GLOBAL, EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL DRIVERS OF LITHUANIAN BIOECONOMY STRATEGY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlada VITUNSKIENĖ ◽  
Vilija ALEKNEVIČIENĖ ◽  
Neringa RAMANAUSKĖ ◽  
Astrida MICEIKIENE ◽  
Jonas ČAPLIKAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Industrial Biotechnology ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

This paper contributes to the comprehensive approach for sustainable and balanced development of bioeconomy as a cross-cutting economic sector and focuses on the drivers of Lithuanian bioeconomy strategy. Lithuanian bioeconomy strategy development can be motivated by country’s specialization and, compared with other EU member states, strong performance in terms of recent growth in all biomass production and fully bio-based manufacturing sectors. However, Lithuanian bioeconomy strategy depends not only on the current state and trends of its subsectors, but also on the drivers that will be forcing and shaping them in the future. The authors decomposed these drivers into global, European and national. Using content analysis of the EU, OECD and European countries’ legal acts, global drivers such as depletion of natural resources, growing population, increasing environmental pressures and climate change were identified. Applying content analysis of the EU and European countries’ bioeconomy strategies and analysis of case studies of good practices in European countries and regions, the following drivers at European level were identified: common EU bioeconomy policy, strategy and action plan; assurance of biomass availability and sustainability, as well as efficient biomass value chain; the need to strengthen markets and competitiveness of the bioeconomy subsectors; the necessity of close cooperation among all stakeholders, namely politicians, business people, scientists and the public; the need of the development of new technologies and processes, especially industrial biotechnology. The research revealed that the bioeconomy development in Lithuania has been regulated and promoted through certain sectoral policies: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, environment (including waste management), scientific research, innovation and biotechnology development. In the future, the cross-sectoral links and interactions in the Lithuanian bioeconomy will increase due to the scarce biomass, applying the cascading principle in the biomass refinement, transition towards circular economy, and the development and implementation of innovations.

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Strategies Leading to Closer Europe-Japan Cooperation after 3/11

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-85
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Vosse
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Global Energy ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Eu

The EU and Japan have intensified its cooperation and a broad range of fields since the early 1990s. Political, industrial and academic cooperation in the area of science and technology including in the improvement of new technologies to production of energy had become one core element since the early 1990s, and even more so with the 2001 EU-Japan Action Plan. The 3/11 disaster and the post-Fukushima energy future promise another area of cooperation, namely in dealing with the global energy crisis. Despite common interests between Japan and many European countries and the EU in regard to energy policy, research and development in nuclear safety and renewable energy resources, post-3/11 cooperation between Japan and European countries remained far from optimal. In the immediate post-disaster period, it was the initiatives of businesses and R&D interests rather than national government initiatives that provided first evidence that cooperation between Japan and the EU and individual EU member states might become more prominent in the face of a global energy crisis. This article analyzes the changes in bilateral and multilateral relations of the EU and some of its member states with Japan, and asks whether 3/11 can act as a trigger for the development of a joint Japanese-European energy strategy.

scholarly journals Navigating Through the Maze: Practical Constraints in the Implementation of Forest Regulations (FLEGT) in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Gordon Kofi Sarfo-Adu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Technical Errors ◽  
Public Policy Implementation ◽  
Transnational Actors ◽  
The Eu

The European Union Forest Law Enforcement on Governance and Trade (EU-FLEGT) Action Plan seeks to promote widespread sustainable forest management and relies largely on transnational actors and international law in its operationalization. The EU FLEGT sets out EU custom regulation through Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) which is a bilateral agreement between the EU and wood exporting countries with instruments aimed at promoting sustainable practices within the forest resources value chain. Ghana became a signatory to the FLEGT VPA since 2007, as part of the process, it is required to use technology to track timber logging from source to point of export. Issues of networks and inter-agency collaboration and dealing with human elements remain crucial in ensuring effective operationalization. Adopting a qualitative case study design as well as theories and concepts from the public policy implementation literature, this study examines the implementation vagaries of the FLEGT VPA in Ghana. Although the VPA is a laudable idea of using Information Technology (IT) in effectively tracking timber to its original source to ascertain legality or otherwise of the timber, the needed IT infrastructure and resources have not matched up with the goal. Additionally, the VPA implementation is expensive and has come with additional cost to the implementers, The study further observes that the increasing ‘red flags’ that are raised on the Ghana Wood Tracking System is a blend of technical errors emanating from negligence or capacity challenges and human manipulation. This calls for regular consultations and workshops with relevant stakeholders in order to assess which skills are deficient and a need to beef up through on-the-job training. The domestic market and trading activities tend to fuel demand for illegal timber hence a constraint to the full realization of the VPA objective. The study makes policy suggestions on how to address these implementation challenges.

scholarly journals The Montado/Dehesa Cow-Calf Production Systems in Portugal and Spain: An Economic and Resources’ Use Approach

