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Women in local and regional government: Still a long way from achieving parity
Local and regional institutions have direct impacts on the everyday lives of their citizens. They are vital for women's empowerment, being both the level of governance responsible for service delivery and a potential stepping-stone to a career in public office at national and European level. When their own decision-making bodies are fully representative, the interests and experiences of multiple groups are included. Therefore, the equal representation of women and men at all levels of local governance ...
Women in local and regional government
Local and regional institutions are vital for women's empowerment, being both the level of governance responsible for service delivery and a potential stepping-stone to a public office career at national and European level. Nevertheless, data show that it is not always easy for women to participate in local or regional government structures. The European Union has been a staunch advocate of women's participation in decision-making at all levels of governance.
For the 2014-2020 programming period the regulations encourage the usage of integrated and place-based oriented approaches to foster economic, social and territorial cohesion , at the same time putting a greater weight on urban development actions in order to attain the Europe 2020 Strategy goals. These territorial approaches can be implemented by using tools such as the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD). The Partnership Agreements, between the ...
Russia's constitutional structure: Federal in form, unitary in function
Constitutionally, Russia is a federation, as was the Soviet Union before it – a natural choice for such a large and heterogeneous country. The 85 federated states which make up the country (referred to as 'subjects of the Russian Federation', 'federal subjects' or 'regions') enjoy wide-ranging powers. At federal level they are represented by the upper house of parliament (Council of the Federation), giving them direct influence over federal law-making, at least on paper. Russia's federal system faces ...
L'agricoltura delle isole Azzorre
Il presente documento è stato redatto per la delegazione della commissione per l'agricoltura e lo sviluppo rurale del Parlamento europeo alle isole Azzorre (Portogallo) del novembre 2015. Esso è composto di: una parte introduttiva, che presenta i principali dati demografici e politici; una panoramica generale dell'economia regionale delle isole; un capitolo specifico dedicato all'agricoltura; sono infine commentati i programmi in corso di sviluppo rurale e di sostegno all'agricoltura della ...
The regions in the Digital Single Market – ICT and digital opportunities for regions and cities
The digital economy is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy. The European Commission estimates that completing a Digital Single Market could contribute €415 billion per year to Europe's economy, create 3.8 million jobs and transform public services. Local and regional authorities may well benefit from many of the opportunities which the digital era offers. The European Commission has presented different initiatives in order to boost the use of information and communications ...
Energy Union: the regional and local dimension
The Energy Union strategy, launched in February 2015, integrates all EU energy policy ambitions and objectives to date and seeks to capitalise on the various funds and initiatives already in place. EU cohesion policy, aimed at ensuring balanced development across EU territory, will make a significant contribution to the fulfilment of the Energy Union’s overarching goal of decarbonisation. For the period 2014-20, €38 billion will be available under the European Fund for Regional Development and ...
Situazione economica, sociale e territoriale della Sicilia
Questa analisi approfondita è stata redatta per una delegazione della commissione per lo sviluppo regionale in visita in Sicilia. L'analisi fornisce una panoramica sulla regione Sicilia, sul suo sistema politico, economico e amministrativo e sul programma operativo per il periodo 2014-2020.