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Energy
Just transition governance Boosting participation in the energ...
Policy Brief
April 24, 2025
eu.boell.org
Just transition governance Boosting participation in the energy transition: Five action areas for the new EU policy cycle (1/5)
Open
Climate
Bioresource use and transformation for a sustainable bioeconom...
Working Paper
April 23, 2025
sei.org
Bioresource use and transformation for a sustainable bioeconomy in the tropics: case studies from Thailand, Kenya and Colombia
Open
Regions
Cohesion policy’s mid-term review: Stress-testing regional d...
Policy Brief
April 23, 2025
epc.eu
Cohesion policy’s mid-term review: Stress-testing regional development in a new EU era
Open
Environment
Vessel strikes as a pressure to marine biodiversity
Research Paper
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Marine mammals and other marine megafauna are subject to a variety of impacts related with human activities. Among those, the collisions with vessels (generally known as ship strikes, or vessel strikes) are a signific...
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Digital
European business statistics compiler’s manual on the use of...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The purpose of this publication is to provide the compilers of European statistics on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in households and by individuals with clarifications on how to apply the ...
Open
Regions & Cities
Geographical indications (GI) for craft and industrial (CI) pr...
Fact-sheet
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
GIs are special labels that show a product comes from a specific place and is made using local skills and traditions. Think of Solingen knives or Murano glass – their names are known worldwide because of where and h...
Open
Foreign-Affairs
ProtectEU - A new European internal security strategy
Policy Brief
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
As the geopolitical landscape evolves and new threats emerge, the EU needs a new European approach to internal security. Crime is becoming faster, more digital, and better organised. Hybrid threats undermine our democ...
Open
Security
Eurojust meeting on counter-terrorism - 27-28 November 2024 : ...
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Eurojust meeting on counter-terrorism - 27-28 November 2024 : outcome report
Open
Foreign-Affairs
Eurojust meeting on migrant smuggling - The Hague, 20-21 Novem...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) held its annual meeting on migrant smuggling on 20 and 21 November 2024. The meeting was attended by a large number of judicial practitioners with ...
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Finance
Report on budgetary and financial management - Financial year ...
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (...
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Medicine
Survey on testing strategies for HIV in blood, and tissues and...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
On 13 June 2024, the new Regulation on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin (SoHO) intended for human application was publishedi. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)...
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Economy
Effects of monetary policy on labor income - The role of the e...
Working Paper
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
This paper investigates the role of firms in the transmission of monetary policy to individual labor market outcomes, both the intensive and extensive margins. Using German matched employer-employee administrative dat...
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Economy
The impact of regional institutional quality on economic growt...
Working Paper
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
This paper investigates the impact of regional institutional quality on economic growth and economic resilience. Using data collected by the Quality of Government Institute, we conduct a two-way fixed effect panel reg...
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Economy
Investor sentiment and dynamic connectedness in European marke...
Working Paper
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The primary objective of this study is to explore the dynamic relationships between equity returns or volatility and sentiment factors in European markets during both the periods preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, the C...
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Employment
How workplace inspectors can protect third-country workers'...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
How workplace inspectors can protect third-country workers' rights - Practical exercises for training and organisation guide
Open
Education
Handbook for the European Tertiary Education Register data col...
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
This document provides a description of the data collection methodology for the ETER data collection, i.e. the main data collection on individual Higher Education Institutions undertaken with National Authorities; thi...
Open
Medicine
Recommendations for preparedness planning for public health th...
Policy Recommendation
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
This document aims to provide public health authorities in European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries with guidance for improved preparedness planning taking the lessons that have been identified thr...
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Health
A scoping review and survey on evidence to-decision-frameworks...
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Formulating evidence-based policies for public health is a complex task. Decision-making must explicitly consider the best available evidence, and contextual factors, as well as the insights of decision-makers, stakeh...
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Health
A pilot survey of stigma related to infection with hepatitis B...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Globally, more than 300 million people are living with viral hepatitis and there are more than one million people die each year due to liver disease caused by hepatitis. Effective prevention and control strategies exi...
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Health
Country report ECDC public health emergency preparedness asses...