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Maria de Belém Costa Freitas ◽  
Maria Raquel Ventura-Lucas ◽  
Lola Izquierdo ◽  
Claus Deblitz
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Farming System ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Pastoral System ◽  
Land System ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Cow Calf ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
The Eu

The Montado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain is a unique agro-silvo-pastoral system designed to overcome food needs in a scarce resource’s environment. The system competitiveness is not clear and it is now under severe threats, caused by extensification or abandonment of less fertile areas and by intensification in more fertile ones. The aim of the undertaken research is to compare the cow-calf production within these systems in Portugal and Spain, identifying their strengths and weaknesses and the main drivers of their evolution, and to compare these systems with other European countries’ systems, ranking their competitiveness and efficiency among other systems in the EU. The research indicates that Montado/Dehesa farms systems are dependent on the type of farming system, its context and management, i.e., on the decision and its context; so, in a context of Mediterranean land system changes, the future of the Montado/Dehesa ecosystem depends on the ability of the cow-calf production systems to face the future and to perceive the modifications needed to overcome new challenges and take advantage of new opportunities.

scholarly journals IS LITHUANIA READY FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE?: THE EU AND NATO CASES

2019 ◽  
Vol 2(13)/2019 (2(13)/2019) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Vadim VOLOVOJ
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transatlantic Relations ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

Today’s world is in transition, and nobody can predict what the future power balance will look like. Transatlantic relations and the EU are in trouble. They may transform significantly, but it seems that many European countries are not ready for fundamental change. The United States of Europe or Europe of Nations – what should be the choice for Lithuania and what can it do in case of NATO disintegration? This article is speculative futurology, with the goal of preparing for the future

INNOVATION – POLICIES AND REALITIES IN EUROPE

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-187
Author(s):  
Iliana Petkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
The Future ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Theoretical Overview ◽  
Innovation Policies ◽  
The Eu

Improving and modernizing education is a key priority for the EU and its Member States. The main mission of education of the future is: to prepare students for success in a complex and interconnected world facing rapid technological, cultural, economic and demographic change. Knowledge of innovative practices in different European countries allows comparison, consideration of strengths and weaknesses. Innovations, both in Europe and in Bulgaria, are sought and discovered at different levels and in different directions. The presented report has a theoretical character and presents the palette of innovative practices in 12 European countries – UK, Germany, Greece, Estonia, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Sweden. The theoretical overview is the basis of a research project, which is in the process of implementation and has the ambitious goal of linking innovative practices of the Bulgarian school with the preparation of students future teachers.

scholarly journals The future of the EU in the context of scenarios for its development by 2025

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
O. М. Rudik
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Future Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Single Market ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The article researches the scenarios for the future development of the EU by 2025 proposed by the European Commission. The white paper on the future of EU looks at how Europe will change in the next decade, from the impact of new technologies on society and jobs, to doubts about globalization, security concerns and the rise of populism. The European Commission emphasizes that the Europe’s role as a positive global force is more important today than ever. However, under the pressure of global competition the United Europe’s place in the world and its economic weight are shrinking, which is a solid foundation for preserving the unity of the Union for the sake of achieving greater. On the contrary, the most desirable scenario, as can be seen from the speech by the President of the European Commission, is to give the European Union a greater amount of power, resources and decision-making powers. As a result, cooperation between the EU-27 Member States will deepen in all areas than ever before. The White Paper outlines ve main scenarios («Carrying on», «Nothing but the single market», «Those who want more do more», «Doing less more e ciently», «Doing much more together»), each of them provides an opportunity to look at the possible state of a airs in the Union by 2025, depending on the choice that the EU will make by 2019. In the opinion of Jean-Claude Juncker, the most negative scenario of the EU development, and therefore extremely undesirable, is to bring its goals to purely economic, focusing the Union’s activities on the development of a single internal market and ensuring its uninterrupted functioning («Nothing but the single market» scenario). Based on data from the European Commission the author shows and brie y describes the key advantages and disadvantages of each of the scenarios. The common features of these scenarios are outlined: rst, they all come from the fact that the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU; secondly, none of them doubts the need to preserve the euro as common currency and the Schengen zone, thirdly, neither the scenarios refers to further EU enlargement. Since none of the proposed scenarios provides for the complete disintegration of the EU, that is, the disappearance of it as a geopolitical actor, it is concluded that in the strategic perspective all the outlined models of the EU’s future development suit Ukraine. Moreover, the steps recently proposed by the President of Ukraine and the European Parliament for deepening the economic integration of Ukraine with the EU and its association with the Schengen area also does not contradict any of the scenarios.

scholarly journals Analysis of the competitiveness of the EU and its member countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-203
Author(s):  
Nataliya Horbal ◽  
◽  
Uliana Kohut ◽  
Uliana Motorniuk ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
European Integration ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
The Eu

