scholarly journals Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies in the European Union: Added Value and Challenges

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arno van der Zwet ◽  
Martin Ferry
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The European Union

scholarly journals Selected aspects of water and sewage management in Poland in the context of sustainable urban development

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (45) ◽  
pp. 149-157
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Lewandowska ◽  
Adam Piasecki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Effective Water

AbstractEffective water and sewage management is one of the most important enablers of sustainable urban development. In Poland, water and sewage management has been undergoing systematic transformation since the 1990s. This process intensified with Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004. The aim of the work is to analyse and evaluate water and sewage management in cities in Poland in terms of sustainable development. This was made possible by selecting seven variables from which a summative index (SI) was calculated. The analysis revealed a number of positive changes that have occurred in this field. These were mainly: a decrease in water consumption in households and industry, and an increased share of wastewater treated biologically or using enhanced nutrient removal in total wastewater. An increase in SI was found in 98% of the researched cities. The largest improvement in water and sewage management took place in cities of populations below 100,000 and little industry, and in three large cities, namely Warsaw and Szczecin.

scholarly journals THE "E TRIANGLE": EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liviana Andreea Niminet
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labor Process ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Individual State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Main Interest

One of the biggest forces of the European Union is its people, people living and working within this Union. This stands not only for the European Union but for every state, as it is well known that people are the ones that can make a state great or poor. For this reason, the matters regarding labor are a continuous concern both for European Union common institutions as well as for every individual state of the European Union. The main interest, on both sides, is to ensure the best for every part involved in labor process because this means, in the end, added value for everyone. The article focuses on the realities as well as on the expectations regarding the labor field highlighting the most preeminent aspects of the so called "E triangle": employment, employee and employer starting with the most needed definition for each and every one of the above going towards even to proposing remedies for the "spots" needing improvement.

scholarly journals Methodological Characteristics of Clinical Trials Supporting the Marketing Authorisation of Advanced Therapies in the European Union

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Iglesias-Lopez ◽  
Antònia Agustí ◽  
Antonio Vallano ◽  
Merce Obach
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Advanced Therapy ◽  
Advanced Therapies ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Eu

Several advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) have been approved in the European Union (EU). The aim of this study is to analyse the methodological features of the clinical trials (CT) that supported the marketing authorization (MA) of the approved ATMPs in the EU. A systematic review of the characteristics of pivotal CT of ATMPs approved in the EU until January 31st, 2021 was carried out. A total of 17 ATMPs were approved and 23 CT were conducted to support the MA (median, 1, range, 1–3). Of those studies, 8 (34.78%) were non-controlled and 7 (30.43%) used historical controls. Only 7 (30.4%) were placebo or active-controlled studies. Among all CT, 21 (91.3%) were open-label and 13 (56.52%) had a single-arm design. To evaluate the primary endpoint, 18 (78.26%) studies used an intermediate and single variable. The median (IQR) number of patients enrolled in the studies was 75 (22–118). To date, ATMPs’ approval in the EU is mainly supported by uncontrolled, single-arm pivotal CT. Although there is a trend toward an adaptive or a life cycle approach, a switch to more robust clinical trial designs is expected to better define the benefit and the therapeutic added value of ATMPs.

scholarly journals Does the New Industrial Strategy for Europe Follow the Path of the Concept of Industry 4.0?

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-102
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Borowicz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
European Industry

The concept of Industry 4.0 turns 10 years old in 2021. This milestone calls for renewed inquiries to review the current efforts of the European Union (EU) and its Member States towards the modernisation of European industry. In 2018, the European Commission published the Digital Transformation Scoreboard 2018: EU businesses go digital: Opportunities, outcomes and uptake, which reports on the readiness for the digital revolution focused on building an economy in line with the concept of Industry 4.0 at three levels: European, national, and business. This study shows how much still remains to be done. At the same time, it identifies some of the key elements contributing to the success in this area, i.e., the digitisation of machines, Big Data, robotics and artificial intelligence, which represent the very essence of the idea of revolution 4.0. The aim of the paper is to determine the extent to which the new strategy for industry proposed by the European Commission in 2020 follows the concept of Industry 4.0. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. Statistical analysis was used to demonstrate the importance of industry in the economy of the European Union between 1998 and 2019 in terms of the share in the added value created and the significance for the labour market. The descriptive methods used include a review of the literature and research on the concept of Industry 4.0 and an analysis of the latest strategic documents of the European Commission (EC) in relation to industrial policy.

