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EU funding
LIFE programme - What is the LIFE programme?
Fact-sheet
Today
op.europa.eu
The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action.
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Regions
Regional profile - Zasavje, Slovenia
Report
Today
op.europa.eu
Zasavje is Slovenia’s smallest statistical region by surface area, covering only 485 square kilometers. It has the second smallest population of Slovenia’s regions, with 57,204 residents as of early 20211 . With a...
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Employment
An in-depth overview of the EU cohesion funds’ investments i...
Publication
Today
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This in-depth overview of European Union (EU) cohesion funds’ investment in skills aims to better understand the proportion of planned investments by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), European Regional Develo...
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Social
Country report, gender equality - How are EU rules transposed ...
Report
Today
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The principle of equality is recognised by the Belgian Constitution in Articles 10 (equality of women and men), 11 (equality of Belgian citizens without discrimination) and 11bis (promotion of equal access to elective...
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Regions
Regional profile - Asturias, Spain
Report
Today
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The Principality of Asturias is a region located in the north-west of Spain, which constitutes one of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities. With a total population 1,006,060 inhabitants, the region represents 2.1% of t...
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Fishery
European marine observation and data network and EU aquacultur...
Report
Today
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The marine data service that supports the integrated maritime policy of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). Provides open access to high-quality pan-European m...
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Education
Slovak for children of foreigners - Boosting integration throu...
Publication
Today
op.europa.eu
The project developed Slovak teaching materials for children of foreigners and nationals. Today, textbooks are the main tool for teaching Slovak to Ukrainian children, aiming at quick and high-quality adaptation in a ...
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Education
Responsible future learners - Fostering Ukrainian-Finnish conn...
Publication
Today
op.europa.eu
The project Responsible Future Learners aims at active participation of the pupils by teaching important skills and attitudes, such as critical thinking and digital behavior. The project offers pupils a possibility to...
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EU funding
CORDIS results pack on polar regions - A thematic collection o...
Report
Today
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The impact of climate change is most acute at Earth’s polar regions. The Arctic and Antarctica are warming rapidly, with dramatic consequences for not only the local environment, but the wider world. This CORDIS Res...
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Science
ECDC framework relating to substances of human origin (SoHO) M...
Publication
Today
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This framework describes the building blocks being laid down by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to support and empower European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries and the E...
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Security
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUR...
Report
Yesterday
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How does Europol make Europe safer? When was Europol founded? How does Europol decide which crime areas to focus on? The latest edition of Europol in Brief answers these questions and more, and explains how exactly th...
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Media
Ecosystems of hate speech online in the EU - Israel-Hamas conf...
Policy Brief
September 6, 2024
op.europa.eu
Understanding the spread and impact of hate speech across different platforms and accounts is a powerful tool holding platforms accountable, informing policy interventions, and safeguarding civil discourse.
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Environment
Carbon footprint report 2023 - Greenhouse gas emissions result...
Report
September 6, 2024
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This report offers a detailed analysis of the European Investment Bank Group’s greenhouse gas emissions from its head office operations in Luxembourg for 2023. It includes a comparative performance review against 20...
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Renewable Energy
FBK's latest study offers new insights into the industrial...
Press Release
September 5, 2024
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Research within the FLEXIndustries project identifies cost-effective strategies for integrating renewables and reducing CO2 in pharmaceuticals
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Social
Country report, gender equality - How are EU rules transposed ...
Report
September 4, 2024
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The German legal system is a federal constitutional system. The centre of legal thought and practice is the parliamentary statute, but the legislator is bound by the Federal or State Constitution. The system is hierar...
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Forests
European forest accounts handbook - 2024 edition
Report
September 4, 2024
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The handbook is primarily aimed at national experts engaged in the production of European forest accounts. This edition reflects the latest European legal requirements. The handbook provides a framework and practical ...
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Security
Enhancing the preparedness and readiness - Towards an EU prepa...
