The 2014 Broadband Cost Reduction Directive (BCRD) seeks to support the deployment of high speed broadband by reducing costs associated with civil works and streamlining administrative procedures for network deployment. The BCRD is ripe for review in light of new EU objectives to foster Gigabit...

This Study, completed for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, supports the Impact Assessment of the European Commission's proposed Regulation on a European approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The study is divided into four main sections. Section 1 of the Study is dedicated to a...

The Jean Monnet activities have its origin in 1989 when this programme was founded to support teaching and research about the EU to promote and help the European integration. Nowadays, as stated in the Erasmus + legal basis and programme guide, the aim of the Jean Monnet actions is twofold....

The study on the 'economic benefits of gender equality' is unique in the EU context. It's the first of its kind to use a robust econometric model to estimate a broad range of macroeconomic benefits of gender equality in several broad areas such as education, labour market activity and wages. The...

The study on the 'economic benefits of gender equality' is unique in the EU context. It's the first of its kind to use a robust econometric model to estimate a broad range of macroeconomic benefits of gender equality in several broad areas such as education, labour market activity and wages. The...

Nautical tourism is a subsector of coastal and maritime tourism, which is promoted as an important source of job creation and growth in the Blue Economy. The purpose of the study was to identify issues affecting the nautical tourism sector that could benefit from action at EU level, specify...

This study aims to support the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added...

This study supports DG HOME with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (also known as the EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added value. This is done by analysing the functioning of and the results...