Considerable differences of opinion characterise the public debate on the regulation of prostitution in the EU. This results in a complex legal and policy landscape. A lack of comprehensive statistical data complicates the picture, and the choices legislators make are deeply rooted in overarchin...
The Blue Economy (BE), which is recognised by the African Union (AU) as the “new frontier of African Renaissance,” is one of the keys to the door to a sustainable African continent. With its vast maritime zone totalling about 13 million square kilometres, Africa is richly endowed with bountiful ...
Aiming to empower young people to proactively shape the future of their region, the Ida-Viru Youth Climate Assembly is a powerful example of how to give youth a voice in the transition process and integrate their recommendations into official policy development work streams. The assembly brought...
Spain has emerged as a frontrunner in the global wind energy sector, boasting the fourth-largest installed capacity worldwide. The arrival of renewable energy as the main energy source of the future is particularly evident in the region of Aragón and its former coal region of Teruel, which is on...
The project “Strukturlotsen” (which translates to: ‘structural pilots’) aims to improve the capacities of district authorities to pursue regional development through expertise-sharing. The project brings four districts together, each one of them having a person (known as a ‘structural pilot’) re...
This document has been developed to provide: - an overarching vision, narrative and set of objectives for the region’s economic diversification, in pursuit of a Just Transition, which framed the START support; - a rationale for the selection of three sectors for START analysis and the developmen...