Report
September 4, 2024
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The paper studies Europe's preparedness and readiness in the context of evolving multi-dimensional security challenges. Leveraging the newly augmented strategic readiness framework, we examine three selected strategic...
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Research
Open research Europe - Towards a collective open access publis...
Publication
September 4, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report puts forward a vision for Open Research Europe as a collective non-profit open access publishing service for the public good. This vision comes in the midst of important policy developments towards more eq...
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Food
Partnership evaluation report - EIT Food
Publication
September 3, 2024
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This evaluation report is part of the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe activities related to the Green Transition. It presents the assessment of the EIT Food against the evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence...
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Food
A new exhibition wants to spark dialogue and action for a heal...
Press Release
September 3, 2024
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The "CLEVERFOOD for everyone” exhibition takes its name from the EU-funded project launching it. What people eat has a significant impact on health, society and the planet. Through this exhibition, EU citizens of al...
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Tourism
Meet TExTOUR: Jelena Pujic
Press Release
September 3, 2024
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Let's continue our tour behind the scene of TExTOUR project meeting Jelena Jelena Pujic, archaeologist and curator at the Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Trebinje.
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Health
How science supported EU policy making in ensuring safe and re...
Report
September 3, 2024
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In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the needs of EU Member States and policy makers related to antigen testing, DG SANTE and the JRC set up a structured targeted approach, which also facil...
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EU funding
European partnership for EIT health - Evaluation support study...
Publication
September 3, 2024
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The purpose of this report is to provide the European Commission with an interim evaluation of EIT Health. While the report accounts for developments from 2016 onwards, the main focus is on developments in 2021-2022. ...
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Banking
Runs, transparency and regulationOn the optimal design of stab...
Publication
September 3, 2024
op.europa.eu
Stablecoin issuers can become subject to runs just like banks. This is because, in the absence of adequate regulation, issuers are incentivised to hold disproportionate amounts of high–yielding but illiquid assets i...
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Environment
Technological disruptions triggered by natural events - Identi...
Report
September 3, 2024
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These proceedings are the outcome of the 61st ESReDA seminar “Technological Distruptions Triggered by Natural Events: Identification, Characterization, and Management” that took place at Politecnico di Torino, Ita...
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Fossil Energy
Liquid gases: delivering secure, cost-effective and lower carb...
Infographic
May 24, 2024
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Liquid gases: delivering secure, cost-effective and lower carbon energy all over europe
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Road Transport
Introducing Road Painter, an advanced model for road crack det...
Press Release
September 2, 2024
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RoadPainter introduces a pioneering model that, through semantic image synthesis, represents a substantial advancement in reducing data collection costs and annotation efforts, offering a transformative tool for resea...
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Economy
Investment decisions in a high-inflation environment
Working Paper
September 2, 2024
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In the 2021-2022 period, European firms have faced historically high inflation, with annual increases in consumer prices peaking at 11.5 % in October 2022. While the linkage between high inflation and investments is e...
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Climate
Addressing the impacts of climate change in Africa: New urgenc...
Policy Brief
August 28, 2024
fiia.fi
Addressing the impacts of climate change in Africa: New urgency for international action
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Politics
Moving towards common policy goals and aligned progress report...
Publication
September 1, 2024
op.europa.eu
Building on years of joint work within the Copenhagen Process, European countries have now committed to common priorities laid down in the 2020 Council Recommendation on Vocational Education and Training (VET) for Sus...
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Employment
Moving towards common policy goals and aligned progress reporting
Publication
September 1, 2024
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Building on years of joint work within the Copenhagen Process, European countries have now committed to common priorities laid down in the 2020 Council Recommendation on Vocational Education and Training (VET) for Sus...
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Regions
Regional profile - Sardinia, Italy
Report
August 31, 2024
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This profile, prepared in the course of START technical assistance, outlines regional characteristics. Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean and one of the twenty regions of Italy, with a populati...
