Forests make up about 40% of the European Union’s total land area. They are unique habitats, a valuable natural resource, and important for rural livelihoods and national economies. Forest ecosystems capture and store carbon, purify our drinking water, prevent soil erosion, protect us from flood...
This document aims to provide a Toolbox for the use of Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) methods in the case of energy State aid interventions. In particular, it seeks to assist Member State (MS) policy officers when devising an evaluation plan to be submitted to the European Commission for...
The All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance is a science diplomacy effort between countries along and across the Atlantic Ocean. It builds on the successes of the Galway and Belém Statements, signed respectively in 2013 and 2017 between the European Union and its Atlantic partners. The EU has inves...
This report is the fourth release of the Smart Grid Laboratories Inventory. It presents aggregated information about smart grid research topics and shows the tendencies of the research community. It shows information about the technologies used and also gives more detailed information for specif...
The European Commission (EC) established a High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) to assess the needs and options for strengthening the sciencepolicy interface (SPI) for improved food systems governance. The HLEG concludes that food system transformation must be better supported through more ambitious i...
The year 2021 brought both progress and setbacks in terms of fundamental rights protection. FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2022 reviews major developments in the field, identifying both achievements and remaining areas of concern. This publication presents FRA’s opinions on the main development...
ALMA (Aim-Learn-Master-Achieve) is an active inclusion initiative to empower the most vulnerable young people aged 18 to 29 who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), by implementing a tailor-made approach to support them to find a job and integrate into society. ALMA offers these...
Working Document VIII presents information on human resources and expenditure related to the external action of the European Union, pursuant to Article 41(10) and (11) of the Financial Regulation....