Category: Sustainability

covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development

Hydrogen energy through innovative technologies: new Commission’s plan

Eugene Eteris

Views: 38For the first time ever, the EU made public a European hydrogen initiative (called IPCEI Hy2Tech) along the Union’s projects of “common European interest”. It is aimed at developing innovative technologies for the hydrogen value chain to decarbonise industrial processes and mobility. In the project’s development and first industrial deployment of breakthrough hydrogen technologies […]

Modernising the EU-wide higher education (part II)

Eugene Eteris

Views: 37The second part deals with the EU-wide cooperative efforts in higher education. Present national education policy is critically vital for perspective national development and sustainable growth. But education sector is almost fully in the hands of national governance, according to the division of competence between the states and the EU institutions. The latter can […]

Modernising European higher education (part I)

Eugene Eteris

Views: 52The EU provides states with both advice and support for high quality and inclusive education. These efforts are aimed at giving students urgently needed knowledge and skills for adequate response to new challenges affected by globalisation and technological change. These challenges are to be incorporated into national education policies in order to tackle the […]

Czech Presidency in the Council: delivering the EU’s common priorities

Eugene Eteris

Views: 24Three main topics are in the Czech’s Presidency complex motto: “Europe as a task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”. To implement the motto’s idea, the Czech Republic has five main priorities during the Council Presidency: ramification of Russia-Ukraine war, energy security, strengthening defense/cybersecurity, resilience of the European economy and democratic values. The overall Presidency’s idea, however, […]

EU “taxonomy”: measures in clean transition and sustainability

Eugene Eteris

Views: 7One of the EU’s main present objectives is to reach climate neutrality in the member states; hence, appropriate and complex political and legal means shall be taken by national governance in order to decouple from external use of fossil fuels and reduce pollution in the European accelerated “clean transition”. Taxonomy, as a new EU […]

Perspective EU’s energy transition: plans and realities

Eugene Eteris

Views: 27To achieve energy targets and the continent’s climate neutrality strategy by 2050, the EU adopted its first energy transition plan which defines actions aimed at ensuring the delivery on the net-zero ambition. During last decade several EU-wide measures were introduced to make the states’ energy strategies competitive, secure and sustainable in a fast-changing global […]

Integration vs. balancing: sustainable growth in European and national priorities

Eugene Eteris

Views: 33Fruitful cooperation among several states when history, culture, traditions, etc. are seemingly quite different is deemed to be a rather complicated issue. Initially, this process in Europe has been summed-up under the terms of integration and cohesion. Presently, the global challenges make the process more complex through inclusion of political, economic, social, environmental and […]

Digital transformation in action: improved roaming in Europe

Eugene Eteris

Views: 35New rules extend “roam-like-at-home” concept until 2032; travelers in the EU and the EEA countries can call, text and surf abroad without extra charges. The rules are also beneficial for businesses and citizens to enjoy a better roaming experience and quality of mobile service both abroad and at home. New rules also improve access […]

New solution in renewable energy: floating offshore wind farms

Eugene Eteris

Views: 1345The European Investment Bank has announced the conclusion of three financing agreements (28.06.2022), with the support of the EU and guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments, EFSI for installing three floating offshore wind farms off the French Mediterranean coast. These projects will help accelerate energy transition in France and foster procurement of […]