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Regions
Regional profile - Midlands, Ireland
Report
August 31, 2024
op.europa.eu
This profile, prepared in the course of START (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) technical assistance, outlines regional characteristics. The Midlands region consists of four counties, Laois, ...
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Regions
Regional profile - Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Report
August 31, 2024
op.europa.eu
This profile, prepared in the course of START (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) technical assistance, outlines regional characteristics. The region of Stara Zagora, located in south central B...
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Education
Harnessing the potential of non-formal education for sustainab...
Policy Brief
August 30, 2024
op.europa.eu
The adoption of the European Council Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development (2022) notes the critical role of education, and demonstrates the commitment of Member States to the...
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Ai
Summary of the scientific opinion on successful and timely upt...
Policy Brief
August 30, 2024
op.europa.eu
This one page summary provides the overview of main policy recommendations of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors on use of AI in science (including providing access to high quality AI, respecting European Values) ...
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Employment
The Job of the Case Officer
Publication
August 30, 2024
op.europa.eu
The report outlines the main themes that emerged during the thematic meeting and summarises the lines along which the discussions among participants unfolded. The content of the report draws from the contributions sha...
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Agriculture
Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) implementa...
Publication
August 30, 2024
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From the perspective of the Western Balkan agricultural sector, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) represents the benchmark for setting their future agricultural policy. The necessary CAP administrative structures i...
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Agriculture
Biodiversity impacts of cocoa cultivationAn assessment with LC...
Publication
August 30, 2024
op.europa.eu
Biodiversity loss is recognised as one of the top risks that humanity is facing. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 highlights the need to better integrate biodiversity considerations into decision-making, and comm...
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Ai
Mapping the use of artificial intelligence in priority sectors...
Publication
July 25, 2024
ceps.eu
Mapping the use of artificial intelligence in priority sectors and the competitiveness of Ukraine
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Cooperation
Iran - Country focus
Report
August 28, 2024
op.europa.eu
The purpose of this report is to provide contextual information of relevance to the assessment of applications for international protection, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and to the development o...
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Trade
EU Construction & Demolition Waste Management Protocol
Guide
August 28, 2024
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The EU Construction & Demolition Waste Management Protocol aims to enhance confidence in CDW management processes and increase trust in re-used products and recycled materials. As CDW is the largest waste stream in th...
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Fossil Energy
Regional profile Gorj county, Romania
Report
August 28, 2024
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The European Union’s (EU) START facility (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) under the Initiative for coal regions in transition assists EU regions in taking measures to move away from coal, ...
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Education
Artificial intelligence and education - A teacher-centred appr...
Publication
August 28, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report examines the opportunities and risks associated with the integration of new digital technologies for the health, safety and wellbeing of teachers in schools. This is viewed both from the perspective of occ...
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Pollution
JRC Makers-in-Residence programme - Arctic’s plastics
Publication
August 27, 2024
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This report describes the work carried out during the Maker-in-Residency programme of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC), in Ispra (Italy). The goal of the project was to design and produce an ope...
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Development
Rapid assessment of human population growth, and natural carbo...
Publication
August 27, 2024
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This study is the result of a response to a policy request submitted by the European Union Delegation to Cameroon to the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) through the KCBD ticketing system. We summarised change...
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Tourism
Towards Sustainable Blue Tourism in the Caribbean: Policy Path...
Study
August 22, 2024
iddri.org
Towards Sustainable Blue Tourism in the Caribbean: Policy Pathways to Support Community-Based Coastal and Marine Tourism
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Tourism
Meet TExTOUR: Igor Kuvač
Press Release
August 27, 2024
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Meeting Igor Kuvač, assistant professor at the University of Banja Luka and coordinator of the Center for Spatial Research ICPROSTOR, which is part of the TExTOUR project.
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Chemicals
European Chemicals Agency Annual report 2023 - Executive summary
Report
August 27, 2024
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With 2023 the last year of our strategic plan 2019-2023, we concluded the delivery of our strategic objectives and performed the planned activities specified in our Work Programme. This year also saw us commence work ...
