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This document was prepared by Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy, at the request of the Committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs. After setting out the background of recent EU initiatives in the realm of services, in particular professional services, it explains in considerable detail the new Restrictiveness Indicator for Professional Services developed by the European Commission, followed by a careful assessment based on seven queries. It shows that, technically, this ...

European cooperation in the field of education and training is voluntary, yet a strategic framework sets objectives to be attained by 2020. Following a mid-term review concluded last year, the European Parliament will debate a report which praises efforts to take stakeholders’ feedback into account and makes a number of recommendations for the future.

The aim of this briefing note is to provide background information on the current situation of the combination of elite sports and education/work (i.e., dual career) commitments of European athletes. Based on the analysis of the scientific literature on several dimensions of European student-athletes, the EU-funded projects, policy systems and best practices of dual career across eight European Member States, this note highlights challenges and recommendations for implementing policy actions to ...

EuroScience (ES) is an association established in Europe in 1997 with headquarters in Strasbourg (France). It was created based on the model of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). A non-profit grassroots organisation Euroscience was from the outset an association of individuals open to research professionals, teachers, students, science administrators, policy-makers, etc. and generally to any citizen with vested interested in science, technology or humanities and their ...

Educational technology encompasses a wide array of technologies and methodologies that are shaped by stakeholders’ behaviours and affected by contextual factors that, if adequately mixed, can contribute to students and teachers better achieving their goals. Such a wide and complex task cannot be addressed by a simple and single intervention. Comprehensive on-going policies are required, covering technology, methodology, economic and regulatory aspects; in addition,  such policies are dependent on ...

Uuringus analüüsitakse kõrgkoolidesse vastuvõtu korda kümnes riigis, mille hulgas on Euroopa Liidu liikmesriike (Prantsusmaa, Saksamaa, Itaalia, Sloveenia, Rootsi ja Suurbritannia), üks ELi kandidaatriik (Türgi) ning kolm riiki, mida tavaliselt kasutatakse rahvusvahelistes võrdlustes (Austraalia, Jaapan ja USA). Vastuvõtusüsteemide analüüs on üles ehitatud lähtuvalt kolmest teljest: võrdsed võimalused, kvaliteet ja üliõpilaste liikuvus.