A fairness based narrative is tested against existing EU policy objectives as framed in the EU 2020 agenda. We submit that considerations linked to inequity should not be taken as 'correctives' to be applied to an agenda dominated by innovation, competitiveness and growth. Fairness, or better...

A fairness based narrative is tested against existing EU policy objectives as framed in the EU 2020 agenda. We submit that considerations linked to inequity should not be taken as 'correctives' to be applied to an agenda dominated by innovation, competitiveness and growth. Fairness, or better...

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 Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (Gender-GEDI) was launched in 2014 by the GEDI Institute. The Gender-GEDI is meant to serve as a monitoring tool of high potential female entrepreneurship in 30 developed and developing countries. The Gender-GEDI uses the most recent data...

The JRC analysis on the Sustainable Society Index (SSI), conducted upon request of the SSI developers, was based on an in- house quality control process that aims to ensure the transparency of the SSI methodology and the reliability of the results. In this way, the development of the SSI-2012...

The European Lifelong Learning Indicators (ELLI) project is an initiative led by the Bertelsmann Foundation, and one of its aims is to develop, test and pilot a new aggregate measure, the ELLI-Index, for country-level assessment of lifelong learning in the EU Member States. The conceptual...

In the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, great attention is paid to migration and to 'planned and well-managed migration policies' (SDG 10.7). To compare policies across time and space, indexes can be devised measuring and aggregating relevant indicators of these...

The Technical Working Group (TWG) for Potato is the fourth one of the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and is established for elaboration of the coexistence issues between genetically modified (GM) potato cultivation and non-GM potato and honey production in the EU. The present technical...