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Security
EU Security Union Key achievements - May 2024
Report
August 27, 2024
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Throughout its mandate, the Commission has stepped up efforts to prevent and respond to the EU’s internal and external security challenges. Four years after the adoption of the EU Security Union Strategy 2020-2025, ...
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Security
China's tech surveillance applications in Europe and Latin...
Policy Brief
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
This policy brief explores the extensive deployment of Chinese AI and machine learning technologies across Europe and Latin America in social surveillance. Over the past decade, these technologies have become deeply i...
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Social
Corporate guidance - Citizen engagement 2023
Publication
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
This Guidebook is an internal document of the European Commission. However, its content may be of interest for external readers who would like to know more about principles and formats for citizen participation. Pleas...
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Trade
Methodology for the public sector Tech - Watch use case collec...
Publication
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report outlines for case collection in the Public Sector Tech Watch observatory. It encompasses the taxonomy designed to categorise collected use cases of emerging technologies, alongside the protocols establishe...
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Digital
Going to the cloud - Why it matters for the EU public sector a...
Publication
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
The eu-LISA Industry Roundtable ‘Going to the cloud: why it matters for the EU public sector and how to make it work’ was held in Antwerp, Belgium, and streamed online. The event, organised in collaboration with t...
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Politics
Public opinion in the European Union - May 2024
Consultation
August 27, 2024
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This report details the first results of the Standard Eurobarometer survey of Spring 2024 (EB101) in the 27 EU Member States. It is published with the results of the Standard Eurobarometer questions, which are detaile...
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Politics
Europeans' opinions about the European Union's priorit...
Consultation
August 27, 2024
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The Standard Eurobarometer 101 (EB101) survey of Spring 2024 was conducted between 3 April 2024 and 9 May 2024 in 38 countries or territories: the 27 Member States of the European Union, seven candidate countries (Alb...
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Development
Towards an accountable Africa - Unpacking challenges and oppor...
Policy Brief
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
Accountable governance has been proved as essential prerequisite for social and economic growth within many countries. Introducing robust accountability mechanisms, techniques, and integrated frameworks in African gov...
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Cooperation
Natural disasters - Anticipatory governance and disaster risk ...
Report
August 27, 2024
op.europa.eu
Climate change is a key dominant trend across the territories of the European Union (EU) given the expected growing frequency of multiple climate change-induced hazards. Serious impacts on ecosystems, the economy, and...
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Raw materials
The Raw Materials Situation in Neighboring European Countries:...
Publication
July 21, 2024
eu.boell.org
The Raw Materials Situation in Neighboring European Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Georgia, Armenia
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Ai
Cyber insuranceModels and methods and the use of AI
Publication
August 25, 2024
op.europa.eu
Research and innovation (R&I) are important indicators for a society to measure progress, growth and development in any field. But progress and growth in our increasingly digital society cannot be achieved without tru...
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Education
Wellbeing and mental health at schoolGuidelines for education ...
Publication
August 25, 2024
op.europa.eu
Wellbeing in school, is crucial for improving academic outcomes, for the harmonious psychological development and positive social integration of the students, and for the motivation and performance of the teachers. We...
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Space
Earth observation Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda - E...
Publication
August 25, 2024
op.europa.eu
This first Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for Earth Observation sets out a comprehensive framework for Copernicus' research and technological development. It outlines key priorities for the Horizon Eu...
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Culture
BELLUM & ARTES - Europe and the Thirty Years’ War - Temporar...
Publication
August 25, 2024
op.europa.eu
Europe’s cultural heritage bears testimony to centuries of contact. Not only were its defining features shaped by cultural transfer but artworks were also brought along as people moved across the continent. BELLU...
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Ai
China's approach to AI standardisation - State-guided but ...
