Czechs revise policy on research funding, aim for a more Western approach
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The Czech Republic's new government is working toward a comprehensive science policy that emphasizes the Western-style allocation of research funds based on competitive bidding. The government is also considering a Dec 1992 EC report that evaluated various strategies for promoting science and technology. This report stressed the importance of university research in the short term, the long-term economic importance of practical research on technology and the dangers of an excessively free-market strategy.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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More than a cosmetic change
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The European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods was set up in 1993 to support European Union policy aimed at reducing the number of animals used in regulatory toxicology testing in cosmetics. The European Union's Cosmetics Directive phases out animal use in acute toxicity testing in 2009 and in testing long-term effects in 2013 and the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals legislation aims to make registration mandatory for future and existing chemicals.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Research council plan for Europe gets up steam
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The expert group, during the Danish presidency of the European Union (EU), had published an interim report outlining options for the creation of a continent-wide European research council (ERC). The report also says that ERC should be politically accountable to the European parliament and its member states.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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