Spain in the EU: The Key Issues

2006 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Issues ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Regional Spatial Approach to Differences in Rural Economic Development: Insights from Serbia

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1211
Author(s):  
Žana Jurjević ◽  
Stanislav Zekić ◽  
Danilo Đokić ◽  
Bojan Matkovski
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Eu Regions ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Rural Policy ◽  
The Eu

Rural regions with a larger share of the primary sector in the overall economy are limited in their ability to achieve a sufficient level of competitiveness. In countries such as Serbia, where rural areas play an important role, addressing the problems affecting these areas is important for overall development. The purpose of this study is to determine the socioeconomic performance of the rural regions of Serbia and the EU in order to indicate the position of Serbia’s rural areas in the process of European integration. NUTS 3 (NUTS 2 for Germany) was used for analysis, and from this an Index of Socioeconomic Performance was created. This Index was created using Factor Analysis. The results point to Serbia lagging behind other EU regions in terms of development, with most of Serbia’s rural regions receiving the lowest ratings. These results are cause for alarm and indicate a need to create strategies that will direct resources towards key issues in these areas, whose potential would be adequately used through the implementation of rural policy measures, with the aim of overall socioeconomic development.

scholarly journals PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF UKRAINE’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION COURSE

2021 ◽  
pp. 183-198
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Krugashov ◽  
Andriana Kostenko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Public Oversight ◽  
The Eu

Abstract. The article deals with the wide range of mechanisms in support of civil society institutions–government interaction in the context of developing and implementing European integration reforms in Ukraine. The authors identified 6 strategic documents and 20 areas of reform related to the process of European integration, as well as the key issues concerning implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. The authors conclude that positive trends are visible in recent decades in the institutional development of Ukrainian civil society, which has become a driving force of the country’s European integration aspirations. In this setting, civil society institutions (CSIs) work with government agencies, engage in informal advocacy, conduct monitoring policies, perform and publish policy analysis and recommendations, and work with and lobby international agencies and other actors.

The EU Social Inclusion Process and the key issues

2006 ◽  
pp. 17-54
Author(s):  
Eric Marlier ◽  
A.B. Atkinson ◽  
Bea Cantillon ◽  
Brian Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Inclusion Process ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Eu

Disarray will cloud start of EU-UK Brexit talks

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Turmoil ◽  
Implementing Strategies ◽  
The Eu

Significance The process has been plunged into further uncertainty by the outcome of the June 8 UK general election, which has sparked renewed debate about what kind of Brexit the United Kingdom wants and what kind of future economic relationship with the EU it should seek to negotiate. Impacts The UK government’s weakness is a cause for concern elsewhere in the EU, raising fears that it may not be able to compromise on key issues. Many businesses will begin implementing strategies for dealing with Brexit early next year, before knowing the outcome of the negotiations. Pressure for a lengthy transition period will continue to build. The political turmoil and slowing economic growth in the United Kingdom may increase support for EU membership elsewhere in the bloc.

scholarly journals The importance of a project level risk management methodology for EU Structural and Investment Funds accession in Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 927-936
Author(s):  
Ciprian Nicolae ◽  
Dumitru Badea
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Risk Management Methodology ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Project Level

Abstract Accessing EU funds is considered to be an important development chance for all type of beneficiaries in Romania: public bodies, nongovernmental organizations and firms. The grounds for this are the amount of funds available per beneficiary and the co financing rate (for example, the investment projects for firms amounted up to 5 million Euro of EU funding at a EU co financing rate up to 70%). As the Romanian responsible authorities strive to conduct a fast and smooth process, the reality shows the funds accession is rather unpredictable and costly, both in terms of time consumption and financial resources. Lots of causes contribute to this situation, amongst which the inefficient risk management conducted, both by the state authorities responsible with the EU funds management and by the beneficiaries of funds. The effects are visible: a poor absorption rate of the EU structural and cohesion funds (79,23% at the level of January 2017 for the 2007-2013 financial period). The authors' research follows the importance that risk management should have in the process of managing and accessing EU funds. The research methodology starts from the responses that 170 people involved in managing EU funded projects within 2007-2013 financial period gave to an online questionnaire carried on in 2016. The focus was to establish if and how risk management methodologies/procedures/guidelines were used within the implementation of projects and in what measure this kind of approach should be compulsory or optional for the financial period 2014-2020. The research methodology further implied the analysis of key issues for projects financing such as: feasibility and opportunity determination, budgeting, projects' evaluation, etc. The main finding of the research is that applicants and beneficiaries need to implement project level risk management methodologies. Based on this, the authors propose a guideline for drafting project level risk management methodologies, that put into practice might increase predictability during the preparation and implementation and reduce the additional costs of the EU funded projects. It is envisaged that this guideline should be treated as recommendation in order not to enable abuse of regulatory actions from the part of the managing authorities.

On the Bright Side (of the eu’s Janus Face)The eu Commission’s Notice on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 373-398
Author(s):  
Jan Darpö
Keyword(s):  
Direct Action ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
Short Comment ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

In April 2017, the eu Commission published a “Notice on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters”, laying down the views of Brussels on this hot topic. The Notice takes stock of the dynamic development of the cjeu’s case law on the matter and draws cautious conclusions from this jurisprudence. This article is both an introductory and a short comment on the Notice. The main reasoning and conclusions drawn in the document are described, and then a couple of key issues are highlighted and discussed. All in all, evaluation of the Notice is positive, as it represents a rather big step forward compared with previous standpoints from Brussels. In this way, the Notice consolidates the impression that the eu is furnished with a Janus face concerning access to justice in environmental matters. It is very positive and affirming concerning legal challenges to administrative decision-making in national courts on the one hand, but very strict and of a rejecting nature when dealing with direct action to the cjeu on the other.

scholarly journals Partnership pedagogy

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-D) ◽  
pp. 175-186
Author(s):  
Kateryna Pavelkiv ◽  
Valentina Fedyaeva ◽  
Nataliia Butenko ◽  
Iraida Tombulatova ◽  
Iryna Borysiuk
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
National Minority ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Academic Paper ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Relevant Field ◽  
Western Experience ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of the investigation is to study the concept of pedagogy of partnership in the EU and determine the implementation of Western experience in Ukraine on the basis of a sociological survey. The sociological survey was conducted among 400 teachers - practitioners representing different types of classes (NUS members, inclusive practitioners, small-numbered schools, national minorities). It has been established that the key issues for the implementation of partnership pedagogy for NUS classes are the reluctance of parents to participate in school management; low level of “triangular” connection; low guarantee of understanding of the partnership-based educational approach. Respondents-teachers of national minority classes have identified the following problems, namely: prejudice against the minority; insufficient willingness of parents to help the educational process; reluctance of children to communicate. The academic paper indicates the lack of comprehensive research in the relevant field.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Fabbrini
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

This chapter introduces the book by mapping out the key issues, including the background and the events leading up to the referendum vote on June 23, 2016, which are then examined in depth in the remaining chapters. Specifically, it sets the context of the June 2016 Brexit referendum, analyzes the follow-up to the referendum and the ensuing litigation, discusses the UK notification of withdrawal in March 2017, and examines the start of the negotiations between the UK and the EU in June 2017 and its uncertainties. In addition, the chapter explains the book’s structure and outlines the content of the other chapters of this volume.

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