Event to launch FP7 on 7 March 2007, in Brussels, Belgium

On 7 March 2007 representatives of the German EU Presidency and the European Commission will open a major event on European research in Brussels, marking the launch of the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 (the main EU instrument to support research), which will devote close to €50 billion to European and international co-operation in science and technology. The overall aim of the event is to raise the level of political commitment to European research, expand media coverage and increase public awareness. See Cordis Press Service for further details.