International Forest Products Trade and the Environment (Image) Task Force

picture work print

task force | TF [Abbr.]

Ad hoc Group on Evaluation of Workplace Risks | AHG Evaluation of Workplace Risks

group work | team work

team work [ group work ]

skunk works | skunkworks | skunk-work | skunkwork

computer-supported cooperative work | CSCW | computer-aided teamwork | cooperative work | cooperate working | groupware

Another was the founding of the inter-ministerial Gender Mainstreaming working group (IMAG GM), and the subsequent forming of three working groups.

Commission Actions supporting eCall Action Plan Organising two High-Level meetings with Member States promoting 112 and eCall in October 2005, plus several expert meetings and bilateral meetings Expert Group on Emergency Access[11] established in February 2006; launch of a survey on the organisation of emergency services in the Member States (including 112, E112) Infringement procedures opened against Member States on the concerns of the non-availability of caller location information (12 cases against Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovakia) Informal PSAP E ...[+++]xpert Group[12] established in July 2006, addressing issues specific to emergency rescue services (112, E112 and eCall) and spreading best practices eImpact, in-depth study on the socio-economic benefits of intelligent vehicle safety systems (including eCall) launched in January 2006[13] Toolbox, containing all relevant information related to the eCall initiative launched in November 2005, maintained by eSafetySupport[14] Eurobarometer study on the citizen's perception of road safety and intelligent vehicle safety systems launched in January 2006 Provision of the ICT 2006 standardisation work programme and Request to ETSI (ETSI MSG, Mobile Services Group) to produce the necessary standards for eCall as a priority item Working with the Member States towards a solution on the data protection and privacy issues (Art. 29 Working Party, established by Directive 95/46/EC)[15] Successful demonstration of the full eCall service chain by GST Rescue[16] |

- Participating in OECD, where two new Working Parties have been established: the OECD-WP on Manufactured Nanomaterials, under the Joint Chemicals Meeting (section 6); and the OECD-CSTP-WP on Nanotechnology.[21]

The Commission has monitored and, where relevant, participated in the activities of the relevant international organisations, such as the Council of Europe (Working group on biomedical research, which is drafting a protocol on biomedical research; Working group on biotechnology; Working group on human genetics, which is drafting a protocol on human genetics; and Steering Committee on Bioethics), UNESCO and the UN.