Knesset Legislation: Damaging Democracy and the Prospects for Peace; Circles of Support and Accountability: Success Breeds Success; Nein Danke! Now What? Click here to download (PDF – 1.6 Mb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Juli / August 2011 Nein danke! Was nun? Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 210 Kb)
QCEA, in association with APRODEV, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Front Line, and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders issue a press release stating their concern over a law (‘Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott – 2011’) passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) by a majority of 47 …
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 Security Research Programme stayed at …
Briefing paper: EU security research and peacebuilding Read More »
Green Week 2011: Ambition is an Imperative; The Rafah Mission Must Close; Anything Other Than Energy Demand Reduction is a Short-Term Solution Click here to download (PDF – 1.3 Mb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Juni 2011 Die Rafah-Mission muss geschlossen werden Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 218 Kb)
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 letter: In English (pdf – …
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has a long history of campaigning for prison and criminal justice reform. Working in the context of this 350 year old Quaker tradition, the Quaker Council for European Affairs is actively involved in promoting respect for human rights. In partnership with the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) – Geneva …
The ILUC Factor: the Bane of the Biofuels Boom; Conflict Prevention: At the Heart of EU External Action?; The European Dash for Shale Gas Click here to download (PDF – 1.3 Mb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Mai 2011 Der ILUC-Faktor: Der Fluch des Biokraftstoff-Booms Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 236 Kb)
QCEA’s past work on the Women in Prison project, and our research into the use of Alternatives to Imprisonment, brought into focus the dysfunctions of prison systems in many European countries. In many cases prisons are overcrowded, and if there is a unifying philosophy beyond simply coping with record levels of prison populations, it is …
Report: The Social Reintegration of Ex-Prisoners Read More »
The European Union spends significant amounts of public money on research. This is currently done under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7); but there is also funding for research coming from other EU budgets. The main areas of research funded under FP7 are: Health Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Information and Communication Technologies Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and …
Concerns about Ethics in European Research Policy Read More »
The first briefing paper in the Sustainable Energy Security series. It considers the under-utilisation of Europe’s energy savings potential, and argues that the cheapest, fastest and most reliable way to de-carbonise our society is to invest in energy savings and behavioural change. Energy Efficiency and Savings: the under-utilisation of Europe’s energy savings potential Are we …
