The European Commission is launching a consultation to prepare future EU activities in order to achieve further integration and the opening-up of national research infrastructures.

These activities come as a follow-up to successful initiatives supported by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and are entitled ‘Integrating Activities’. The aim was to provide wider and more efficient access to, and use of, research infrastructures existing in EU Member States, FP7-associated countries and, occasionally, at the international level.

The consultation is a call for suggestions on topics that should be proposed by research infrastructures stakeholders, e.g. operators of research infrastructures and user communities. This will help identify potential topics for future Integrating Activities.

The received proposals will be reviewed by a panel of high-level independent experts. A report mapping the needs and providing recommendations will be produced by the panel, which will then be made available on the internet.

The consultation is open between 15 July and 22 October 2012

For more information, please visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=consultation