scholarly journals Protecting women with multiple and complex needs from gendered violence: impediments to obtaining and maintaining safe and secure accommodation in a European context

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Morag MacDonald ◽  
David Kane ◽  
James Williams
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
European Context ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
To Receive

The aim of this article is to identify the key impediments to accessing and sustaining safe and secure accommodation by women with multiple and complex needs within a European context. Women with multiple and complex needs are particularly vulnerable to various forms of violence against them and homelessness is often one of their particular needs. The European context is important because ending violence against women is a key priority of the European Union, yet this particularly vulnerable group has largely been overlooked in key strategy. This research was part of a European Union-funded project and a pragmatic, phenomenological approach was taken to the research, employing interviews with key stakeholders (women and professionals who work with them) from five European countries. Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a framework of analysis, the key findings were that accommodation is a key requirement for women with multiple needs to receive the treatment they need. However, simply providing safe and secure accommodation is not enough; rather, a coordinated, wraparound service is required to ensure that women successfully address their multiple needs and are empowered to sustain their tenancies and, ultimately, become self-actualised.

Migrants and healthcare within the European Union

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Raluca Nagy
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Migrant Groups

Abstract The investigation of migration can help us understand how the types of migration interact with each other as well as with the various local/national ‘immobilities’. Migrants pose special challenges to healthcare systems, in their origin as well as destination countries. Available data on this topic, following EU interests and policies, focuses on health problems of vulnerable migrant groups, often directed exclusively to issues that can affect the local population. This paper aims to set some explanatory contexts when it comes to the relationship between migration and healthcare within the European context.

Digitalization of the social services system in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Tetiana Yehorova-Lutsenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Main Body ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
To Receive

Problem setting. The rapid development of public relations determines the use of information technology in all spheres of life, including in the field of public administration. There is no doubt about the need to introduce elements of e-government into everyday life, as it improves the lives of ordinary citizens, increases trust in public authorities and local governments, reduces the time spent on businesses and individuals needed to receive services. Analysis of recent research. The issue of providing digital social services was paid attention to by, V.P Kohan, M.M. Petrova, N.M. Terletska, D.I. Rusnak, V.L. Polar, V.V. Ripples. The formation of an appropriate mechanism for the digital provision of social administrative services in Ukraine remains unresolved. Target of research. The article is to define the tasks for the formation of the administrative and legal mechanism and the use of digitalization in the provision of social administrative services. Article’s main body. New online services are being introduced on the territory of Ukraine, which enable consumers to receive it remotely. In our opinion, in the future, these services should simplify the procedure for accessing them, given the subjects who are primarily interested in using them, and expand the scope of their provision: from informing the consumer to receiving the result. But these tasks can be accomplished only with the proper financial and material support of local governments, including the poorest financially united territorial communities. In addition, local governments should be required to retain technical specialists and consultants who will provide software and hardware for the provision of administrative social services and eliminate the inability of certain segments of the population to use high-tech digital services. These tasks should be attributed to those that require constant monitoring of their implementation and improvement of their mechanism. Features of the regime of social services are that: 1) their list is not defined by law, so it is more determined by the subjects – recipients of services; 2) socialization of services involves the organization of simplified access of citizens to administrative services; 3) the mechanism for providing accessible social services must ensure the protection of personal data of service recipients. Conclusions and prospects for the development. The unification of types of social administrative services and mechanisms of their provision with similar services provided in the countries of the European Union may be key to Ukraine’s progress towards a single digital space with the European Union.

The Practices of ‘Splitting’ and ‘Common Accord’ Under Scrutiny: the European Parliament‘s Request for an Opinion of the European Court of Justice on the Istanbul Convention

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-486
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Samoilova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Istanbul Convention ◽  
The Eu

Abstract With all eyes on the recent global COVID-19 pandemic, another pandemic has been growing in the shadows: violence against women. The Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention creates a legal framework in order to protect women against all forms of violence. Its ratification process, however, has faced considerable challenges, particularly in the Central and Eastern European Member States. This article discusses the basic elements of the Istanbul Convention, reflects on the ratification process in the EU and its Member States, and sets out the main legal issues raised in the European Parliament’s request for an opinion (A-1/19 of 22 November 2019) to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Special focus is put on the choice of the correct EU legal basis and the practices of ‘splitting’ and ‘common accord’. This article argues that the European Parliament’s request for an opinion provides the perfect opportunity for the Court of Justice of the European Union to further clarify the law and the practice of concluding mixed agreements by the EU and its Member States.

11. Free movement of services: the freedom to provide and receive services

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Horspool ◽  
Matthew Humphreys ◽  
Michael Wells-Greco
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
European Union ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Law ◽  
To Receive

This chapter reviews the law on the free movement of services in the European Union. It discusses the service economy and the law on services; non-discrimination and the direct effect of Article 56 of the TFEU; the meaning of services; remuneration; economic services and other activities; services and cross-border activity; the freedom to provide a service; the freedom to receive services; health care provision and the receipt of services; services that move, where the provider and recipient do not; limitations on services freedom; public interest grounds limiting the freedom of Article 56 TFEU; proportionality and limitations on services; illegal services; and the focus on market access and the facilitation of services in the Services Directive.

