Over the past decade, the social issues and working conditions of Air Traffic Controller (ATCO) and Engineering Staff (ATSEP) in the Air Traffic Management industry (ATM) have been affected by growing air traffic. This study provides a clear landscape of current and future social issues and work...
Learning lessons from accidents is a fundamental principle in preventing technological accidents and mitigating their effects. In 1982, recognising the paramount importance of this principle, the first EU Seveso Directive created a mechanism for sharing of lessons learned from chemical accidents...
Are you seeking consultation with a physician abroad? Do you wish to obtain surgery in a foreign hospital? Are you planning to travel cross-border in order to receive specialised treatment? Under Directive 2011/24/EU every EU/EEA citizen has the right to receive both public or private health ser...
The paper investigates the impact of euro adoption on sovereign credit ratings and on long-term rates experienced until the 20th anniversary of the euro. The three pillars of the research are (1) the analysis of the scoring methodology of Credit Rating Agencies, (2) the empirical investigation o...
This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Internal Market and consumer protection, including the impact of measures introduced at national and EU level to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic. What further measures should be considered in order to reinforce the resilience...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the accessibility of health, education and care services for all Europeans. This is also the case for children, who in several countries have seen their schools closed and replaced with remote learning. They have been affected too by the pandemi...
This report focuses on the social and economic resilience that might be achieved by well-designed and well-targeted investment in education. It provides a review of the individual and social returns of education in terms of both economic and non-economic effects. The most important economic bene...
In recent years, the topic of Hybrid Threats has dominated the security landscape in Europe. Whereas it may be considered a new topic by several stakeholders, in actual fact it is not. It is as old as conflict and warfare, but repackaged and empowered by changing security environment dynamics, n...
The increased integration and use of digital technologies in our everyday lives is rapidly transforming the way our societies and economies function. However, in order to ensure the sustainability of this shift, there is a need for a similar transformation at the governmental level so as to ensu...
