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Participatory budgeting: A pathway to inclusive and transparent governance
Across the world and especially in developed countries, there has been a decline in trust in democratic institutions, an increase in political discontent and citizen dissatisfaction, and a resulting decrease in voter turnout. Economic crises, climate disruptions and the COVID-19 pandemic have only exacerbated these sentiments. In the late 1980s, participatory budgeting 鈥� an approach that allows citizens to directly engage in budgetary decisions 鈥� emerged as one of the most promising solutions to ...
Corruption poses a significant threat in the European Union and can contribute towards an erosion of democracy and the rule of law, especially during times of crisis. The European Union can do more to tackle corruption and curb its negative impacts on society. This report presents a quantitative analysis of the potential gains from further EU action to tackle corruption, estimating that it could generate up to 鈧�58.5 billion per year. Other gains could also be expected in terms of reinforcing democracy ...
Economic Dialogue with the President of the Eurogroup - ECON on 7 December 2017
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup, has been invited to a regular Economic Dialogue, in particular, in accordance with Article 2ab of Regulation 1466/97 as amended. This briefing provides an overview of the ongoing work of the Eurogroup as regards public finances, macro-economic imbalances, financial adjustment programmes and the banking union. Mr Dijsselbloem has been the Eurogroup President since January 2013. As the President of the Eurogroup, he is also chairing the Board of Governors ...
Critical functions and public interest in banking services: Need for clarification?
Under the EU framework for dealing with banking problems, resolution is seen as an exception to be granted only if liquidation under national insolvency proceedings is not warranted. We look at the recent liquidation of two Italian banks to show how resolution and liquidation differ substantially when it comes to the scope of legislation applicable to the use of public funds. We argue that more clarity would be needed as to the role that the concepts of critical functions and public interest play ...
Party Financing and Referendum Campaigns in EU Member States
This study has been prepared by the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam (UvA). It comprises 1) an up-to-date inventory of party finance rules within the EU Member States, 2) an overview of the regulations on referendum and issue campaigns, 3) an investigation into actual spending on the EU referendum, national election, and EU election campaigns, and 4) remarks concerning AFCO鈥檚 amendments to the proposed ...
Feasibility of Social Protection Schemes in Developing Countries
Social protection can play a key role in reducing poverty and inequality. Growing recognition of this potential impact has led social protection to rise up the agenda of policymakers in the international development community. In recent years, increased social protection coverage in developing countries has been achieved by the expansion of a combination of programmes. The further expansion of social insurance remains a challenge as a result of low participation in the formal economy and the types ...
Potential of Venture Capital in the European Union
This study gives an overview of the situation of the VC industry in the EU, its perspectives for and barriers to further development. In addition, suggestions for policy initiatives that may help to diminish these barriers are provided.
Staatliche Beihilfen f眉r Seeh盲fen in der EU
Diese Studie untersucht die Anwendung der Regeln zu staatlichen Beihilfen der EU bei Investitionen in die Infrastruktur des Seehafensektors und vergleicht Beispiele aus j眉ngster Zeit f眉r staatliche Beihilfen an Seeh盲fen in Nord- und S眉deuropa vor dem Hintergrund verschiedener Hafenorganisationsarten. Die Ergebnisse der Studie k枚nnen f眉r zuk眉nftige Debatten 眉ber die EU-Hafenpolitik im Ausschuss f眉r Verkehr und Fremdenverkehr (TRAN) verwendet werden.
Thema des Workshops war die Beurteilung von Vorteilen, Nachteilen und Hindernissen bei verschiedenen Instrumenten zur Finanzierung von Energieeinsparungen und Energieeffizienz. Au脽erdem ging es um die Finanzmittel und 鈥搃nstrumente, die zur Erf眉llung von Energieeinsparverpflichtungen ben枚tigt werden.
脺berlegungen zum neuen europ盲ischen Fischereifonds
Die Kommission wird 2011 eine 脺berpr眉fung des EFF einleiten, indem sie einen Vorschlag f眉r eine Verordnung und eine dazugeh枚rige Folgenabsch盲tzung ver枚ffentlicht. Der vorliegende Bericht enth盲lt eine unabh盲ngige Bewertung des EFF und der Herausforderungen, mit denen die Mitgliedstaaten bei der Durchf眉hrung der EFF-Verordnung im aktuellen Programmplanungszeitraum konfrontiert sind. Au脽erdem werden - unter Pr眉fung verschiedener Optionen - Vorschl盲ge f眉r einen k眉nftigen EFF unterbreitet.