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The inventory of activities in the framework of developing a European Union Arctic Policy
Full text linkAccompanying the document Joint communication: Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region: progress since 2008 and next steps (http://library.arcticportal.org/1698/)
This staff working document accompanies the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region: progress since 2008 and next steps. The purpose of the staff document is to give detailed information about the progress outlined since the Communication of 20 November 2008 on ‘The European Union and the Arctic Region’. It covers activities undertaken by the Commission services, the relevant European agencies and the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the proposals set out in the 2008 Communication as addressed under the guidance of the 2009 Council Conclusions and the 2011 European Parliament Resolution, in consultation with the EU Member States and in dialogue with the other Arctic states and other Arctic stakeholders
Violence Against Women Survey, 2012 [European Union]: Special Licence Access
No full textThe European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has carried out the first survey on women's experiences of violence across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The survey responds to calls of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament for comparable data on violence against women. Before the FRA survey, available data across the EU on the scale and nature of women's experiences of violence was fragmented and with many gaps. Existing administrative data (e.g. based on incidents recorded by the police) is not comparable across countries, and many incidents are never reported to the authorities or other service providers. Results from national surveys can also not be reliably compared due to differences in question formulation and survey methodology. Furthermore, some EU Member States have not carried out national surveys on violence against women, or the available data is old. The FRA survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were selected based on random sampling. They were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, experiences of violence in childhood by adult perpetrators, safety and fear of crime, as well as awareness of laws and support services. While all respondents were asked about experiencing various forms of violence in order to establish the prevalence of violence, women who had been victims of violence were asked further details about the nature and consequences of the incidents. These data can be analysed both at the EU-level and at the Member State level to assess and to develop policies to combat violence against women. Further information, data and publications can be found on the FRA website. The survey data can also be explored online using the FRA's Data Explorer. Main Topics:The main topics include: violence against women; intimate partner violence; non-partner violence; physical violence; sexual violence; psychological violence; stalking; domestic violence; feelings of safety; fear of crime; sexual harassment; experience of violence in childhood; rights awareness; consequences of violence; prevalence of violence; victimisation
Joint communication: Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region: progress since 2008 and next steps.
Full text linkAs climate change and economic development accelerate in the Arctic region, the European Union should step up its engagement with its Arctic partners to jointly meet the challenge of safeguarding the environment while ensuring the sustainable development of the Arctic region. Nowhere is climate change more visible than in the Arctic, which is a vital and vulnerable component of the Earth's environment and climate system. The melting of the Arctic sea ice is progressing rapidly, resulting in self-accelerating global warming, and affecting ecosystems as well as the traditional livelihoods of indigenous peoples
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: Violence Against Women Survey, 2012
No full textAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has carried out the first survey on women's experiences of violence across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The survey responds to calls of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament for comparable data on violence against women. Before the FRA survey, available data across the EU on the scale and nature of women’s experiences of violence was fragmented and with many gaps. Existing administrative data (e.g. based on incidents recorded by the police) is not comparable across countries, and many incidents are never reported to the authorities or other service providers. Results from national surveys can also not be reliably compared due to differences in question formulation and survey methodology. Furthermore, some EU Member States have not carried out national surveys on violence against women, or the available data is old.
The FRA survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were selected based on random sampling. They were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, experiences of violence in childhood by adult perpetrators, safety and fear of crime, as well as awareness of laws and support services. While all respondents were asked about experiencing various forms of violence in order to establish the prevalence of violence, women who had been victims of violence were asked further details about the nature and consequences of the incidents. These data can be analysed both at the EU-level and at the Member State level to assess and to develop policies to combat violence against women.
Further information and publications can be found on the FRA website.
Main Topics:The main topics include: violence against women; intimate partner violence; non-partner violence; physical violence; sexual violence; psychological violence; stalking; domestic violence; feelings of safety; fear of crime; sexual harassment; experience of violence in childhood; rights awareness; consequences of violence; prevalence of violence; victimisation
Navigating the Stars: Norway, the European Economic Area and the European Union. CEPS Paperback. February 2002
Full text linkThis study expertly assesses the evolving relationship between Norway and the European Union, the centrepiece of which is the European Economic Area (EEA). Faced with an increasingly outdated network of relationships with the EU, Norway finds itself marginalised from policy-making and subject instead to policy-taking. This report evaluates Norway’s position in relation to the ‘future of Europe’ debate as well as a range of hypothetical options that Norway may contemplate, focusing on several key policy areas including the single market, the macroeconomic agenda, justice and home affairs, and foreign security and defence policies
Lisbon 'Fado': the European Union under reform.
Full text linkTo address the uncertainties surrounding the
Treaty of Lisbon, this book examines several issues
from various angles. Regardless of the results
of the second referendum in Ireland and the
pending ratifications in Poland, the Czech
Republic and Germany, the European Union (EU)
will not be the same after the Lisbon Treaty.
If it comes into effect, Europeans will enter into
a new stage in the deepening of the integration
process; if it is rejected, the first decade
of the 21st Century will represent a period of
institutional stagnation in Europe’s integration.
Nonetheless, the chapters in this book share the
consensus that, despite its limitations,
the Lisbon Treaty will make the EU decision
making process more efficient, enhance regional
democracy and strengthenits international voice
Institutions of the European Union
No full textThe current project represents a theoretical piece of work describing the main concepts regarding the European Union and its most important institutes and bodies. It gives the brief characteristic to the Union itself stating that the activities of all the related areas are conducted through its institutions and bodies that have been established along with the establishing of the EU itself and through different stages of its development. Afterwards, the paper gives a profound and exhaustive description towards the history, the current state, the working process and the structure of each of the significant and influential institutions and bodies of the European Union. The paper states that the activities of these institutions and bodies are devoted to follow and implement the interests of the European Union citizens, residents and companies in the most effective manner. Moreover, it is concluded that the success of EU lies within the effective work of its institutionstbenBA in Business Administration and ManagementBSc/B
Curia (Court of Justice of the European Union)
No full textOfficial website of the Court of Justice of the European Union and its constituent courts. The site provides access to information about the Court of Justice, the General Court (formerly the Court of First Instance of the European Communities), and the Civil Service Tribunal. It includes the full text of judgments, orders, opinions and notices, and allows searching of cases from the courts. The specific mission of CJEU is to ensure that the law is observed in the interpretation and application of the Treaties of the European Union by 1) reviewing the legality of actions taken by the EU’s institutions; 2) enforcing compliance by member states with their obligations under the Treaties, and 3) interpreting European Union law
Cases and Materials European Union Law
No full textThis compilation consists of key cases and materials in the area of European Union law, selected by the Department of International and European Union law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam to use in their bachelor education. Core areas of importance covered by this compilation are the four fundamental freedoms (goods, persons, services and capital), fundamental rights and competition law (cartel prohibition, the prohibition to abuse a dominant position and the prohibition of state aid). What makes this book unique and of added value is that it offers concise case law entries, consisting of a mixture of quotes and summaries. By indicating the main points discussed, Cases and Material European Union Law aids students, lecturers and others (practitioners etc.) to quickly comprehend the key issues of each case. These case law entries stem from the didactic vision of the authors, Masuma Shahid and Lana Said, who have over 15 years’ experience in coordinating and teaching law courses at Dutch universities. Both are convinced that these case law entries facilitate the reader to analyze and/or scrutinize the remainder of the cases on a higher and elevated level. This compilation is suited not only for introductory and advanced courses in the field of European Union law, but also for practitioners that deal with European Union law in their daily work
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