The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), located in
Seville,
Spain, is one of the seven institutes of the
Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the
European Commission (EC).
Projects
Its first project was ESTO, the
European Science and Technology Observatory The European Science and Technology Observatory (ESTO) was the first project of the Joint Research Centre's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies based in Seville, Spain.
It was set up to attempt to "create a platform of experts engaged i ...
, 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 in Ce ...
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 (IRMM)
* Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU)
* Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
* Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
* Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)
* Institute for Energy
The Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) is one of the seven scientific Institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate General of the European Commission (EC). It is based both in Petten, the Netherlands and Ispra, Italy, and has ...
(IE)
See also
* Directorate-General for Research (European Commission)
References
External links
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Research institutes in Andalusia