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The European Union is in Europe.8 FEAST members are from The European Union and 1 has collaborative links with The European Union.

Every six months the presidency of the European Union rotates. Please find below a summary of when which country holds the presidency of the European Union.

periodcountry
1 January – 30 June 2003Greece
1 July 2003 – 31 December 2003Italy
1 January – 30 June 2004Ireland
1 July 2004 – 31 December 2004Netherlands
1 January – 30 June 2005Luxembourg
1 July 2005 – 31 December 2005United Kingdom
1 January – 30 June 2006Austria
1 July 2006 – 31 December 2006Finland
1 January – 30 June 2007Germany
1 July 2006 – 31 December 2007Portugal
1 January – 30 June 2008Slovenia

Europa Media in Hungary (www.europamedia.hu) has compiled an interesting document summmarizing the major European Funding opportunities in 2006 and 2007 (beyond R&D, and including social funds and CAP).

S&T agreements

The European Union has S&T agreements with the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America.