The FP7 Science in Society (SiS) programme was part of FP7 Capacities and had a budget of €312 million allocated for the period 2007-2013. It attracted a total of 841 proposals, of which 184 were funded. Drawing on desk-based research, CORDA/SESAM/bibliometric/network analysis, stakeholder...

The study was commissioned by DG Education and Culture of the European Commission to investigate: (i) the importance of education in influencing labour productivity, output growth and other key macroeconomic trends in Europe's increasingly knowledge-based economies, primarily through education's...

The main goal of the study is to demonstrate that sustained or widening differences between the performances of educational systems within the EU may contribute - via labour market outcomes and subsequently through a range wider economic impacts - to the emergence or deepening of macroeconomic...

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the 2015 response to the Fast Track Innovation Pilot (FTI Pilot) programme and to present findings and conclusions from the work. The report found that the FTI is clearly highly relevant to the broad policy goals of H2020to promote...

The objective of this guide on standardisation and SMEs is to assist Structural Funds managing authorities and other policy-makers involved in the preparation of the post 2013 generation of Structural Funds with the preparation of support measures aimed at boosting SMEs' use of standards and...

This study examines the current state of the European covered bond markets and the likely costs and benefits of introducing a dedicated EU legal framework for covered bonds comprising the following building blocks: (i) a harmonised definition detailing the standard structural aspects of a...

Covered bonds constitute one of the largest asset classes in Europe and represent an important source of stable, long-term funding for key banking functions such as mortgages and public infrastructure loans. Exceptionally, this asset class has no record of default during its 250 year history in...