Cultural resources and products of human creativity are amongst those goods whose beneficial effects on individuals and society as a whole are extremely complicated to quantify. The positive effects of culture and creativity range from education, a sense of belonging, and social cohesion to inno...
The digitalisation of the EU agricultural sector is an essential part of the broader EU Digital Agenda and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aiming to promote competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience in agriculture through digital transformation. This report analyses the current state ...
Critical shortages of medicines have become a frequent threat to public health throughout the EU. We assessed EU measures to ensure medicine availability. We conclude that there is not yet an effective framework for critical shortages of medicines. While the European Medicines Agency has provide...
This report explores the role of local and regional actors in mission-oriented innovation and industrial policies. It examines how current mission-oriented approaches engage regions, cities, and rural communities in mission design and implementation, and whether these policies have the potential...
At the core of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 is a list of invasive alien species of Union concern. An EU-level horizon scanning for species that can be added to this list was undertaken, aiming to derive at least 100 species likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on native biodiversi...
This report provides a roadmap for targeted investment in the bioeconomy. With strong partnerships between public institutions, private investors and EU Member States, the bioeconomy can attract the transformative investments needed to build a sustainable, competitive and climate-resilient Europ...
To facilitate transnational mobility of persons of all ages, well-designed transnational social security rights are a prerequisite. For instance, EU citizens would be reluctant to move from one Member State to another if they were to lose their pension rights already acquired or if the pension w...
One of the key pillars of the European single market is undoubtedly the free movement of persons. From the earliest days of the European Economic Community (EEC), it was recognised that genuinely free movement required addressing the social security rights of mobile citizens. In order to safegua...
The Portable Document A1 (PD A1) (previously the E101 certificate) establishes the presumption that the holder is affiliated to the social security system of the Member State2 which has issued the certificate and confirms that the person concerned has no obligations to pay social security contri...
