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Regulatory frameworks for citizen-initiated instruments of direct democracy - Comparing the experiences in the EU Member States and beyond
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), explores the regulatory frameworks for citizen-initiated instruments of direct democracy, paying special attention to the citizens' legislative initiative and the citizen-initiated referendum. By carrying out a comparative analysis of the experience of the European Union Member States, as well ...
La reducción del espacio de acción de la sociedad civil en Europa
Durante su primer período parcial de sesiones de marzo de 2022, el Parlamento tiene previsto votar un informe de propia iniciativa de la Comisión de Libertades Civiles, Justicia y Asuntos de Interior (LIBE) en el que se aboga por nuevas medidas para proteger e impulsar la participación de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) en la vida democrática de la Unión Europea. El informe reconoce la contribución de las OSC a la hora de promocionar los valores de la UE consagrados en el artículo 2 ...
Understanding public responses to low carbon technologies
This report reviews different models and frameworks that explain public responses to low carbon technologies (LCTs). Based on insights from literature, it highlights the need for a multidimensional perspective to understand the complexities surrounding public acceptance or opposition to LCTs. It also proposes two key solutions for how public responses can be better accommodated in a way that engenders support from the public: by integrating social and values-based aspects in planning, and by ensuring ...
La política de comunicación
La política de comunicación no responde a disposiciones específicas de los Tratados, sino que es una consecuencia natural del deber que tiene la Unión de explicar su funcionamiento y sus políticas, así como la integración europea en general, al público. La necesidad de una comunicación eficaz tiene su base jurídica en la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, en la que se garantiza el derecho de todos los ciudadanos a estar informados sobre los asuntos europeos. Desde su lanzamiento ...
The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (EDS) constitutes a comprehensive multiannual framework for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at EU level. The EDS and CRPD are thus closely intertwined. Whilst many stakeholders had called for a revision of the EDS, the recent European Commission progress report suggests instead to maintain the Strategy's objectives for the remaining period. However, given that the current Strategy ends in 2020, ...
La juventud
La juventud es una política de ámbito nacional. Por lo tanto, queda excluida cualquier armonización de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros. A escala europea, la política de la juventud es uno de los ámbitos a los que se aplica el procedimiento legislativo ordinario. El capítulo del programa Erasmus+ dedicado a la juventud fomenta el intercambio de jóvenes tanto dentro de la Unión como con terceros países.
Discrimination Generated by the Intersection of Gender and Disability
Disabled women are at the intersection of various forms of discrimination on the grounds of gender and disability. This report provides an overview of relevant legislation and its limitations. It examines the ways this discrimination manifests itself in many domains of the private and public spheres. An intersectionality approach is seen as the most appropriate tool to analyse the complexity of this phenomenon and inform future policies and legislation, which will ensure participation and realisation ...
A Human Rights and Poverty Review : EU Action in Addressing Caste-Based Discrimination
Caste-based discrimination is a serious human rights violation, negatively affecting political, economic, social, cultural and civil rights of approximately 260 million people worldwide. The European Union is committed to the promotion of human rights within the EU and in its external relations. This brief aims to assess to what extent the EU has integrated the fight against caste-based discrimination in its external relations. Light is shed on the specific situations in Bangladesh, India, Nepal ...
The Future Orientation of EU Youth Policy
The EC Communication “A EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering”, published in April 2009, presents the Commission’s strategy for the future of policies for youth in Europe. It anticipated the adoption of a new framework of cooperation in the field of youth by the Council in November 2009. This study presents Deloitte’s analysis of the EU Youth Policy and provides recommendations for the next steps of its development.
The European Union and Youth Policy
In the EU Member States there are more than 50 million young people aged between 15 and 25. It is the Member States which are main responsible for the area of youth. However, since its creation the European Community has supported the national measures, in particular by establishing different action programmes, such as the Youth for Europe Programme (1988), the European Voluntary Service for Young People (1996) and the current Youth Programme (2000). The European Community would like to further ...