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Task Group on European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES)

EAGLES was set up through the initiative of members of the European Federation of Biotechnology. It was established as a Task Group, which provides advice and support, as well as an administrative structure and its large network.

EAGLES designs and implements projects to be carried out mostly by life scientists from developing countries that will stimulate and facilitate activities for the European life sciences to respond to the needs of developing countries.

The members of EAGLES believe:

• That the greatest humanitarian challenges for the life sciences lie in the problems of illness, starvation and environmental degradation which are faced by hundreds of millions of people in our world today, and will be faced by millions more in the coming decades.
• That life scientists everywhere have a responsibility to address these global challenges.
• That European life scientists could and should make a much greater contribution to meet these challenges.
• That European policies should facilitate the life sciences in meeting these challenges.
• In addressing these challenges that the people of Europe and their leaders should pay careful attention to the knowledge and advice of distinguished life scientists and humanists from the developing and emerging countries.

For information on the activities of this Task Group please visit the EAGLES website or contact:

Prof. Dr. David McConnell (Chairman)
Department of Genetics
Smurfit Institute
Trinity College
University of Dublin
Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: +353 - 1 608 2008
Fax: +353 - 1 671 4968
E-mail: david.mcconnell@tcd.ie