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
As stated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on Serious Cross-Border Threats to Health, ECDC has the responsibility, in coordination with relevant Union agencies and bodies, to conduct Public Health Emergen...
Open
Training
A cities guide to reskilling the local workforce - Introductio...
Guide
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) is a European Commission initiative that supports cities in using cutting-edge technologies to lead the intelligent, green and socially responsible recovery. ICC cities and their...
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Food
Sole in the EU - Price structure in the supply chain : focus o...
Study
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Global catches of sole species reached 20.779 tonnes in 20221, consisting almost entirely of the common sole. Catches decreased by 43% compared to 2013. In 2022, the EU accounted for 66% of total catches with the Neth...
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Fossil Energy
Support to the design of policy options for financial incentiv...
Working Paper
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
Carbon farming holds a central position in the European Union’s drive towards climate neutrality by 2050, given the significant mitigation potential in agriculture and land use. Recognising the need for credible, hi...
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Food
10 years of EU funding for the algae sector 2014-2023
Report
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Sustainable Blue Economy Communication identify algae as an important source of alternative protein for a sustainable food system and global food security. Th...
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Climate
CORDIS results pack on the net-zero transition - Accelerating ...
Publication
April 24, 2025
op.europa.eu
The EU aims to become climate neutral by 2050, in line with its commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement. This Result Pack focuses on 11 EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects that are helping to pave th...
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Water
The future of water availability and use in the EU - A foresig...
Study
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This study aims to offer an in-depth analysis of water scarcity, availability, and usage in the face of climate change. By employing a comprehensive foresight methodology that includes an extensive literature review, ...
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Ai
Talent for AI in science - Mutual learning exercise on nationa...
Study
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
The MLE on AI in science Topic 3: Talent for AI in Science thematic report explores the challenges and opportunities in developing, attracting, and retaining AI talent in science across Europe. It highlights the growi...
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Animal
Foot-and-mouth disease EU response
Policy Brief
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed animals. It spreads rapidly amongst these animals, through direct contact between animals,...
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Enlargement
Division of powers, Multi-level governance structures in the E...
Publication
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
Institutional decentralisation is crucial for the health of democratic societies, as it cultivates effective local leadership and enables the resolution of local issues by empowering decision-makers at the level close...
Open
Banking
Do central bank reforms lead to more monetary discipline?
Working Paper
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This paper investigates the impact of reforms altering legal central bank independence (CBI) on monetary policy discipline and credibility, two key mechanisms shaping price stability. Using a sample of 155 countries o...
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Economy
Implementing the clean industrial deal and strengthening Europ...
Policy Brief
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
The European Union’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) seeks to align industrial competitiveness with decarbonisation, ensuring economic resilience amid geopolitical challenges. The success of this will depend on progress...
Open
Development
The EU aid strategy: A gateway to human development?
Study
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This paper examines the role and impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on human development outcomes, focusing on health, education and extreme poverty eradication. The aim is to consolidate existing knowled...
Open
Economy
EUROMOD country report - Croatia : 2021-2024
Report
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report documents the work done in the most recent annual update for Croatia. This work was carried out by the EUROMOD core development team, based at the JRC in Seville, in collaboration with the national team.
Open
Economy
Effective practices for literacy teaching
Publication
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This joint NESET-EENEE analytical report is based on a detailed literature review of the most recent European and international research on effective approaches to the teaching of literacy, highlighting practices that...
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Education
Handbook for the European Tertiary Education Register data col...
Publication
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This document provides a description of the data collection methodology for the ETER data collection, i.e. the main data collection on individual Higher Education Institutions undertaken with National Authorities; thi...
Open
Politics
Public administration and governance - Austria, 2023
Report
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
Overall, in 2022 government effectiveness in Austria was above the EU-27 average, ranking in the top third, and remained stable compared with 2019 (before the impact of COVID-19). The stability of government effective...
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Cooperation
The AU-EU Innovation Agenda
Report
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
This first-year Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Report assesses the implementation of the AU–EU Innovation Agenda (2023– 2033), adopted in July 2023 following the AU-EU Ministerial on Science, Technolog...
Open
Education
An inventory of standards, processes, and ICT systems across h...
