This study provides the basis for the development of an EU framework for Digital Building Logbooks. The definition of Digital Building Logbook has been created as part of this study, based on a thorough stakeholder consultation, interviews with experts and detailed analysis of 40...
The availability of consistent and reliable data can contribute to better design, construction and management of buildings, improved market information and transparency, creation of innovative services and business models, as well as more effective policymaking. Studies suggest t...
This document summarises the Study on the Competitiveness of the EU Engineering Industries and the Impact of Digitalisation for the European Commission. ...
The aim of the paper is to analyze the set of policy instruments (and the policy mix) used to enhance knowledge transfer and science-industry relationships in eight selected countries. There are various arguments about the importance of knowledge transfer. Firstly, we have a limi...
The blue economy covers a range of traditional and emerging sectors that are essential sources of food, energy, health and leisure for people throughout the world. The blue economy is growing fast and attracting investment worldwide. However, businesses often remain unsustainable...
The study’s overall objective is to provide an up-to-date assessment of the competitiveness of the electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering sectors at European level and across the 27 Member States (+ the UK), and of the comparative situation internationally through benc...
The EU aims to make industry and business more competitive and to promote jobs and growth through a business-friendly environment. ...
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, aims at gaining deeper insights into the environmental liability of companies in the European Union. It analyses the role of companies within the Environmental...
The Joint Research Centre is contributing to the formulation, implementation and promotion of European policies on strengthening the internal market for buildings and building products. This includes the development and adoption of innovative materials, construction technologies ...
The wildfire risk in Europe is increasing, as is the geographic expansion of wildfires to north and southeast Europe. When wildfires intersect with hazardous industry in Wildland Industrial Interfaces, they can trigger toxic spills, fires or explosions. Climate change and the ass...
Over the lifespan of buildings, data is routinely collected by multiple stakeholders for various reasons as many decisions rely on data availability. However, the lack of a common approach and structure among stakeholders which would make this wealth of information widely availab...
Data concerns almost every aspect of the built environment: from how individuals and businesses use and interact with properties, to how a building's energy consumption and construction details are recorded and analysed to support informed decisions about construction and rea...
This report provides guidelines with respect to concepts, rationales and methodological considerations aimed at experts conducting territorial reviews of industrial transition and at policy makers and analysts with an interest in the operationalisation of transformative industria...
To compete on global markets, increasingly defined by new technologies, Europe needs to capitalise on its excellent research and start-up ecosystem. That is why the European Commission has launched the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, a flagship initiative that supports t...
All product specific activities (PSAs) in the Coordinated Activities on Safety of Products (CASP) projects focus on testing the safety of consumer products. By bundling resources, the coordinated action allows a high number of products to be tested in a harmonised way using an ag...
All product specific activities (PSAs) in the CASP projects focus on testing the safety of consumer products. By bundling resources, the coordinated action allows to test a high number of products in a harmonized way on an agreed set of tests, relying fully on the European Commis...
The purpose of the horizontal activity (HA) on knowledge sharing (KS) was to identify best practices developed by participating market surveillance authorities (MSAs), and to share their valuable experience about these important topics among all the participants to provide a rele...
All product specific activities (PSAs) in the Coordinated Activities on the Safety of Products (CASP) projects focus on testing the safety of consumer products. By bundling resources, the coordinated action allows a high number of products to be tested in a harmonised way using a...
Although a recognised common set of guidelines does exist for risk assessment (RA)1, there are still significant differences in the outcomes of RA activities and daily practices among Member States (MSs). The specific context in which each market surveillance authority (MSA) oper...
The horizontal activity (HA) on online market surveillance (OMS) focused on the potential benefits and the efficacy of text mining technologies applied to e-commerce, as well as the identification of the main challenges faced when performing OMS. It was observed that, although in...
A new label element will be required on certain product labels from 2021 – a 16-character code called the unique formula identifier (UFI). By 2025, the UFI will be mandatory on the label of all products classified for health or physical hazards. Importers and downstream users pla...
Digitalisation is shaping and even transforming both the location and nature of entrepreneurial opportunities in the economy and the practices to pursue them. In order to help maximise the productivity potential of the digitally enhanced entrepreneurial dynamic in countries, poli...
