In 2005 QCEA published twelve briefing papers outlining and evaluating EU responses to terrorism, and in its 2007 report “Effective Counter-Terrorism: A Critical Assessment of European Union Responses” QCEA set out a series of recommendations to policy makers. In 2011, QCEA updated these with a set of three briefing papers which … More…
The Security Research theme of the 7th Framework Programme is funded at a level of 1.4 billion euros out of a total research budget of 50.5 billion euros. Horizon 2020 is set to be much bigger; the figure proposed by the European Commission is 80 billion euros. Even if the … More…
An open letter to J.M.D. Barroso (President of the European Commission), Commissioners and services of the European Commission, Members of the European Parliament, and Representatives of Member States relating to Horizon 2020 and the need for funding to focus on the needs of society and the environment rather than those of big business. Read the … More…
This briefing paper deals with the way in which the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the EU has been used to fund the European Security Research Programme (ESRP). The paper deals with who has access to the ESRP and, under the Third Country Agreements and Associated Countries, how Israel manages to secure … More…
Stronghold Europe: The European Security Research Programme; Introducing our new Programme Assistants; EU Budget 2014-2020; Sustainable Energy Security and the Quaker Role
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Festung Europa: das europäische Sicherheits-Forschungsprogramm
Analysis of the European Union budget review 2008-2009 The budget of the European Union is an important tool of the European Union and its institutions to implement its policies. It has often been criticised for various reasons. Popular complaints and criticisms include: The budget is not transparent; The budget is … More…