The chemical industry is a cyclical, trade intensive industry with highly globalised supply chains. The chemical industry plays a particularly important strategical role for the economy, as it provides products and materials or solutions to virtually all its segments. At the same time, its globa...
An integrated reporting system represents a way of organising the reporting process with the aim of streamlining and improving reporting for both financial institutions and public authorities (prudential, resolution and central banks) and enhancing cooperation between public authorities. A key b...
The OYSTER project is exploring the wettability of surfaces and how they can be engineered to order. This pioneering manufacturing and coating technology plays a vital role whenever a product’s solid surface forms an interface with a liquid. Prosthetic implants such as knee and hip joints, for e...
This report has been prepared within the framework of the Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI) project, initiated by the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Building...
Citizen Science evolved from a long tradition in fields, such as biodiversity and meteorology, into almost all scientific fields. Simultaneously, regional and global communities became well organised and interconnected, and we arrived at a situation in which Citizen Science is not only prominent...
The study “New technologies and digitisation: opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises” sets out to explore how the rising importance of the social economy in Europe is facing the challenges of digital transformation. It focuses on whether, why, how, and to what...
Technological innovation has greatly improved the safety and efficiency of securities post-trading over the last few decades and it holds the potential to resolve open issues, as well as to address new market and regulatory needs. This prompted the Advisory Group on Market Infrastructures for Se...
2018 was an important year for European defence capability prioritisation as the revised Capability Development Plan (CDP) was approved in June by EDA’s Steering Board in Capability Directors’ composition. Deriving from the new CDP, 11 EU Capability Development Priorities were defined, covering ...
Plant Protection Products (PPPs) are often perceived by citizens as very harmful for human health and for the environment. The tendency in EU policy is to stimulate reduction in use of PPPs. Can we maintain high yield while using less PPPs? This document presents the current state-of-the-art reg...