and analogous public non-university research organisations of the EU Member States.

The last few years EUROHORCs has become an active player in the field of European research policy by promoting and enhancing inter-council cooperation and serving, amongst others, as advisory body for the European commission. EUROHORCs seek to enhance the role of the national research funding and research performing organisations in Europe through creating a platform for discussion, initiating joint activities and strengthening their influence on European research policy.

NEWS

25/05/2009
European Parliament voted on EU Animals Directive
EUROHORCS welcomes the vote of the European Parliament on the revision of the directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes that took place on the 5 May 2009.
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04/05/2009
EUROHORCs Position Paper on ERC Mid-term Review
EUROHORCs gave its opinion on the European Research Council (ERC), in the course of its mid-term review. In this statement, EUROHORCs expresses its strong support of the ERC, but also identifies challenges that need to be tackled in the future.
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04/05/2009
Election of New Steering Committee Members
Four new SC members were elected at the General Assembly meeting on 23 April 2009 in Berne, Switzerland. The new members are Ebba Nexø, (The Danish Councils for Independent Research), Frank Gannon (Science Foundation Ireland), Franci Demšar (The Slovenian Research Agency) and Luciano Maiani (The National Research Council, Italy).
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