European Chemistry Thematic Network
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1 FTE
EU Grants
€8,000
Mission & Goals
The European Chemistry Thematic Network Association, is a non-profit making association registered in Belgium and is an outcome of six years of network activity (1996-2002). The Association was created to provide a sustainable future for the European Chemistry Thematic Network. Higher education institutions, national chemical societies and chemical and software companies comprise our members. There are currently over 100 members of the network coming from 30 different European countries and with associate members world-wide. Expert European groups work on a range of topics and produce reports with a real European dimension. These reports and recommendations are available on our website. The ECTN is responsible for European quality labels for chemistry programmes at the bachelor, master and doctorate level, the chemistry Eurobachelor, Euromaster, and the Chemistry Doctorate Eurolabel. A multi-lingual series of tests, that can be used for certification / validation of compet (...)
EU Legislative Interests
The ECTN has been actively involved in many projects funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus and Leonardo de Vinci programmes. Such projects include the 'Tuning Higher Education in Europe' series of projects, multilateral network projects, and accompanying measures projects. The ECTN has organised meetings to which representatives from the EC and the EACEA have been invited (and attended), and has been a joint organiser of events, with the European Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Association (EuCheMS), to which MEPs and Commission staff have been invited. ECTN awards quality labels (Eurolabels) for chemical education and maintains certified examination portals (e-ChemTest) in several European languages. ECTN co-organised (Re)searching for Jobs, which took place in Brussels on the 2nd of June 2015 with MEP and EC DG Education and Culture representatives, Workshop on the Employability of Chemists, which took place on the 12th of December 2014 in Brussels with European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and CEFIC representatives i.a.
Communication Activities
ECTN was many times the principal partner of Leonardo and other EU projects in the Erasmus action of the Lifelong Learning programme. ECTN, usually with partners, organize seminars, PR meetings and other events to cover its current positions or present new results or actions, e.g. in the European Parliament.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Associate member of the European Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Association (EuCheMS) www.euchems.eu Associated Organisation of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) www.iupac.org Member of the European Alliance of Subject Specific and Professional Accreditation (EASPA) http://www.easpa.eu/
Organisation Members
ECTN has only institutional members. See: www.ectn.eu/members/ ECTN also has associates and observers even from countries out of EU
Additional Information
We were partners in an Erasmus+ projects in developing online online teaching materials
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.