Report
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
The mapping report presents an inventory of standards and solutions currently being used by European University alliances to make interoperable virtual (inter-institutional) European campuses reality. The report is a ...
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Development
Advancing sustainable development in Africa - Lessons from cha...
Publication
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Develop...
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Chemicals
Responsible chemicals and materials development for Europe’s...
Publication
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
Meeting Europe’s environmental and sustainability goals requires transitioning industry toward a circular economy, centred on the production and use of innovative chemicals and materials that are safe, non-toxic, su...
Open
Enlargement
Economic benefits from deep integration - 20 years after the 2...
Report
April 17, 2025
op.europa.eu
EU enlargement has stalled since the last member joined over ten years ago, marking the longest period without expansion since 1973. This elapsed time contrasts with the potential income gains membership promises. Dra...
Open
Foreign-Affairs
Dawn or doom? The new AU mission in Somalia and the fight for ...
Policy Brief
April 16, 2025
op.europa.eu
The newly established African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is already facing financial uncertainty. Hopes of securing UN funding – and piloting a new model for supporting African peace...
Open
Politics
Doing resilience better, with less - The cornerstone of the EU...
Policy Brief
April 16, 2025
op.europa.eu
As resilience challenges in the Eastern neighbourhood continue to grow, the EU will find it more difficult to mobilise resources to help local partners adapt in the face of adversity. The recent USAID cuts and the rea...
Open
Climate
Rules for the calculation of the Carbon Footprint of industria...
Study
April 16, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report provides the methodological guidelines for calculating the carbon footprint of industrial batteries (CFB-IND), providing the basis for the enforcement of requirements as in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 202...
Open
Environment
Integrating adaptation and mitigation strategies: Valencia’s...
Press Release
April 14, 2025
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Still reeling from October’s catastrophic floods, Valencia is testing new practices to counter climate-change related risks. Creating a methodological framework to support decision-makers and learning from pilot pro...
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Renewable Energy
Smarter microgrids: A new system to boost energy self-sufficie...
Research Paper
April 11, 2025
Icons
The research titled "Revving Up Energy Autonomy: A Forecast-Driven Framework for Reducing Reverse Power Flow in Microgrids" explores innovative, forecast-driven framework aimed at enhancing energy autonomy in microgri...
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Politics
The role of geopolitics in shaping the education and skills of...
Policy Brief
July 2, 2024
etf.europa.eu
The role of geopolitics in shaping the education and skills of the next generatio
Open
Training
Different scenarios for developing regional cooperation in the...
Policy Brief
October 4, 2024
etf.europa.eu
Different scenarios for developing regional cooperation in the area of professional qualifications - ETF
Open
Employment
Learning for Careers - What kinds of career guidance and caree...
Publication
March 13, 2024
etf.europa.eu
Learning for Careers - What kinds of career guidance and career education services do young people want in Europe and Central Asia?
Open
Employment
New forms of work and platform work in the southern and easter...
Report
March 5, 2024
etf.europa.eu
New forms of work and platform work in the southern and eastern mediterranean
Open
Employment
Gender dimension of labour market transitions - Implications f...
Publication
March 26, 2024
etf.europa.eu
Gender dimension of labour market transitions - Implications for activation and skills development policies of the EU neighbouring countries
Open
Training
From skills anticipation to skills action - Collection of arti...
Publication
April 7, 2025
etf.europa.eu
From skills anticipation to skills action - Collection of articles to understand skills demand in EU neighbouring countries
Open
Training
Meeting skill needs for the green transition - Skills anticipa...
Publication
April 8, 2025
cedefop.europa.eu
Meeting skill needs for the green transition - Skills anticipation and VET for a greener future
Open
Politics
Private Participation In Infrastructure - What Role For Public...