This study is commissioned and supervised by the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) and intends to provide technical support to investigate the feasibility of introducing optional building renovation passports (BRP) in the EU. In particular, pursu...
The European Union (EU) procurement Directives play a key role in the development and implementation of any large infrastructure project. While the directives have developed over the last two decades or more, we suggest that their potential to enhance the effectiveness of project...
This feasibility study assessed methods to support the flow of information on substances of concern (SoCs) from product supply chains to waste operators. It focussed on the waste stage, the needs of the waste sector to produce clean high quality recycled materials and approaches ...
We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with firm and technology dynamics to assess the impact of a rich set of innovation policies. We explore the aggregate and cross-sectional effects of an R&D tax credit, corporate taxes, and policies affecting firms’ acc...
The objective of the international country reports is to explore the technology and policy landscape of selected non-European countries. Country performance in advanced technologies is presented based on patent, trade and investment data. The reports provide also a concise and in...
This sectoral report has been prepared in the framework of the ‘Advanced Technologies for Industry’ (ATI) project. It analyses trends in the generation and uptake of advanced technologies, entrepreneurial activities and skills supply and demand in the medical devices industry, an...
This report is the result of the study ‘Mapping and assessment of developments for one of the sectoral professions under Directive 2005/36/EC – nurse responsible for general care (No 711/PP/GRO/IMA/18/1131/11026)’ carried out by Spark Legal Network for the Commission’s Directorat...
The overall objective of the Study is to support the Commission in its assessment of whether to propose an adaptation of the minimum knowledge, skills and training subjects for the profession of nurse responsible for general care in order to take account of (generally acknowledge...
What is grey literature? It is literature produced by non-commercial publishers, such as public institutions, universities, research institutes and civil society. It contains a lot of useful content, but is often hard to find as it is scattered across different locations. EIGE ha...
The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a parallel initiative to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The Australian government has invested heavily in na...
Digitalisation continues to shape both the nature and location of entrepreneurial opportunities as well as effective practices to pursue them. This development has prompted the global adoption of new organisational innovations to support entrepreneurial opportunity pursuit, such ...
The competitiveness of industry in Europe is dependent on the effective use of new technologies and the knowledge, skills, competences and creativity of its workforce. Shortages, gaps and mismatches in high-tech skills negatively affect innovation, productivity growth, job creati...
Directive 2000/53/EC on end-life-vehicles ("ELV” Directive) restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in vehicles. Annex II to the Directive includes a list of exemptions to the use of these restrictions, which is adapted regularly to scientific and technical progres...
Professionals with high-tech skills have a strong potential to serve the growing needs created by smart industrial specialisation and digital transformation. They offer a solid foundation for the work of the future. The competitiveness of the European industry is highly dependent...
Over 70% of European enterprises report that lack of skills hampers their investment. Half of the workforce may require upskilling in the next five years. And this is a particular challenge for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Supporting upskilling and reskilling for all is e...
The EU aims to make industry and business more competitive and to promote jobs and growth through a business-friendly environment. This factsheet is part of the publication ‘The European Union: what it is and what it does’. ...
There is a revival in the automotive sector in West Sweden, whereby several new companies set around the vehicle industry are attracting fresh capital and expertise into the region. An increasingly dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem is generating new innovation intermediaries who ...
Skills are at the heart of industrial policy. The EU Industry Days 2019 demonstrated that skills are one of the main concerns of business leaders and social partners. Finding enough people with right skills and access to talents are key for the future of European industry. To pre...
The European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPAs) continue to demonstrate and celebrate the pinnacle of innovation and entrepreneurship in the EU after 12 successful annual editions [...]. This year the EEPA Jury had to choose from 56 national projects competing at European level,...
The electricity network business model that emerged during the liberalisation era is not optimal in the context of the current transformation of the electricity system. An evolution towards an “insurance-type” business model is necessary, where the network is remunerated on the b...
This report is a comprehensive manual for GRRASP including also a detailed description of the installation procedure. The user manual describes the main functionalities of GRRASP as well as how the end user can apply the models included in GRRASP. This software platform is evolvi...
Using a pan-European dataset of 8.5 million firms, we find that firms with high debt overhang invest relatively more than otherwise similar firms if they are operating in sectors facing good global growth opportunities. At the same time, the positive impact of a marginal increase...