Heads of EU Agencies discuss the way forward
22 oktober 2015
The Heads of EU Agencies are meeting at Eurofound in Dublin today and tomorrow 22–23 October 2015 to discuss proposals for closer collaboration and action plans for the EU Agencies’ network.
Since March this year, Eurofound has fulfilled the role of coordinator of the EU Agencies’ network, including hosting the main meeting of the Heads of EU Agencies at Eurofound on 22–23 October. As part of the meeting deliberations, and to mark the 40 years of EU Agencies’ existence, a high-level dinner event is being held at Trinity College Dublin on 22 October. Mr Richard Bruton TD, Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, will give the keynote address.
The specialist EU Agencies were set up by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to carry out specific legal, technical and scientific tasks in the European Union. EU Agencies account for 13% of all EU staff and represent 1.5% of the total EU budget. They are an important component of the EU institutional architecture, and add value by providing timely and reliable expertise in specific areas that are critically relevant both to the competitiveness and the job-rich growth of the European Union, as well as to the lives of all Europeans in areas as diverse as medicines, education, chemical safety, justice, security, transport, fundamental rights and the environment.