The profound changes experienced by rural areas in Europe over the past couple of decades have resulted in obvious disadvantages: loss of employment due to changes in the agricultural sector, migration of young people towards urban centres, leading to a demographic imbalance, and insufficient...

This is the report of a conference held in Lisbon on 8-9 November 2007, organised by the Foundation in cooperation with the European Commission Leader+ Observatory, the Leader+ Network in Portugal and the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (Ministério da...

The Executive Agency for Consumers, Health and Food (CHAFEA), acting on behalf of the European Commission (DG SANCO) commissioned Ipsos and London Economics to undertake a study into the impact of information on patients’ choice in the context of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament...

This Synthesis Report presents the main findings of the 2017 EMN Study Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in the EU plus Norway. The study covers the period 2014-2017, thereby following up on previous EMN research on unaccompanied minors. It may serve to inform...

The overall objective of the study is to map the policies and administrative practices that shape third-country nationals’ access to social security, including healthcare. There is substantial variation in how third-country nationals experience the social security system in EU Member States,...

The purpose of this report is to set out in brief form the law across the EU Member States, Bulgaria and Romania relating to discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion and belief and age (the u0093relevant groundsu0094), to the extent that such discrimination...

Research infrastructures (RIs) are the most powerful means to foster cooperation on a pan-European scale and to provide efficient access to advanced methods and technologies for the scientific community.The existence, availability and easy access to leading research infrastructures is a key...