European Union / Australian Cooperation on Science and Technology

European Union - Australia Partnership Framework

The EU-Australia Partnership Framework was adopted on 29 October 2008. The Framework agrees to on-going collaboration in the fields of innovation, science and research; identifies long and medium term objectives; and outlines actions for immediate implementation.

Specifically, the Framework agrees to build on the outcomes of the 10th JSTCC meeting and intensify support for an innovation, science and research partnership between Australia and the EU, including new opportunities for strategic research partnerships under the European Commission's Framework Programmes for R&D.

The implementation of the Action Plan of the Australia-EU Partnership Framework will be reviewed on a regular basis and reported to the EU-Australia Ministerial troika consultations. Hence, monitoring and review of this Roadmap should form an input to reporting arrangements under the Partnership Framework.

this page last updated July 21, 2009