A Critical Assessment of the European Commission's Proposals for the Risk Assessment and Registration of Chemical Substances in the European Union

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Combes ◽  
Jennifer Dandrea ◽  
Michael Balls
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
European Union ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Safety Testing ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Chemicals Policy

In May, 2003, the European Commission published detailed proposals relating to its 2001 White Paper – Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy. The White Paper described a new registration system called the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) system, for both new and existing chemicals. Subsequently, these detailed proposals were available for an eight-week consultation period for stakeholders to voice their views and concerns. In this paper, we describe our reactions to the Commission's more-detailed proposals. These include the creation of a European Chemicals Agency to implement the REACH system in conjunction with Competent Authorities (CAs) in Member States and the Commission itself. Unfortunately, many of our concerns and suggestions, previously voiced and shared with several other key stakeholders, remain unanswered, but are as relevant as when the White Paper was published. In particular, we are concerned about the lack of a clear and coherent strategy. There is no guidance for registrants on intelligent testing to maximise the use of non-animal approaches to safety testing, based on a combination of factors for estimating exposure levels, rather than mainly on production volumes. We are also concerned about the absence of a clear programme for the development, improvement and validation of new alternative methods, in conjunction with the Commission's own unit, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, as well as other organisations with relevant expertise and experience, including FRAME. Finally, we explain why such measures should be introduced, together with clearer guidelines for the respective roles of the Agency, the CAs and the Commission in implementing and harmonising the REACH system at the European Union and Member State levels. A series of recommendations are made, to improve the situation and to improve the risk assessment process.

SYSTEM OF SUPPORTING INNOVATIVES OF AGRICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS UNDER THE EXPERIENCE OF MAŁOPOLSKA ENTERPRISES

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (4) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Szeląg-Sikora ◽  
Zofia Gródek-Szostak ◽  
Jakub Sikora ◽  
Marcin Niemiec
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Business Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
European Social Fund ◽  
Social Fund ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Operational Program ◽  
System Project

The aim of the study was to analyze the scale and scope of interest of the research group of advisory services offered within the selected system project. The detailed purpose of the work was to determine the level of usefulness of the analyzed activities by the beneficiaries to which they were directed. Source of empirical data in the area of enterprise support systems was the system project „Providing business development services for entrepreneurs and those intending to start a one-stopshop business” under sub-measure 2.2.1. Operational Program „Human Capital”, co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund. Own research covered 70 agri-food companies benefiting from a publicly funded project.

Who are You? Theorising from the Experience of Working through an Avatar

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Jones
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Set Up

This article explores the experience of a researcher who was part of a pan-European team exploring one of the currently available avatar worlds used for educational purposes. The article reports research undertaken as part of the European Union (EU)-funded project EQUEL (e-quality in e-learning) from the point of view of a single researcher. The EQUEL project was organised into several Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) and the Agora SIG was set up to explore knowledge-sharing in 3D (three-dimensional) avatar-based systems, in particular Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU – http://www.activeworlds.com ). AWEDU is a relatively common, stable and explored 3D system. Further details of the research reported here can be found in papers presented by Jensen and Fejfer Olsen et al at the networked learning conference 2004 ( http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/past/nlc2004 ).

scholarly journals Pathways and Obstacles to eParticipation at the European level

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Badouard
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Level ◽  
European Context ◽  
Online Consultation ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Collateral Effects ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Institutional Strategies ◽  
Set Up

Since the early 2000's, the European Institutions have set up several eParticipation projects. These projects are embedded in different political strategies and are managed by different actors within the institutions. This leads to a wide variety of projects and prevents the European Union to develop a single and concerted strategy in terms of online participation.This paper intends to compare two different models of online consultation : the Commission consultations hosted on the site Your Voice in Europe, and the European Citizens' Consultation 2009. The paper tackles three main subjects : the institutional strategies which frame these sites; the actors that they mobilize; their main and collateral effects. The goal of this synthesis is to identify some key features that fit to the european context, in order to assess the possibilities of sustainability of such political experiments.

scholarly journals Serious violent or sexual offenders travelling across European Union Borders: Ideological and ethical challenges of information exchange

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Hilder ◽  
Hazel Kemshall
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
International Travel ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Collaborative Working

The relative ease of international travel, coupled with open borders across much of the European Union provides capacity for some serious violent or sexual offenders to utilise these advancements to increase their opportunities to offend. In 2013, an EU-funded project reviewed existing information exchange systems and the challenges of collaborative working across EU Member States to manage such offenders. This article reviews key issues arising from that research, and a range of ideological, ethical and legal differences and constraints that impact upon the choices and actions of law enforcement and probation personnel.

The Context for a European Framework for Psychologists' Training

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Maria Peiro ◽  
Ingrid Lunt
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Level ◽  
Global Context ◽  
European Context ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
World Class ◽  
And Training

In this paper we analyze the context in which the European Framework for Psychologists Training was developed over a 2-year period 1999-2001. The increasingly global context in which European psychologists have to function suggests that the costs of not having a common framework are too great. Pressures by the European Union to promote mobility and convergence across the European member states create further impetus for a common framework. The wider European context provides an interesting tension between diversity and overarching common commitments and principles. It is suggested that the benefits of a common framework outweigh the disadvantages. These benefits include greater student and staff mobility, a clearer identity of European psychology, increased opportunities to attract world-class scholars to European universities, enhanced transparency of qualifications, and common solutions to problems at a European level. We argue that European psychology cannot afford not to have a common European framework for education and training and conclude with a projection and suggestion of what might be achieved in next 10 years.

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