Development and implementation of the EU grand strategies : : sociological, policy, and regional considerations of Agenda 2030 / / Tamara Besednjak Valič [and six others].

• VerfasserIn: Valič, Tamara Besednjak,
• Place / Publishing House: Bern : : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (138 pages)

This book addresses the challenging and exciting issues of the implementation of the European Union's grand strategies, with a particular interest in the implementation of the current Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. It provides insight into the impact of this strategic proces...

Table of Contents

• Table of contents List of tables 9
• 1. Introduction 13
• Part I. Setting up the strategic observatory for Europe 2030
• 2. The EU regional policy in the light of its past, present and future 19
• What is a region? 19
• The policy formulation 20
• Cohesion policy historic development 22
• What lays ahead 26
• Governance, impact, and evaluation 27
• 3. Discourses swirling the implementation of the grand strategies: Case of New Industrial Strategy 33
• Industry; a yes or a no? 34
• Industry - the back bone of the EU and the question of re-industrialisation 39 - European approaches towards industrial policies in search for their efficiency 41
• Making sure the New Industrial Strategy 2030 works 43
• 4. How consistent is the EU policy? From formulation to assessment and evaluation. The case of research and innovation 47
• The innovation policy overview 49
• Setting up the context 50
• Getting to know the 3O's strategy 54
• The innovation assessment tool 56
• Comparing the 3O's strategy and the European Innovation Scoreboard 58
• Part II. Achieving the 2030 sustainability goals: Case studies
• 5. UN sustainable development goals 2030: Industrial symbiosis within the European policy assessments 69
• Policies towards concept of the Industrial Symbiosis 70
• Policy development 71
• Industrial Symbiosis as a tool in the middle 73
• The EU sustainable recovery towards Industrial Symbiosis concept 76
• EU existing sustainable indicators 80
• EU funding systems towards sustainable developments 82
• 6. Investing in the European Union economy - a focus on recovery policies for Romania 85
• The socio-economic development in the European Union 87
• Regional Cohesion Policy 87
• Romania 88
• Recovery plan 89
• Recovery plan in action 91
• Business support, research, development and innovation 93
• Innovation - a bridging point for Romania's Recovery Plan 94
• Innovation and Recovery Plan 96
• Streamline governance of research, development and innovation 96
• Enhanced cooperation between business and research 97
• Support to integrate the research, development and innovation organisations in Romania in the European Research Area 97
• Private sector aid schemes 98
• Establishment and operationalisation of Centres of Competence 99
• Development of a programme to attract highly specialised human resources from abroad in research, development and innovation activities 99
• 7. Open innovation towards EU's Green Deal circular economy goals: Can the Covid-19 epidemic be an opportunity to accelerate the achievement of goals? 101
• The timeline of circular economy legislation and actions: From the beginning to nowadays 103
• The timeline of open innovation legislation and actions: From the beginning to nowadays 106
• 8. Conclusions 111
• References 119
• About the Authors 137.