The Green Paper entitled 'The European Research Area: New Perspectives' was published in April 2007.The National Office for Research and Technology initiates a national consultation on the future of the European Research Area.Our forum provides an opportunity for sharing views, thus you can actively participate in forming the future of the European Research Area.

This CD is produced on the Project "Integration of Associated Candidate Countries and New EU Member States in European Research Area by Environmental approaches" (ERA ENV), project co-financed by DG Research/ "Global Changes and Ecosystems" Sub-Thematic Priority.

The European Conference on 'GEO welcomes FP7', an activity supported through the budget of ERA ENV project and co-organised by the Romanian Space Agency, will bring together policy makers and research players who use a range of European instruments to improve the quality of their policies and research.