Following the public consultation at the end of 2004 which helped us draft theme 8 “Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities” in the 7th Framework Programme, we are now consulting the public and in particular the scientific community and relevant stakeholders on the  SSH research agenda to be implemented in the 2007-20013 period. The document under consultation outlines the SSH research agenda within each of the following 7 activities:

• 1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society
• 2. Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective
• 3. Major trends in society and their implications
• 4. Europe in the world
• 5. The citizen in the European Union
• 6. Socio-economic and scientific indicators
• 7. Foresight activities

You are invited to provide the Commission with comments on the design of each of these Activities. In order to do that, please fill in the form available at the following address: Consultation in SSH in FP7.

The full text under consultation is also available in the following website:
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/citizens/docs/draft-research-agenda-theme-8.pdf

Your views and suggestions will be analysed by the Commission services and will provide an important input to the preparation of the annual work programmes for this theme, which will contain the research content of the calls for proposals.