our research is directed at revealing the way cbd is approached in terms of the decision tofinance the actions it entails, with specific reference to the case of romania, in the context of the international/european and national regulations. after referring to the foreign and romanian professional literature, we shallproceed with a synthetic approach of the objectives related to cbd and the sus...

this paper discusses whether european institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (uhc), inequalities and tackling the effects of austerity measures. the paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at european level from a public health an...

it is well-established that for a considerable period the united kingdom has spent proportionally less of its gross domestic product (gdp) on health-related services than almost any other comparable country. average european spending on health (as a % of gdp) in the period 1980 to 2013 has been 19% higher than the united kingdom, indicating that comparable countries give far greater fiscal prio...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU does not currently meet the different needs of diverse agricultural conditions of different member countries in a just and equal way. To meet this challenge has become inevitably more difficult as new and diverse Central and Eastern European countries have entered the Community. Several commentators and economists have thus suggested that a renatio...

one of the important issues which deals simultaneously with the european :union: (eu) enlargement policy and its common foreign and security policy, is eu's policy towards its neighbors. after eu enlargement. it is a crossroad of eu foreign, security, development and trade policies which aims at europeanization and creating a ring of friends around its borders where good governance, political a...

Introduction Disease prevention and improving vaccination coverage in Europe are key elements contributing to resilient health systems ensuring better outcomes for all. The aim of this study was describe the immunization funding landscape across all European Union 28 countries (EU28).Areas covered Data collected a targeted literature review supported descriptive analysis on different indicators...

We use cluster analysis to describe the regional linkages that arise through funding of research contract networks in the EU. We nd ve signi cantly di erent kinds of networks, that we label as follows: 1) Technological development, 2) Basic research, 3) Quasi-elite, 4) Elite and 5) Southern. These networks are described in terms of three basic dimensions: quality, type of partners, and size com...

L aments about a " brain drain " of Europe's young scientists to the USA abounded at the recent Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2004 in Lisbon. By some reports, a third or more of the young scientists who pursue postdoc-toral training in the United States remain in North America, where they find it relatively easy to secure jobs and funding in a scientific market span...

BACKGROUND Health promotion interventions for older adults are important as they can decrease the onset and evolution of diseases and thus can reduce the medical costs related to those diseases. However, there is no comparative evidence on how those interventions are funded in European countries. The aim of this study is to explore the funding of health promotion interventions in general and he...