Report
April 7, 2025
cepr.org
Private Participation In Infrastructure - What Role For Public Private Partnerships
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Cobalt
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Nickel (Ni) is used in the cathodes of rechargeable batteries for e-mobility and energy storage and in superalloys for turbines in aerospace and renewable energy generation. It is corrosion resistant, increases materi...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Platinum
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Platinum group metals (PGMs) include platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium and rhodium. They are excellent catalysts and indispensable for hydrogen technologies. They play a key role in hydrogen fuel cells and elect...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Magnesium
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Magnesium (Mg) is the lightest structural metal, offering a high strength-to-weight ratio, making it ideal for automotive, aerospace and defence applications. It is widely used in lightweight vehicle parts to improve ...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Manganese
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Manganese (Mn) is a metal used for energy storage and steel production. In battery technology, manganese is used in lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, where it enhances stability and cost-effectiveness. In steelmak...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Aluminium
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Aluminium (Al) is widely used in society. Its high strength-to-weight ratio makes it ideal for aircraft frames, satellites, and electric vehicle bodies, where reducing mass improves fuel efficiency and performance. It...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Graphite
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Graphite (C) is widely used in strategic technologies, particularly as the primary anode material in lithium-ion batteries for electromobility and energy storage. Most graphite is supplied from by natural graphite min...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Rare earth elements
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Rare earth elements (REEs) is a group of 17 elements. The elements neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, dysprosium, gadolinium, samarium, and cerium are essential for high performance permanent magnets used in electric v...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials- Lithium
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Lithium (Li) is particularly important for battery technology (Li-Ion batteries) for electro-mobility and energy storage, due to its electrochemical properties. Most lithium is supplied from primary resources like har...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Germanium
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Germanium (Ge) is a semiconductor material with excellent infrared transparency and optical properties, making it indispensable in sensors, night vision systems, thermal imaging cameras, and high-speed fibre optics. I...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Gallium
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Gallium’s (Ga) unique semiconducting properties enable highly efficient power management chips. Gallium arsenide is used for power amplifiers in devices, in telecommunications such as 5G, satellite communication and...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Boron
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Boron (B) is used in permanent neodymium magnets, in high-performance glass for e.g. photovoltaic panels, and chip production. Boron fibres and composites are used in aerospace structures, armour and ballistic-resista...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Copper
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Copper (Cu) is used in all electrical and electronic applications, including renewable energy technologies, power grids, electric vehicles, electronic devices, aircrafts and defence technologies. Copper is mined both ...
Open
Health
Minors’ health and social media - An interdisciplinary scien...
Study
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Protecting minors online is one of the key pillars of the DSA, which contains an obligation for all online platforms to provide a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors using their services. The Europea...
Open
Youth
Towards integrated child protection systems - Challenges, prom...
Working Paper
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report presents the findings of research conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on existing child protection systems across all EU Member States. The 27 national reports, commissioned...
Open
EU funding
ERIC practical guidelines - Legal framework for a European Res...
Guide
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
ERICs are legal entities set up under EU law to facilitate the establishment and operation of research infrastructures with European interest. They can be used either for establishing a new research infrastructure or ...
Open
Water
Water & marine reports 2025From source to sea. Volume 2, Marin...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report presents the main outcomes from the Commission’s assessment of the second programmes of measures, which all Member States had to report by 31 March 2022. These programmes are an update since the first im...
Open
Health
Acting today, anticipating tomorrow - EUDA, European Union Dru...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Illicit drug use and trafficking are global issues, threatening the health and security of EU citizens. Today’s drug situation is complex, with potent substances being produced, trafficked and sold on an unprecedent...
Open
Raw materials
Strategic raw materials - Tungsten
Fact-sheet
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Tungsten (W) is one of the foremost defence materials, widely used in high-strength applications, and ammunition. It is suitable as well for high-temperature applications such as supersonic and hypersonic vehicles. Tu...
Open
Development
EU emergency trust fund for Africa - 2024 annual report
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The European Union (EU) Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF for Africa) was set up to support the most vulnerable and marginalised people, including refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants and member...
Open
Social
Improving social protection in the Western Balkans
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report evaluates the current status of social protection systems in the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia), covering the four core instr...
Open
Security
The changing DNA of serious and organised crime
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Europol is the EU’s law enforcement agency, supporting the 27 EU Member States in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism. Europol also works closely with non-EU partner countries, other EU age...
Open
Environment
Status of environment and climate in Ukraine
Study
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The present report provides an overall picture of the status of environment and climate - air quality, emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases - (GHG), forests, soil and marine environment in Ukraine. The ana...
