The relevance and value of books in scholarly communication from both sides, the scholars who chose this format as a communication channel and the instances assessing the scholarly and scientific output is undisputed. Nevertheless, the absence of worldwide comprehensive databases covering the items and information needed for the assessment of this type of publication has urged several European ...

In the first half of 2015 the European Commission launched a new funding initiative to cover the Open Access publishing costs of publications arising from finished Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) projects. This article addresses the opportunities and challenges faced by this FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot and discusses early project findings six months into this two-year initiative. This ne...

The main objective of this workshop has been to share experiences and best practices, discuss challenges and effective solutions adopted, and investigate opportunities for collaboration among European projects (funded by various directorates of the European Commission or other European funding agencies) dealing with big data management. The projects may have ICT as their main focus or, equally ...

ESF is the European association of 76 major national funding agencies devoted to scientific research in 29 countries. It represents all scientific disciplines: physical and engineering sciences, life and environmental sciences, medical sciences, humanities and social sciences. The Foundation assists its Member Organisations in two main ways. It brings scientists together in its EUROCORES (ESF C...

The European union funding for job creation and a sustainable and healthy EU economy and environment is channelled through the five EU structural and investment funds. Although there is EU categorization system for EU projects, EU countries apply their own different categorization systems. Some EU countries already apply European categorization system, but many do not. As a result, many project...

BACKGROUND All European health systems face several common challenges related to increases in lifestyle and chronic diseases, a decreasing future workforce, inequalities in health and the consequences of societal changes. Primary care, which has the potential to help meet these challenges, would benefit from the contribution of health services research (HSR) on a wide range of topics. As fundin...

I n 2002 cancer accounted for 16.7% of the total burden of disease in the European Union (EU), compared with 25.3% and 17.1% for mental health and cardiovascular diseases, respectively [1]. In the period relevant to this Policy Forum, cancer was the second largest cause of mortality in the EU, accounting for 27.08% of all deaths. With the ageing population and the continuing impact of tobacco-a...

BACKGROUND New funding from the European Union (EU) allowed the collaborative development of postgraduate education in public health between five countries in South America and Europe. METHODS A planning meeting, two workshops, a final meeting and the use of e-mail and faxes for discussing curricula were employed. RESULTS One new master of public health in Argentina has begun, plans for new...

After the accession of the candidate countries to the European Union in 2004, the European Central Bank will need to pursue monetary policy in an enlarged euro zone. I empirically investigate the role of banks in monetary policy transmission in the accession countries. Banks are of major importance for the financing of firms and thus the adjustment of their lending in response to monetary polic...

We investigate the role of competition on the outcome of Austrian Treasury auctions. EU accession by Austria provides a “natural experiment” causing an exogenous increase in the number of bidders in Treasury Auctions. Difference-in-difference estimates suggest that the increased number in bidders caused a significant drop in the yields Austria had to pay for newly issued debt. We use structural...