Brussels, 03 Sep 2002
The European Commission's Research DG has announced a call for tenders for a study on national, international and professional training material for ethics in research.
The European Commission intends to launch the invitation to tender within the framework of the European research area (ERA) and the implementation of the science and society action plan ethics committees.
The purpose of this study is to gather information on training resources that exist in the European Union, the candidate countries and other partners in the Framework programme, analyse the data, identify the best training material providers and to provide selected excellent material for different purposes from the material surveyed.
The contract will contribute to the science and society action plan action 31: 'model courses will be developed in order to raise the awareness of researchers in the field of ethics'. This is in line with the policy of the Sixth Framework programme (Article 3), which says that EU research activities have to conform with the ethical principles stated in the European Charter of fundamental rights.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
Directorate-General Research
Attn: Mrs Barbara Rhode
rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
Office SDME 6/44
B-1049 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 295 9888
Fax +32 2 298 4694
To see the call text, please consult the following web address: http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?REQUEST=See k-Deliver&LANGUAGE=en&DOCID=136141-2002
Remarks: The deadline for requesting tender documents is 25.09.2002. The deadline for submitting tender documents is 15.10.2002.
Before contacting the Commission, tenderers are strongly advised to consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European Communities at the reference below.