Health interregionalism in combating communicable diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-160
Author(s):  
Vincent Rollet
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Health Initiatives

This last decade, regional organizations progressively became unavoidable actors of regional health governance and have been supported by some global health actors to strengthen such a role. Among these actors, the European Union (EU) is the only regional organization that implements health initiatives in cooperation with its regional counterparts. This article focuses on such “health interregionalism” toward Southeast Asia and Africa and in the field of communicable diseases, with the main objective of assessing its nature and identifying its main functions. It concludes that although appreciated and needed, the EU’s health interregionalism should better reflect the EU’s experience in regional health governance in order to represent a unique instrument of development aid and an added value for regional organizations

scholarly journals Determinants of Inclusive Growth in the Context of the Theory of Sustainable Finance in the European Union Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Joanna Stawska ◽  
Małgorzata Jabłońska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sustainable Finance ◽  
Monetary And Fiscal Policy ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Growth Indicator

The aim of the article is to identify a degree of inclusive growth and to examine the influence of determinants of inclusive growth in the European Union (EU-27) countries, with particular emphasis on factors related to the influence of governments and central banks. The study took advantage of the weight correlation method, which was used to build an inclusive growth measure for the EU-27 for the years 2000, 2008, and 2020. For the construction of the inclusive growth rate, 42 factors were selected that affect inclusive growth in the economic, financial, and non-wage area. These determinants are found in the area of the influence of economic authorities, and mainly in the area of authorities responsible for conducting monetary and fiscal policy and general governance. On the basis of the built-up indicator of inclusive growth, it was noticed that among the 27 EU countries in the studied three years, only four countries distinguished themselves with the highest inclusive growth over the last 21 years, these are: Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Finland. On the other hand, invariably, three countries recorded the lowest inclusive growth, i.e., Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania. The added value of the structure of the inclusive growth indicator was a possibility to observe which of the three areas: economic, financial, or non-wage, had a significant impact on the position of a given country in the compiled inclusive growth ranking.

scholarly journals CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (CDS) CONTRIBUTION TOWARD SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh ◽  
Nurwati Badarulzaman ◽  
Mastura Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
City Development ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Levels

Today one of the important concerns of cities is growth by sustainable development. However sustainable urban development has been used in various forms and explained by various definitions, this subject is accompanied by uncertainty. New approaches in urban planning have attempted to achieve sustainable development. One of these is City Development Strategies (CDS), a new strategic planning approach that has been employed in more than 200 cities worldwide to achieve sustainable growth. However, CDS achieve different levels of success in sustainability. This paper takes the initiative to investigate the contribution of CDS toward sustainable urban development by looking for inclusion of principle of sustainable urban development in CDS themes. However CDS themes are various such as sustainable urban development definitions, therefore this inclusion is different. This paper highlights this relationship and inclusion for one the latest definition of CDS presented by Cities Alliance in 2006. This definition can succeed to achieve sustainability on some aspects, especially environmental and economic sustainability and fail to achieve some ones. This output is discussed in relation to CDS themes that have been applied in developing countries.

scholarly journals The Foreign Economic Vector of Agribusiness Activity in the Western Region of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 20(35) (4) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Yuriy Hubeni ◽  
Oksana Krupa ◽  
Volodymyr Krupa ◽  
Sofiia Tsiolkovska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Western Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
External Trade ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
Foreign Trade Turnover

The article is devoted to researching peculiarities and trends of foreign economic activity of agribusinesses in the Western region of Ukraine according to the terms of the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement. The authors discuss the theoretical essence of agribusiness, as a kind of entrepreneurship, and the nature of foreign economic activity of enterprises. The main conditions of free trade in agricultural products introduced by the terms of the Agreement are determined and their influence on agribusiness export-import operation dynamics in the Western economic region is analyzed. The contribution of certain regions to forming agrarian product export and import volume and structure is considered and the reasons for the considerable advantages of the Lviv region in foreign trade turnover of the Western region are elucidated. It was found that agribusiness cooperation with foreign partners is mainly realized by indirect methods through trade agency organizations or agrarian holding companies. The structure dynamics of production goods for export and import by agribusinesses was studied. Based on the results, some negative tendencies for the Ukrainian economy were noted. They include the preservation of raw exports with a high share of plant origin products and timber, and the predominance of ready-made products with high added value in the import structure. It was established that the Agreement and social political events in Ukraine changed the direction of some export-import flows of agribusiness from CIS countries towards the markets of the European Union and Asian countries. According to the scale of external trade operations with enterprises of the Western region of Ukraine, in general, and within certain trade groups, in particular, country-leaders are defined. Some positive and negative consequences of changes in the foreign economic activity vector are described. And finally, measures which will ensure an expansion and strengthening of Ukraine’s agribusiness presence on international market, are suggested.

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