Facilitating access to data on European Union laws

The article examines the EU’s response to a series of terrorist attacks in European cities in the autumn of 2020, after which the topic of terrorism once again came to the fore on the EU political agenda. The author analyses the new Counter-Terrorism Action Plan and the Regulation on the removal of terrorist content from the Internet adopted after a protracted inter-institutional dialogue between the EU Council and the European Parliament. The article also looks at the problem of expanding the mandate of the Europol agency in the field of big data analysis, while the author emphasises that member states still doubt the need to grant the agency access to data encryption. The author comes to the conclusion that the European Union quite adequately fulfills the tasks outlined in the documents to respond to terrorist attacks, but has not been very successful in preventing them. It is noted that in the plans of international anti-terrorist cooperation, the European Union, as before, does not include Russia, which can not but reduce the effect of global and regional confrontation with new security challenges.

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The implementation of EU environmental policy: Why the scope conditions have improved?

World Journal of Environmental Research ◽

10.18844/wjer.v8i1.3944 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Alexander Burgin

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Access To Justice ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Implementation Capacity ◽

Software Programs ◽

Access To Data

Implementation gaps of European Union (EU) environmental policy are explained, inter alia, by shortcomings in knowledge, a lack of administrative capacities and weak enforcement practices. However, this article presents evidence that the scope conditions have improved, based on document analysis and semi-structured interviews with actors involved in the implementation process. Four main factors are considered. First, the Commission’s monitoring capacities benefit from an improved access to data sources other than those provided by the member states, and from a reduced legislative agenda, allowing for a more intense focus on implementation. Second, subnational actors have improved their implementation capacity through knowledge transfers and strategic planning, facilitated by improved statistical data. Third, inspection networks benefitted from technical advances, such as the access to satellite images, presenting new opportunities for the detection of environmental crimes, and new software programs facilitating risk-based inspections. Finally, citizens’ and non-governmental organizations’ improved access to justice in environmental matters contributes to a stricter enforcement of EU law. Keywords: networks; European Union; software programs

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A manifesto for increasing access to data in engineering

Data-Centric Engineering ◽

10.1017/dce.2020.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leigh Dodds ◽

Pauline L’Hénaff ◽

James Maddison ◽

Deborah Yates

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Shared Vision ◽

Data Governance ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Research Programs ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Data Ecosystem ◽

Access To Data ◽

Recent Policy

Abstract This paper introduces a set of principles that articulate a shared vision for increasing access to data in the engineering and related sectors. The principles are intended to help guide progress toward a data ecosystem that provides sustainable access to data, in ways that will help a variety of stakeholders in maximizing its value while mitigating potential harms. In addition to being a manifesto for change, the principles can also be viewed as a means for understanding the alignment, overlaps and gaps between a range of existing research programs, policy initiatives, and related work on data governance and sharing. After providing background on the growing data economy and relevant recent policy initiatives in the United Kingdom and European Union, we then introduce the nine key principles of the manifesto. For each principle, we provide some additional rationale and links to related work. We invite feedback on the manifesto and endorsements from a range of stakeholders.

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The Place and the Role of the Intellectual Property Assets in the Knowledge Based Organization Context

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education ◽

10.1515/cplbu-2015-0027 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 237-244

Author(s):

Mihail Aurel Ţîţu ◽

Constantin Oprean ◽

Ştefan Ţîţu ◽

Andreea Simina Răulea ◽

Sebastian Stan

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Intellectual Property ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Actual Situation ◽

European Research ◽

Research Project ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Access To Data ◽

Use Of Knowledge

AbstractIn the nowadays society, when the access to data and information is made easier to accomplish grace to the development of the information and telecommunication technologies, the issue to discuss is the use of knowledge with the purpose of creating the competitive advantage by producing knowledge. For the accomplishment of this purpose the actual situation has been analyzed to the level of European Union in what concerns the manner of valuing the intellectual property assets. The analysis revealed a model realized in the framework of a European research project. The conclusions of this scientific measure are pointed towards the optimism of the fact that, in time, each organization, no matter the size, the field of activity or the structure will be conscious of the assets that it owns and the way that they can be valued.

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Migracje wielokrotne w Europie: polscy migranci w Wielkiej Brytanii, Holandii, Irlandii i Niemczech

Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny ◽

10.4467/25444972smpp.20.009.12325 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (2 (176)) ◽

pp. 7-29

Author(s):

Barbara Jancewicz ◽

Justyna Salamońska

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

United Kingdom ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Dominant Role ◽

The European Union ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Polish Migrants ◽

Access To Data ◽

Selection Mechanisms

Multiple migrations in Europe: Polish migrants in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany Traditionally, research on migration studied one-directional flows of people occurring between the country of origin and a single destination country. Few studies go beyond this framework, mainly due to limited access to data. The aim of this article is a broader analysis of multiple migration, i.e. migration sequences, returns and re-emigrations, in particular to next destination countries. This is made possible thanks to the National Polish Bank survey of Polish migrants residing in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany in 2016. Analysing the results of this survey, we estimate that multiple migrants constitute around 11 % of all Polish migrants. We analyse the profile of Polish multiple migrants, as opposed to other migrants, and we compare the profile of multiple migrants in various countries. We find some similarities in the profiles of multiple migrants in the four countries, however this is not a homogeneous group, probably due to various selection mechanisms operating for the destination countries involved. In addition, we describe the destinations for multiple migrations of Poles and we point to the dominant role of the European Union Member States as destinations. Keywords: Multiple migration, Polish migration, European Union Streszczenie Tradycyjnie badania nad migracjami dotyczyły jednokierunkowych przepływów ludności z kraju pochodzenia do poszczególnych krajów pobytu. Niewiele badań wybiegało poza te ramy, głównie z powodu ograniczonego dostępu do danych. Celem tego artykułu jest szersza analiza, odnosząca się do migracji wielokrotnych, to jest sekwencji migracji, powrotów i powtórnej migracji, w szczególności do kolejnych krajów docelowych. Jest to możliwe na podstawie danych pochodzących z sondażu Narodowego Banku Polskiego na temat polskich migrantów mieszkających w Wielkiej Brytanii, Holandii, Irlandii oraz Niemczech w 2016 roku. Analizując wyniki tego sondażu szacujemy, że migranci wielokrotni stanowią około 11% wszystkich polskich migrantów. Porównujemy profil polskich migrantów wielokrotnych z profilem pozostałych migrantów oraz dokonujemy porównań wewnątrz grupy migrantów wielokrotnych. Odnajdujemy pewne podobieństwa pomiędzy profilami migrantów wielokrotnych w czterech krajach. Równocześnie wskazujemy jednak, że nie jest to grupa jednorodna, prawdopodobnie ze względu na zróżnicowane mechanizmy selekcji do różnych krajów docelowych. Ponadto przedstawiamy kierunki geograficzne migracji wielokrotnych Polaków oraz wskazujemy na dominującą rolę krajów Unii Europejskiej dla tych migracji. * Niniejszy artykuł powstał w ramach współpracy dwóch projektów finansowanych przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN): ‘W poszukiwaniu teorii migracji wielokrotnych. Ilościowe i jakościowe badanie polskich migrantów po 1989 roku’ (SONATA BIS, ID: 2015/18/E/HS4/00497)) oraz ‘Wpływ akumulacji własności przez migrantów ekonomicznych na ich mobilność i integrację: Polscy migranci w krajach Unii Europejskiej i w Australii’ (OPUS, ID: 2015/19/B/HS4/00364).

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