SSD - Science for a Sustainable Development - Programme

Agenda

Research programme
"Science for a sustainable development" (SSD)

On 4 March 2005, the Council of Ministers approved the research programme “Science for a Sustainable Development” (2005-2009) for which the federal State and the federated entities concluded a cooperation agreement.

The priority research areas are the following:

Energy
Transport and mobility
Agri-food
Health and environment
Climate (including Antarctica)
Biodiversity (including Antarctica and the North Sea)
Atmosphere and terrestrial (including freshwater) and marine ecosystems (including Antarctica and the North Sea).

Transversal research: in order to better translate/operationalise the concept of sustainable development, in and between the priority areas, transversal and generic research is necessary.

The research must also take account of the (complexity of the) interactions between the priority research areas.

Within these priority research areas, the Programme encourages the submission of proposals on questions concerning standardisation.

The Belgian Science Policy will launch various calls for proposals with regard to the different research areas of the Programme, in conformity with the indicative timetable enclosed. The Belgian Science Policy now launches a second call for proposals.

Call for proposals 2

The present call fits within the following research areas:

Energy
Transport and mobility
Agri-food
Health and environment
Biodiversity (including Antarctica and the North Sea)
Terrestrial (including freshwater) and marine ecosystems of the North Sea
Transversal research

Closing dates

Expression of interest: 17 March 2006
Research proposals: 20 April 2006 at 15:30 hours

Documents

Information file for use by proposal submitters:
Dutch - French - English
Expression of interest
Proposal submission file:
Dutch - French - English

Contact persons

Secretariat:
- Aurore Delis : +32 (0)2 238 37 61
- Véronique Michiels : +32 (0)2 238 36 13
Coordination:
- Energy
  - Anne Fierens : +32 (0)2 238 36 60
- Transport and mobility
  - Monique Blanken : +32 (0)2 238 35 57
  - Hilde Van Dongen : +32 (0)2 238 34 92
- Agro-food
  - Christine Mathieu : +32 (0)2 238 34 93
  - Marc Van Heuckelom : +32 (0)2 238 35 55
- Health and environment
  - Emmanuèle Bourgeois : +32 (0)2 238 34 94
- Biodiversity / Terrestrial and marine ecosystems
  - David Cox : +32 (0)2 238 34 03 (Merd du Nord)
  - Dimitri Harmegnies : +32 (0)2 238 36 89 (Eaux douces)
  - Maaike Vancauwenberghe : +32 (0)2 238 36 87 (Antarctique)
  - Aline van der Werf : +32 (0)2 238 36 71 (Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes terrestres)
- Transversal research
  - Marie-Carmen Bex : +32 (0)2 238 34 81
  - Marc Van Heuckelom : +32 (0)2 238 35 55