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Project Summary- IP NANOKER:
www.nanoker-society.org
new materials, IP NANOKER companies and future spin-offs enable improvement in the
standards of Healthcare and push ahead European Employment strategies and policies.
Environment: The 6th Environmental Action Programme (6 EAP) has addressed this issue and
describes the objective for the thematic strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources
(Resource Strategy) as "ensuring that the consumption of resources and their associated impacts
do not exceed the carrying capacity of the environment and breaking the linkages between
economic growth and resource use". The breakthrough materials arising from IP NANOKER
activities will have an important impact on environment.
Gender Issues: Within the Gender Mainstreaming of the 6FP, the EC recognises a threefold
relationship between women and research, and has articulated its action around the following
aspects: women's participation in research must be encouraged both as scientists/technologists
and within the evaluation, consultation and implementation processes; research must address
women's needs, as much as men's needs, research must be carried out to contribute to an
enhanced understanding of gender issues.
