Bulgaria's Education Minister Daniel Valchev (L) opened Wednesday a two-day conference on the EU Research Framework Programme. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's education minister opened a two-day conference dedicated to the start of the EU Seventh Research Framework Programme 2007-2013 (FP7).
Minister Daniel Valchev opened the conference on Wednesday in Sofia's Sheraton Hotel.
The seventh framework program is subtitled "Building the European research area of knowledge for growth". It is designed to respond to the competitiveness and employment needs of the EU.
The Commission proposed in particular to double the FP7 budget compared with FP6, rising to EUR 67.8 B over the period 2007-2013. According to the Commission proposal, FP7 will be organised in four specific programmes.