Detailed Background Document on Ssp Fourth Call for Proposals
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DETAILED BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON SSP FOURTH CALL FOR PROPOSALS 1 SSP4 – 30.10.2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, INCLUDING THEIR MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF RURAL AREAS....................6 Task 1 - Trade and agricultural policies..................................................................................6 Task 2 - Modelling tools for annual market projections. ........................................................8 Task 3 - Foresight analysis for world agricultural markets (2020).......................................10 Task 4 - Mapping and foresight of the EU agricultural research capacity...........................12 Task 5 - Workshops and conferences on scientific support to policies: ................................13 Task 6 - Crop specific concerted action – arable crops .........................................................13 Task 7- Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation tool..........................................................................14 Task 8 - New methods for calculating premia in the rural development measures. .............16 Task 9 - Analysis of employment effects of the CAP reform.................................................18 Task 10 - Provision of research linkages and coordination...................................................20 1.2 TOOLS AND ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT..............................................................................................21 Task 1 - Organic viticulture and wine processing. ................................................................21 Task 2 - Non-food Policy Research........................................................................................22 Task 3- Alternatives for tobacco growers..............................................................................23 Task 4 - Biological Control Agents – Developing balanced systems for registration , including Macroorganisms, Microbial Biopesticides, Plant Extracts and Semiochemicals..24 Task 5 - Harmonise the strategies for fighting Diabrotica virgifera, ....................................25 Task 6 - Methyl Bromide – Co-ordination on Alternatives...................................................26 Task 7 - Development of strategic planning elements in the EU Forestry Sector.................27 1.3 MODERNISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHERIES, INCLUDING AQUACULTURE-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS................................................................29 Task 1 - The dynamics of fishing capacity.............................................................................29 Task 2 - Understanding the mechanisms of stock recovery ..................................................31 Task 3 - Performance evaluation of fisheries management regimes .....................................32 Task 4 - Risk Analysis theory adapted to Fisheries Management.........................................33 Task 5 - Coordination of fisheries research activities in West Africa...................................34 Task 6 - Operational management tools based on poor data availability .............................35 Task 7 - Catch estimation models. .........................................................................................36 Task 8 - Development of operational indicators of welfare in farmed fish. ..........................38 Task 9 - Identification of suitable source strains for disease and stress resistance for common carp..........................................................................................................................39 Task 10 - Genetic impact on native populations....................................................................40 Task 11 - Effects of anthropogenic factors upon exploited resources and their implication on fishery management..........................................................................................................41 Task 12 - Reducing the impact of fisheries activities on benthic habitats:............................43 Task 13 - Specific support Actions: .......................................................................................44 1.4. NEW AND MORE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PRODUCTION METHODS TO IMPROVE ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE INCLUDING RESEARCH ON ANIMAL DISEASES SUCH AS FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, SWINE FEVER AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARKER VACCINES.............................................................................................................47 Task 1 - Avian influenza ........................................................................................................47 Task 2 - Swine influenza ........................................................................................................48 Task 3 - Epizootic diseases of livestock..................................................................................49 Task - 4 Infectious diseases of livestock.................................................................................50 1.5. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SOIL, WATER, AIR, NOISE, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES) .......................................................................52 Task 1 - Risks of pesticides use to surface and ground-water...............................................52 Task 2 - Assessment of human health effects caused by bathing waters...............................54 Task 3 - Impact assessment of Community policies on biodiversity .....................................56 Task 4 - Use of equivalent resource scaling approaches in the context of biodiversity damage and other environmental damages that can not be fully remediated on site...........58 2 SSP4 – 30.10.2004 Task 5 - Development of (Q)SAR methodologies ..................................................................59 Task 6 - Common criteria and indicators for characterisation of soils.................................61 Task 7 - Assessment of the monetary values of environmental and resource costs for water services ...................................................................................................................................63 Task 8 - European analytical quality control scheme for water, sediment and soil analysis65 Task 9 - Assessment of interactions between environmental stressors and effects on human health......................................................................................................................................67 1.6. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUPPORT OF POLICY DECISIONS, IN PARTICULAR CONCERNING EFFECTIVE BUT LOW-COST TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF FULFILLING ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ..............................................................................................................................70 Task 1 - Comparison and assessment of funding schemes for the development of environmental technologies in the framework of ETAP:......................................................70 Task 2 - Methodology for analysing the impact of environmental technologies on industrial competitiveness, trade and employment in the enlarged Union (EU-25)..............................72 2.1. HEALTH DETERMINANTS AND THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND PENSION SYSTEMS (IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF AGEING AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE) .......................................74 2.2. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING EPIDEMIOLOGY CONTRIBUTING TO DISEASE PREVENTION AND RESPONSES TO EMERGING RARE AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, ALLERGIES, PROCEDURES FOR SECURE BLOOD AND ORGAN DONATIONS, NON-ANIMAL TEST METHODS.........................................................75 2.3. THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ON HEALTH (INCLUDING SAFETY AT WORK AND METHODS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE MITIGATION OF RISKS OF NATURAL DISASTERS TO PEOPLE)................................................................76 Task 1 - Develop a coherent approach to human biomonitoring in Europe .........................76 Task 2 - Promote co-ordination on environment and health exposure reduction initiatives at regional level ..........................................................................................................................77 Task 3 - Estimating the European disease burden related to environmental exposures ......79 2.4. QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES RELATING TO HANDICAPPED/DISABLED PEOPLE (INCLUDING EQUAL ACCESS FACILITIES) ...........................................................81 2.5. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH OF FACTORS UNDERLYING MIGRATION AND REFUGEE FLOWS, INCLUDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS...........................................................................................................................82 Task 1 - Legal and illegal immigration towards the EU........................................................82 Task 2 - Comparative examination of different immigration policies with regard to their impact in the integration of immigrants................................................................................83 Task 3 - Integration of Female Immigrants in their Host Societies ......................................84 Task 4 - Migration Policy and Neighbourhood Policy ..........................................................85 2.6. IMPROVED MEANS TO ANTICIPATE CRIME TRENDS AND CAUSES, AND TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIME PREVENTION POLICIES; ASSESSMENT OF NEW CHALLENGES RELATED TO ILLICIT DRUG USE.......................................................87