A major polluter of CO2 emissions is the individual transport by passenger cars. Hence, an important objective of current EU transport policy is to reduce fossil fuel consumption and the specific CO2 emissions of…
CLEAN_PROD is a Coordination Action led by CETIM (France) to observe, link, coordinate and consolidate RTD activities between 8 Member States (Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and UK). It…
The vital importance of maritime transport has already been recognised in the White Paper of the European Commission on European transport policy as well as in the Community guidelines on State aid to maritime…
The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…
As a contribution to the Competitiveness report 2006 of the European Commission, this project analysed the impact of liberalisation of energy markets on efficiency, security of supply as well as environment. One…
The European Commission had assessed the national allocation plans of Member States for a European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). In this situation the impact of emissions trading on competitiveness and jobs…
The process of Impact Assessment (IA) aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation by providing policy makers with information on likely costs and benefits, stimulating early interdepartmental…
The focus of this research project is to scan a wide range of policy scenarios as to their relevance for the European Sustainable Development Strategy in view of Extended Impact Assessment. Embedded in the…
The aim of the project was to provide input to policy makers on policies that could meet the goals of the Lisbon Agenda in the way of stimulating economic growth, employment and the environment at the same time.…