Open
Health
Building the future of data-driven research and decision-makin...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for robust open data infrastructures to support data-driven public health decision-making, particularly for controlling infectious diseases. Current open data policies often ...
Open
Social
Civil society monitoring report on the implementation of the n...
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The main strengths of the NRSF include its continuity as a dedicated national strategy for Roma inclusion, ensuring financial commitment and policy focus on key areas such as education, housing, and employment. Additi...
Open
Water
Water & marine reports 2025. From source to sea. Volume 1, Wat...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
This report aims to convey to the Council, the new Parliament as well as the other EU institutions and stakeholders the latest evidence on the state of water, the pressures water resources are under and Member States...
Open
Medicine
Protocol for the surveillance of surgical site infections and ...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The main objective of the European protocol for the surveillance of SSIs is to ensure standardisation of definitions, data collection and reporting procedures for hospitals participating in the national/regional surve...
Open
Politics
Key figures on the EU in the world 2025
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
Key figures on the EU in the world provides a statistical portrait of the European Union in relation to other parts of the world. It’s structured into 3 chapters: people and society, the economy and trade, and the e...
Open
Water
Local participatory research on water in Member States - Water...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The Water Resilience Experiment aims to contribute to the European Commission’s Water Resilience Strategy through the lens of design for policy and behavioural insights. The project focused on increasing cross-DG co...
Open
Digital
Support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the digi...
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
With €150 billion, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) currently provides the largest EU funding for the EU’s digital transition. We assessed whether the digital measures included in the national plans addr...
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Road Transport
Technical support for EU policy making on tyre noise reduction
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
TNO has been requested by the European Commission (EC) to perform a study regarding quiet tyres. For the purpose of this study, the EC defines a quiet tyre as a tyre with a noise level at least 4 dB(A) below the set c...
Open
Science
Joint Research Centre Highlights Report 2024 - From science to...
Report
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The JRC Highlights Report 2024 focuses on the impact of key JRC contributions in 2024 and celebrates these achievements with external actors directly involved. It shines the spotlight on 11 highlights, and provides ke...
Open
Fossil Energy
Transition strategies - How to design effective strategies for...
Guide
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The Initiative for coal regions in transition developed various support materials to assist practitioners in coal+ regions (including peat and oil shale regions) across Europe. - Transition strategies - Governance of ...
Open
Energy
Decarbonising manufacturing firms in the European Union’s Em...
Policy Brief
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
EU manufacturing firms face the dual challenge of decarbonisation and (international) competitive pressure. This policy brief analyses emissions and output trends in the EU ETS, sector-specific industrial innovation, ...
Open
Climate
A new approach to long term contracts
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
This policy brief contends that a new approach to Long Term Contracts (LTCs) in European competition policy based on new facts, new realities and a revised reasoning must be urgently developed. To reach net zero as re...
Open
Research
Fusion Expert Group opinion paper - Towards the EU fusion stra...
Publication
April 10, 2025
op.europa.eu
The Fusion Expert Group (FEG) supports the development of an EU Fusion Strategy, expected to be published in view of the proposal of the Euratom Research & Training Programme for 2028–2032. This FEG Opinion Paper en...
Open
Politics
RootLinks set to empower primary producers
Press Release
April 8, 2025
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Revealing the untapped potential of circular bio-based value chains for primary producers.
Open
Development
Leveraging science, technology and innovation to enhance food ...
Report
April 4, 2025
op.europa.eu
Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) play a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of...
Open
Data protection
Business expansion to Panama - Case study
Study
April 4, 2025
op.europa.eu
Giancarlo is an Italian entrepreneur, owner of the company ScifiHaus. He is a fan of Sci-Fi videogames and has developed a space-themed Hotel in which clients may spend the night in rooms inspired by famous sci-fi sce...
Open
Water
Debating solutions to water contamination
Working Paper
April 4, 2025
op.europa.eu
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) Water Laboratory has worked with the Education for Climate Coalition to develop a role-play game on debating solutions to water quality contamination. The starting point and context for...
Open
Renewable Energy
Offshore wind energy in the North Seas - Crafting collaboratio...
