Brussels, 03 Sep 2002
The European Commission's Research DG has announced a call for tenders for a study on training programmes in ethics in research established in scientific faculties across Europe.
The European Commission intends to launch an invitation to tender within the framework of the European research area and the implementation of the science and society action plan ethics committees.
The purpose of this study is to gather information on and analyse training programmes on ethics offered in scientific faculties that exist in the European Union, the candidate countries and other countries associated to the Framework programme through an analytical and comparative approach.
The contract will contribute to the benchmarking of educational systems in Europe that have integrated ethics in scientific faculties' educational programmes.
Both the European research area and the science and society action plan stress the need of favouring the development of research and technology policies which will be responsive to societal and ethical concerns.
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=136146-2002
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.