Policy Brief
August 21, 2024
fiia.fi
China's approach to AI standardisation - State-guided but enterprise-led
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Agriculture
Biodiversity impacts of cocoa cultivation
Policy Brief
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
Biodiversity loss is recognised as one of the top risks that humanity is facing. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 highlights the need to better integrate biodiversity considerations into decision-making, and comm...
Open
Agriculture
Agri-food ecosystem - Mineral fertilisers
Fact-sheet
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
Fertilisers are products containing nutrients intended to improve the fertility of the soil or to contribute to plant nutrition. These nutrients commonly include nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other essential el...
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Agriculture
Agri-food ecosystem - High protein crops
Fact-sheet
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
In the European Union (EU), high-protein crops for animal feed are defined as those having a protein content ranging between 30% and 50%. These crops are crucial for meeting the nutritional needs of certain livestock,...
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Recycling
Background data collection for future EU end-of-waste criteria...
Report
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
This study assessed the prioritisation for the introduction of possible future European EoW criteria for a list of ten pre-selected construction and demolition waste and by-product (CDW) streams. There was a general p...
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Energy
The persistence of energy poverty in the EUSocioeconomic insig...
Policy Brief
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the persistence of energy poverty in the European Union (EU). The primary objective is to analyse the duration and magnitude of energy poverty over time and to identify t...
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Development
Breaking the digital gender divide in East and West Africa
Publication
August 24, 2024
op.europa.eu
This policy brief focuses on the digital gender gap in Africa, a critical issue highlighted by The World Bank. We look into why men’s and women's internet use differ significantly, due to factors such as affordabili...
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Energy
BRIDGE initiative releases its 2024 brochure: advancing smart ...
Press Release
August 23, 2024
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The BRIDGE initiative has released its 2024 brochure. This updated version features more appealing visuals that analyse the impact of the initiative since2015: the number of projects has increased by 763% from the ini...
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Education
Tackling different forms of discrimination in and through educ...
Publication
August 22, 2024
op.europa.eu
This document summarises key messages of the 2023 Issue paper on tackling different forms of discrimination in and through education and training, based on the activities of the Working group on equality and values in...
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Research
Successes and challenges of public engagement - Mutual learnin...
Publication
August 22, 2024
op.europa.eu
The thematic report for Topic 2 “Successes and challenges in public engagement” is based on prior literature and the discussions with the Member States’ participants during the second meeting of the Mutual Learn...
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Health
HIV stigma in the healthcare setting - Monitoring implementati...
Publication
August 22, 2024
op.europa.eu
If the AIDS epidemic is to be brought to end by 2030, it is crucial to combat HIV-related stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings, as per United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 3 Target 3.3 [1] and ...
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Tourism
Empowering local communities through sustainable tourism in Va...
Press Release
August 22, 2024
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Directly involving the local population in co-creating sustainable tourism strategies offers substantial benefits by combining cultural heritage preservation with activities that address specific social needs. This ap...
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Migration
Sources on asylum 2024
Guide
August 21, 2024
op.europa.eu
This document presents the sources used for the production of the Asylum Report 2024. Sources are grouped by type, for example material produced by European institutions and agencies, international organisations, nati...
Open
Food
A Practical Guide to the Market in Australia for European Agri...
Guide
August 21, 2024
op.europa.eu
This Handbook is intended to act as a reference for those agri-food producers planning for, or in the process of entering, the Australian market. This Handbook provides step-by-step guides on entering the agri-food ma...
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Food
The food and beverage market entry handbook- Thailand
Guide
August 21, 2024
op.europa.eu
This Handbook is intended to act as a reference for those agri-food producers planning for, or in the process of entering, the Thai market. This Handbook provides step-by-step guides on entering the agri-food market i...
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EU funding
Evaluation support study on Horizon Europe’s contribution to...
