The cultural and creative sectors are one of the most dynamic branches of the EU economy, fostering innovation, growth and job creation as well as social cohesion. But which cities do perform best in culture and creativity? Does the population size determine their performance? Can small and...

The cultural and creative sectors are one of the most dynamic branches of the EU economy, fostering innovation, growth and job creation as well as social cohesion. But which cities do perform best in culture and creativity? Does the population size determine their performance? Can small and...

'The cultural and creative cities monitor' is a new tool to monitor and assess the performance of 'cultural and creative cities' in Europe vis-à-vis their peers using both quantitative and qualitative data. This first edition covers 168 cities in 30 European countries (the EU-28 with Norway and...

This report is meant to document the use of the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) to inform the food security situation in countries of interest for DEVCO. Since the GFSI is a composite indicator, a clear understanding of its modelling choices is needed to insure a well-informed use of the...

The latest edition of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was presented and discussed on January 2014 during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos. The EPI is released biannually since 2006 by Yale and Columbia Universities, in collaboration with the Samuel Foundation and...

Civic competence is seen not only as a tool for empowering the individual to control their own lives beyond the existing social circumstances but can also help to create social capital and thereafter to underpin democracy and social and economic development. The European Commission has listed...

Civic competence is seen not only as a tool for empowering the individual to control their own lives beyond the existing social circumstances but can also help to create social capital and thereafter to underpin democracy and social and economic development. The European Commission has listed...

This paper first develops a framework for the analysis of national research systems, with particular focus on the excellence of scientific and technological research, a central topic for the current European research and innovation policy discourse. Next, after carefully considering measurement...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International measures perceptions of corruption in the public sector in different countries around the world. Upon invitation of the CPI team, the JRC assessed the new methodology in the CPI 2012 and analyzed the consequences that come with...

The document presents an overview of some popular risk-related and resilience-related composite indicators and ratings that are currently available in the literature. The description of these indices is taken directly from the author or organization, that is, they are excerpts from websites and...