VIENNA (AN) – European Union research ministers formally adopted the bloc’s first science diplomacy framework, completing a multi-year effort to place scientific cooperation, research expertise and technological capacity more firmly within the EU’s foreign policy toolkit.
The decision came on Friday at a meeting of the E.U. Competitiveness Council, where ministers approved a Council of the European Union recommendation on European science diplomacy. The recommendation is not legally binding, but it establishes a common framework that member states have committed to implement through their research, diplomatic and international cooperation activities.