Study
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
Evaluation support study on Horizon Europe’s contribution to a resilient Europe - Final report phase 2. Annex 6, European partnership for transforming health and care systems – THCS
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Agriculture
Nurturing agricultural skills
Magazine
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
This edition of the Project Brochure showcases other practical examples of CAP support to a diverse range of skills to help agricultural and rural professionals keep pace with a fast-changing, increasingly complex world.
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Agriculture
EU CAP network magazine. - Issue Nr 2, May 2024
Magazine
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
This edition of the EU CAP Network magazine focuses on the economic, social and environmental resilience of rural areas and the role networking plays to help build resilience.
Open
Agriculture
B-Ferst project releases final video – How to go from biowas...
Press Release
August 20, 2024
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Do you ever wonder what is really going on in the world of agriculture? And what if you could have sustainably grown maize, wheat and sugar beet? Find out how in the final video of B-Ferst project.
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Agriculture
From waste to growth: sustainable agriculture with B-Ferst –...
Press Release
August 20, 2024
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Which are the most important challenges of the agricultural sector? How can we work together for a better agricultural future? Read the B-Ferst brochure to find out!
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Regions & Cities
Embracing uncertainty - Harnessing strategic foresight for reg...
Policy Recommendation
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
Strategic foresight is a future-oriented discipline that seeks to understand, anticipate, and address emerging challenges and opportunities, through systematic and structured identification and analysis of long-term t...
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Water
Closing the blue loops - Responsible and sustainable innovatio...
Publication
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report evaluates the need and scope for an EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) focused on water, marine, and maritime areas (KIC WMM). It identifies existing gaps in innovation ecosystems and recommends ...
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Foreign-Affairs
40 actions that made a difference - EU foreign policy instrume...
Policy Brief
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
FPI's mission is to turn EU foreign policy into action: fast and flexibly to make the EU a stronger security, geopolitical and geoeconomic actor on the global stage. As a Service of the European Commission, FPI report...
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Security
Compendium of good practices - Measuring results in counter-te...
Presentation
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
The objective of the Compendium is to support programme managers, evaluators, and other experts in reliably measuring and evaluating the results of CT and PCVE interventions. Through this emphasis, the Compendium aims...
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Manufacturing
Industrial technologies roadmap on human-centric research and ...
Publication
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
Human centricity is one of the three pillars of Industry 5.0. This Roadmap shows how industrial innovation ecosystem stakeholders can take a leading role in achieving human-centric outcomes in technology development a...
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Migration
Cross-border old-age, survivors’ and invalidity pensions 2022
Report
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report provides an overview of the payment of old-age, survivors’, and invalidity pensions in a cross-border context within the EU/EFTA (including the UK), seeing that there is a considerable group of pensio...
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Employment
PES digital services to successfully integrate vulnerable jobs...
Publication
August 20, 2024
op.europa.eu
Digital service delivery has proven effective in particular for jobseekers closer to the labour market. This however raises the question whether and how Public Employment Services can best provide services online to t...
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Youth
Youth and democracy - Eurobarometer Report April 2024
Report
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
In the context of the European elections on 6-9 June 2024 and as a follow-up to the European Year of Youth 2022, the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture commissioned Ipsos ...
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Regions & Cities
Embracing uncertaintyHarnessing strategic foresight for region...
Publication
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
Strategic foresight is a future-oriented discipline that seeks to understand, anticipate, and address emerging challenges and opportunities, through systematic and structured identification and analysis of long-term t...
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Education
Monitoring learning for sustainability - Developing a cross-EU...
Policy Recommendation
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
Executive summary of a study aiming to develop a monitoring framework for learning for sustainability that was carried out to advise the European Commission. This study includes (i) a conceptual framework, and what ne...
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Politics
CoR 2024 annual operational working plan
Report
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
The European Committee of the Regions (the CoR) is a Political Assembly composed of 658 elected representatives of Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) (329 Members and 329 Alternates), representing one million EU el...
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Employment
Cross-border old-age, survivors’ and invalidity pensions - R...