Policy Brief
April 4, 2025
op.europa.eu
In the North Seas region, a coalition of 9 countries expressed the ambition to quadruple their offshore wind capacity from 30 GW to 120 GW by 2030, and to then more than double the capacity between 2030 and 2050 to re...
Open
Energy
Increasing flexibility in the EU energy system - Technologies ...
Study
April 4, 2025
op.europa.eu
This study explores the current and future flexibility needs in the electricity system as well as existing and potential solutions to efficiently integrate renewable energy and facilitate electrification of end-uses. ...
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Trade
Europe’s policy options in the face of Trump’s global econ...
Research Paper
April 3, 2025
op.europa.eu
In this paper, we propose and analyse four scenarios of a second Trump administration’s economic policy and its impact on Europe, ranging all the way from moderate tariffs to full trade war, a full multilateral brea...
Open
Education
Visit the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Publication
April 3, 2025
op.europa.eu
Both the Parlamentarium Simone Veil located at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the Alsace-Moselle Memorial in Schirmeck offer visitors a fascinating view of European politics and the symbolism of the region....
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Transport
New and emerging transport technologies and trends in European...
Publication
April 3, 2025
op.europa.eu
Technological innovation is a key enabler for reaching the strategic EU objectives in the transport field, such as decarbonisation and digitalization. This report identifies and presents a selection of new and emergin...
Open
EU funding
Working group report - Knowledge and citizens : Green Deal Pro...
Publication
April 3, 2025
op.europa.eu
This working group report from the Green Deal Projects Support Office highlights the pivotal role of citizens in driving the European Green Deal’s objectives. Focusing on participatory approaches, citizen science, a...
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Trade
Business Expansion to Panama
Study
April 3, 2025
op.europa.eu
Giancarlo is an Italian entrepreneur, owner of the company ScifiHaus. He is a fan of Sci-Fi videogames and has developed a space-themed Hotel in which clients may spend the night in rooms inspired by famous sci-fi sce...
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Enlargement
Parliaments in the EU enlargement process
Study
April 3, 2025
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This study explores the role and enhancement of parliamentary capacities in the European Union (EU) enlargement process, focusing on the EU’s evolving accession methodology and its emphasis on the ‘fundamentals’...
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Pollution
Debating solutions to water contamination - A role-play game
Publication
April 3, 2025
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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) Water Laboratory has worked with the Education for Climate Coalition to develop a role-play game on debating solutions to water quality contamination. The starting point and context for...
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EU funding
EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform [ STEP ] Scale ...
Guide
April 3, 2025
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The EIC STEP Scale Up call is currently using existing standard Horizon Europe forms for the application process. Given these forms terminology does not always align with an equity based terminology, this guidance doc...
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Migration
Proposal for a regulation on police cooperation to counter mig...
Study
April 3, 2025
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As part of a package to address migrant smuggling, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation to strengthen police cooperation and Europol’s role in the fight against migrant smuggling and tr...
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Politics
Engaging citizens in EU Missions
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April 3, 2025
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This report discusses the findings of an online survey of European citizens’ attitudes to social challenges and their willingness to participate in activities aimed at addressing these challenges. The results show c...
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Digital
Between ambition and pragmatism - The future of cyber capacity...
Report
April 3, 2025
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This paper has been commissioned by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) with the financial assistance of the European Union (EU) as a contribution to the side-event “The future of responsible s...
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Science
Weak signals in science and technologies 2024 - Technologies a...
Report
April 3, 2025
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Detecting emerging technologies is crucial for policymaking as it helps to anticipate future trends and address their potential societal, economic, and security impacts. Early identification also allows policymakers t...
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Human Rights
A comparative analysis of non-discrimination law in Europe 2024
Publication
April 3, 2025
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More than 20 years ago, a major and unprecedented development occurred in the European Union with the adoption in 2000 of two pieces of EU legislation in the field of anti-discrimination: the Racial Equality Directive...
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Security
Quantum safe financial forum - A call to action
Publication
April 3, 2025
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Modern cryptography is fundamental to securing the financial ecosystem. The emergence of quantum computers capable of breaking current cryptographic methods presents a challenge to the entire financial ecosystem. Addr...
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