EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory

 www.embl.org

ESO – European Southern Observatory

 www.eso.org 

CERN – European Organisation for Nuclear Research

www.cern.ch 

JRC – Joint Research Centre

 www.jrc.cec.eu.int 

EIRO Forum – serving European science

www.eiroforum.org 

IST (Information Society) Partners

www.ideal-ist.net 

CORDIS Focus

http://www.cordis.lu/focus/

RTD Info

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdinfo/rtd-adr.html

Innovation and Technology Transfer

http://www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-en/home.html

Euroabstracts

www.cordis.lu/euroabstracts/en/home.html 

RTD Publications 

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/pub_rtd.html

Enterprise Europe

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/enterprise-europe 

RESEARCH EUROPE (Commercial) 

www.ResearchResearch.com 

EU Grants and Loans

http://europa.eu.int/grants/index_en.htm 

European Investment Bank

http://www.eib.org/

Innovation 2010 Initiative (i2010i)

http://www.eib.org/site/index.asp?designation=i2i

European Investment Fund

www.eif.org 

Eureka

www.eureka.be 

Templates for Project Management

www.hyperion.ie/templates.htm 

The Futures Report

http://futures.jrc.es/  

The Institute for Prospective Technologies and Studies Reports

www.jrc.es

The R&D Scoreboard (Published annually by DTI, UK) 

http://www.innovation.gov.uk/finance/ 

European Information Technology Observatory

www.eito.com 

Foresight in Framework 6

http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/foresight/home.html 

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

www.oecd.org  (Brilliant!)

The Economist 

www.economist.com 

Dataquest  

 www.dataquest.com 

Frost and Sullivan 

www.frost.com 

Ovum 

www.ovum.com

IDC 

www.idc.com 

Forrester Research

www.forrester.com 

EU Standards Cooperation

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/standards_policy/index.htm#guidelines

CENORM and CENSTAR  

www.cenorm.be  

CENELEC 

www.cenelec.be 

ISO             

www.iso.ch

ETSI           

www.etsi.fr

ASTM        

www.astm.org 

Academic Institutions involved in research and training on standardization http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/standards_policy/

Study on the Impact of Standardization

www.standardsimpact.org 

IEEE Standards in Information Technology

www.siit2003.org

IST and Starndards

http://www.w3.org/2004/copras

OECD

www.oecd.org/els/social 

The Futures Project

http://futures.jrc.es/menupage-b.htm has four reports dealing with social issues and R&D.

Society, the Endless Frontier (1996!  but ideas are still valid) http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/publ/society_en.html 

EU and NGOs

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgc/ong/en/index.htm 

Europa (Official EU Website)

http://europa.eu.int 

Europa General Search Engine

http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/query_en.htm 

EU Studies and Legislation (ECLAS,IDEA,EUR-LEX)

http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/search/databases_en.htm 

White Papers

http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/white/index_en.htm 

Green Papers

http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/green/index_en.htm 

Treaties

http://europa.eu.int/abc/obj/treaties/en/entoc.htm 

Eurostat

http://europa.eu.int/eurostat.html  

Europe Action Plan

http://europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/eeurope/actionplan/  

European Commission (DG Research)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html 

European Parliament

http://www.europarl.eu.int/home/default_en.htm 

Council of Ministers

http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm 

STOA

http://www.europarl.eu.int/stoa/publi/default_en.htm 

CONECCS Database (Lobby Groups)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/index_en.htm

The Centre for European Policy Studies

www.ceps.be    

The One Page Proposal

www.hyperion.ie/onepageproposal.htm