With the convergence of national markets of individual countries and the revival of globalization processes, international competition is growing not only among producers of goods and services, but also among regions and countries. There are a significant number of approaches to the analysis and improvement of countries’ competitiveness. Given Ukraine’s European integration pass, we consider the EU countries to be a key benchmark for its development. The EU, as a union of democratic European countries working together for peace and prosperity, must support a high competitiveness for both the Union as a whole and its member states in the face of increasing global competition. European integration has a significant positive impact on the development and competitiveness of the EU. However, in recent decades, it has deteriorated somewhat compared to global leaders due to dynamic changes in the international environment. As shown, EU countries (primarily the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland) occupy high positions in international rankings (Global Competitiveness Indexes of the WEF and IMD, Legatum Prosperity Index, ERT Benchmarking Report, Business Europe Reform Barometer), and especially sustainable development (SDSN Sustainable Development Index) etc. However, in a number of key areas, many EU countries and the Union generally lag behind world leaders. Today’s open and export-oriented European economy suffers from weak demand for investment and consumer goods, slow development of innovative and digital businesses etc. Instead, the EU is a global leader in achieving the goals of sustainable development. Experts primarily recommend strengthening the EU’s single market and supporting new technologies, while all European countries should increase productivity, which requires greater investment in critical infrastructure, innovative technologies, skills development and labor market efficiency. Оn the other hand, European companies should constantly take into account the global situation and dynamics and modernize their competition policy accordingly. Ukraine’s adoption of the best European experience of raising the competitiveness, taking into account the obtained conclusions, may be the subject of further research.

scholarly journals European Raw Materials Alliance

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
Vladislav Belov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Industrial Ecosystems ◽  
Strategic Autonomy ◽  
The Eu

On September 3, 2020, the European Commission presented the Action Plan for Critical Raw Materials. One of the first steps in its implementation was the creation on September 29 of the European Raw Materials Alliance. It will bring together the efforts of industrial companies, research institutes, universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and trade unions. Brussels continues to implement the provisions of the EU’s New Industrial Strategy on the support of industrial ecosystems. They are based on management organizations built on network principles of stakeholder interaction throughout the value chain. They are designed to ensure the energy and digital transition of the EU countries to a climate-neutral economy. The author analyzes the place of the European Raw Materials Alliance in the strategic autonomy of the EU, its relationship with the European Battery Alliance. He also considers tasks in the context of the stated Action Plan, management structure, participants and assesses the prospects of the new organization.

scholarly journals The Сustomer Experience Management as a Strategy For Business Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (524) ◽  
pp. 216-224
Author(s):  
N. I. Sytnik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
General Scheme ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Contact Points ◽  
Customer Experience Management

Against the background of rising consumer expectations and increased competition, competence in customer experience management becomes a factor in the survival of modern companies. To achieve sustainable customer commitment, companies have to master the skills of effective interaction with customers and learn how to manage customer experience. This makes a study, concerned with developing a strategy for managing customer experience, relevant. The purpose of the article is to study the strategic aspects of customer experience management, in particular in identifying the sequence of stages of strategy development, defining their essence, instrumentarium, and conditions for implementation in the company’s business processes. The development of a customer experience management strategy is aimed at improving the efficiency of the customer experience value chain, which begins with communications at contact points and results in additional income from the growth of the company’s brand capital. The analytical, organizational, managerial, and control-evaluation measures are distinguished in the structure of the client experience management process. The author suggests a general scheme of development of customer experience management strategy in the form of step-by-step cyclical process consisting of eight consecutive stages: formation of service vision; structuring contact points; defining the needs to improve customer experience; development of an action plan; defining budget and resources; distribution of roles and areas of responsibility of subdivisions; creation of a new brand experience of customers and evaluation of results of its implementation. The tools for collecting and analyzing customer experience and customer service are systematized, specific management measures for their improvement are proposed.

The Degree of SMEs Digitalization in the Context of the European Digital United Market

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-76
Author(s):  
Iulia Cristina Iuga
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Electronic Marketing ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this study is to evaluate, based on official statistical data, Romania's situation on SME marketing adaptation to the digital economy compared to 25 other European countries. The chapter will consist of three parts: Part 1, “Digital Economy”; Part 2, “Marketing of SMEs in the Context of the Digital Age”; Part 3, “The Analysis of the Degree of Digitisation of SMEs and the Creation of Favourable Conditions for this Process in the EU: Application - Hellwig's Classic Taxonomic Method.” The situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic will also be included. The author presents the main aspects of SME marketing and the new characteristics and trends of their marketing in the 'digital age'. This paper aims at the following objectives: 1) to show how the economy is influenced by new technologies and 2) to highlight Romania's position among other European countries in the application of electronic marketing techniques among SMEs.

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