The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), located in
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
, is one of the seven institutes of the
Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
(EC).
Projects
Its first project was ESTO, the
European Science and Technology Observatory, which after some 10 years of work, developed into two new networks:
*ERAWATCH Network, a web-based service that presents information on national research policies, actors, organisations, programmes; and
*ETEPS Network (European Techno Economic Policy Support Network), a network of European organisations that operates in all 27 EU Member States, covering policy subjects such as agriculture, consumer protection, energy, environment, enterprise, health, information society, innovation, research, and transport.
The Institute also co-develops the
POLES
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland i ...
energy model,
[ tp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/energy/docs/weto-h2_en.pdf WETO-H2 Study/ref> with the French research institute LEPII and the consulting firm Enerdata.
]
Other JRC sites
* Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), located in Geel, Belgium, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC).
The IRMM promotes a common and reliab ...
(IRMM)
* Institute for Transuranium Elements
The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) is a nuclear research institute in Karlsruhe, Germany. The ITU is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre, a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The ITU has about 300 s ...
(ITU)
* Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen The Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), located in Ispra, Italy, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge ser ...
(IPSC)
* Institute for Environment and Sustainability The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) used to be a specialised institute of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) directorate of the European Commission, based in Ispra, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republi ...
(IES)
* Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection or IHCP, located in Ispra, Italy, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC).
The Institute for Health and Consumer Prot ...
(IHCP)
* Institute for Energy (IE)
See also
* Directorate-General for Research (European Commission)
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, located in Brussels, and responsible for the European Union's research and innovation policy and coordination of research and innova ...
References
External links
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Science and technology in Europe
International research institutes
European Commission
Research institutes in Andalusia