Policy Brief
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
This report provides an overview of the payment of old-age, survivors’, and invalidity pensions in a cross-border context within the EU/EFTA (including the UK), seeing that there is a considerable group of pensio...
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Security
Team Europe Initiative to support Africa combat illicit financ...
Publication
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
Since 2022, the EU, Finland, France, Germany, and Sweden have joined up in a Team Europe Initiative to support Africa fight illicit financial flows and related transnational organised crime. To date, Africa’s EU par...
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Employment
European Network of Public Employment Services to successfully...
Policy Paper
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
Digital service delivery has proven effective in particular for jobseekers closer to the labour market. This however raises the question whether and how Public Employment Services can best provide services online to t...
Open
Politics
The looming risk of World War III
Policy Brief
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
This paper analyses the risk of a Third World War. Although conflicts are taking place in many parts of the world, many people may not feel there is much of a threat. However, if one observes reality dispassionately, ...
Open
Agriculture
JRC MARS Bulletin - Global outlook : crop monitoring European ...
Fact-sheet
August 18, 2024
op.europa.eu
JRC MARS Bulletin - Global outlook : crop monitoring European neighbourhood Russia - July 2024
Open
Politics
The 2024 elections in North Macedonia - key takeaways and what...
Policy Brief
June 5, 2024
eu.boell.org
The 2024 elections in North Macedonia - key takeaways and what to look out for
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Environment
Energy-intensive industries ecosystem - Carbon capture and sto...
Working Paper
August 17, 2024
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Carbon capture and storage (henceforward CCS) is a set of technologies aimed at capturing, transporting and permanently storing CO2 that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere. CCS plays a vital role in reduci...
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Renewable Energy
Energy-intensive industries ecosystem - Electrolysers
Publication
August 17, 2024
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Electrolysers are defined by the EU as devices that use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This process is a key component in the production of renewable hydrogen, which the EU emphasises should be p...
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Transport
Mobility ecosystem - Fuel cells
Publication
August 17, 2024
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Fuel cells convert the chemical energy of reactants (hydrogen, air) into water and exhaust heat, thus providing clean energy generation for both stationary and transport uses. In transportation, fuel cells are particu...
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Energy
Mobility ecosystem - Lithium-ion batteries
Publication
August 17, 2024
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Lithium-ion batteries (or other batteries using similar chemistries) are devices for energy storage and deployment. Within the mobility ecosystem, they are employed as clean alternatives to traditional internal combus...
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Energy
Energy-intensive industries ecosystem - Heat pumps
Publication
August 17, 2024
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Heat pumps are crucial devices for the clean energy transition, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050. These systems are highly efficient, using less energy than traditional boilers by extracting and upgrading ambient ...
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Science
Science, research and innovation performance of the EU
Report
August 17, 2024
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The ‘Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU, 2024’ (SRIP) report offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of how Europe is performing today in terms of science, research and innovation and anal...
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Renewable Energy
Energy-renewable ecosystem - Solar energy technology
Publication
August 17, 2024
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The solar energy industry encompasses all activities related to the development, production, and deployment of solar energy technologies. This includes the manufacturing of solar panels (photovoltaic or PV panels), th...
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Energy-renewable ecosystem - Wind energy technology
Publication
August 17, 2024
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Wind energy is defined as a key renewable energy source that harnesses the power of wind to generate electricity. This is achieved through the use of wind turbines, which can be installed onshore or offshore. Wind ene...
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Ai
Cyber insurance Models and methods and the use of AI
Study
August 16, 2024
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Research and innovation (R&I) are important indicators for a society to measure progress, growth and development in any field. But progress and growth in our increasingly digital society cannot be achieved without tru...
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Research
Mapping European Research Council frontier reseach Democracy
Report
August 16, 2024
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This report presents ERC-funded research projects that examine a wide variety of aspects linked to democracy. It explores the multifaceted challenges confronting democratic systems while also illuminating the enduring...
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