Charter
The EIROforum collaboration is based
on a Charter, which was officially signed by the Directors General
of the partner organisations on 12 November 2002 in Brussels.
A number of powerful research infrastructures and laboratories
which are used by an extensive network of scientists have been
developed and deployed within Europe by European Intergovernmental
Research Organisations since the early 1950s. These organisations
have set up a co-ordination and collaboration Council (EIROforum)
with their Directors General (or equivalent) as its members.
A primary goal of EIROforum is to
play an active and constructive role in promoting the quality
and impact of European Research. In particular the group will
be a basis for effective, highlevel interaction and coordination
between the member organisations. It will mobilise its substantial
combined expertise in basic research and in the management of
large international infrastructures, facilities and programmes,
for the benefit of European research and development. This will
be pursued by exploiting the existing intimate links between
the member organisations and their respective European research
communities.
The aims of EIROforum are, in particular, to:
- Encourage and facilitate discussions among its members on issues of common interest, which are relevant to research and development.
- Maximise the scientific return and optimise the use of resources and facilities by sharing relevant developments and results, whenever feasible.
- Co-ordinate the outreach activities of the organisations, including technology transfer and public education.
- Take an active part, in collaboration with other European scientific organisations, in a forward-look at promising and/or developing research directions and priorities, in particular in relation to new large-scale research infrastructures.
- Simplify high-level interactions with the European Commission (EC) and other organs of the European Union, and enable an effective response to specific requests for expert advice in the areas covered by the member organisations.
- Provide co-ordinated representation to the outside world including the general public, national governments and non-European countries.