23/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 May, the Council of Ministers adopted conclusions on research infrastructures. The Council welcomes the “excellent work” done by expert groups meeting within the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and recommends regular updating of the ESFRI roadmap. The Council calls on member states to take this roadmap into account as it covers major infrastructures of European interest with regard to research infrastructure plans. It also calls on member states to begin dialogue with a view to forming variable geometry groups of member states interested by the joint achievement of different projects contained in the ESFRI roadmap. Finally, the Council invites the Commission to develop synergies between the different sources of financing, including the EIB Risk Sharing Finance Facility and Structural Funds. (oj)