Funding Bodies
This website has been part funded by the EHS and by the Productive Sector Programme of the Irish Government~Rs National Development Plan (NDP) 2000-2006. For further information on the NDP, see www.ndp.ie. Funding bodies in Northern Ireland
| Northern Ireland Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity (BSP) |
EU Structural Funds 2000-2006
DFP
European Division
Annex F Health Estates
Stoney Road
Belfast BT16 1UF |
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| INTERREG III - Ireland and Northern Ireland |
Special EU Programmes Body
EU House
Monaghan
Tel. 00 353 4777003
Fax 00 353 4771258 |
| Email: Interreg@Seupb.ie |
Funding bodies in the Republic of Ireland
| The National Council for Forestry Research and Development (COFORD) |
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www.coford.ie |
| COFORD co-ordinates and funds appropriate and cost-effective research to secure long-term industrial viability and optimise social, environmental and cultural developments associated with forestry. Supported under the Irish Government's NDP 2000-2006, it also engages in international networking and monitors progress to ensure effective technology transfer. |
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| Enterprise Ireland |
| www.enterprise-ireland.com |
| Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation charged with assisting the development of Irish enterprise. The Environmentally Superior Products (ESP) initiative is designed to support manufacturing companies experiencing legal, market or economic pressures to reduce the environmental impact of their products. |
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| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| www.epa.ie |
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The EPA is a government agency set up under the EPA Act 1992. It aims to promote and implement the highest practicable standards of environmental protection and management which embrace the principles of sustainable and balanced development.
Among its functions is a range of responsibilities in relation to environmental research. At the beginning of 2000 the Department of the Environment and Local Government (DoELG) provided a budget of ~@25.3m for environmental research over the period 2000-2006. This budget forms part of the Irish government's programme for Environmental Research, Technological Development and Innovation (ERTDI) funded under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2000-2006.
The NDP has also provided ~@6.3m for the establishment of a National Environmental Research Centre of Excellence to provide a more structured approach to research than at present and environmental assistance across the Community Support Framework (CSF). The multi-annual research programme being developed and managed by the EPA on behalf of the DoELG has four elements:
- Sub-measure 1 - Environmentally Sustainable Resources Management
- Sub-measure 2 - Sustainable Development
- Sub-measure 3 - Cleaner Production
- Sub-measure 4 - National Environmental Research Centre of Excellence.
Calls for proposals were made in 2000 and 2001 for research under sub-measures 1 and 2 and a number of research projects are underway as a result. A Cleaner/Greener Production Programme is also being implemented under sub-measure 3. A call for proposals on research relating to the Water Framework Directive will be announced in mid 2002. |
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| Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) |
| www.relayresearch.ie |
| FIRM is funded by the Irish Government under the NDP 2000-2006 and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Funding of ~@70 million has been allocated for institutional research in generic technologies that will support innovation and product development in the Irish food industry and underpin consumer protection, food safety and food quality. The research programme covers a wide range of topics including product and process innovation, food quality and safety as well as process efficiency. |
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