TExTOUR is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme with the mission to co-design innovative and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to improve deprived and remote areas in Europe and beyond.
The report’s main focus is on old-age pension systems. It looks primarily at statutory pensions, incorporating the adequacy contribution of supplementary pensions where relevant. The report also looks at the role of...
The European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles encapsulates the EU's vision for a digitally transformed world that upholds European values. With its principles and commitments, the Declaration serves as a c...
We document that an interest rate cut reshapes the distribution of investment rates. Specifically, expansionary monetary policy leads to fewer small and zero investment rates and more large investment rates. This chan...
Defense Cooperation Agreements in northern Europe: Strengthening the United States' global position, transatlantic relations, and regional deterrence and defense
As we celebrate Agriculture Day 2024, we spotlight the transformative role of carbon farming in combating climate change. This innovative approach is gaining momentum, thanks to European projects like MRV4SOC and MARVIC.
Energy storage is required to increase energy systems flexibility, sectors coupling, demand response and smart interoperability solutions. Storage technologies facilitate high penetration of intermittent renewable ene...
This article aims to develop a ‘proof of concept’ for testing the resilience of sectoral supply chain networks at firm level against an exogenous shock to critical inputs. The rationale for implementing supply cha...
The Austrian federal legislature has implemented legislation covering the complete scope of the directives. In the area of employment (public and private), all the grounds are protected. Ethnic affiliation and disabil...
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Danish Parliament debated whether legislation on discrimination in the labour market due to race, religion and other grounds should be enacted. The social partners, i.e. employers’ organi...
Due to several factors, which include the low level of legal awareness in Polish society; people’s passivity (and sometimes fear) around seeking to uphold their rights; and a lack of systematic research, it is impos...
There have been significant social and political changes in Spain over the past 45 years. Major transformations have taken place in the country’s social structure, creating a much more diverse society in ethnic and ...
This report aims to contribute to better understanding of policies which can effectively support MSMEs in increasing their training provision. It also works towards a new approach for reviewing these policies. First, ...
Cyber security is an ever-growing field and a necessity for businesses. With malignant attacks and cyber-scams growing in frequency and sophistication, the skillset of a cyber security professional is evolving and cha...
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...
This in-depth overview of European Union (EU) cohesion fundsâ investment in skills aims to better understand the proportion of planned investments by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), European Regional Develo...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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) ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Europeâs 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
This report provides an overview of the payment of old-age, survivorsâ, and invalidity pensions in a cross-border context within the EU/EFTA (including the UK), seeing that there is a considerable group of pensio...
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...
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 ...