Views: 28Among numerous indexes by international organisations and expert communities, three are the most interesting resembling places the Baltic States occupy in the world: Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index, GSCI (made on a yearly basis by a consulting company SolAbility); Global Prosperity Index, GPI (prepared by the British research center Legatum), and World Happiness Report, WHR-2020 […]
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“Post-corona recovery”: Baltic States’ enhancing responsibility in priorities
Views: 31All EU states, including those in the Baltic Sea area are facing with an urgent task of discussing and adopting the “post-pandemic” socio-economic policies. The latter have to be responsive to peoples’ needs and be oriented to optimal future growth strategies. Such a task requires adequate analysis of countries’ specific sectoral priorities and re-assessment […]
Financing EU’s agricultural policy and fisheries in the next budget for 2021-27
Views: 49The European common agricultural policy, CAP is strategically important in ensuring food supply and product’s security in the EU. An adequate financial support for CAP in general (with € 391 billion) as well as for rural and agricultural sectors is vital for achieving the green growth and sustainable agricultural production and fisheries.
Sustainability and digitalization: double strategy guidelines in national development.
Views: 23“Acta Prosperitatis”, Journal of Turiba University, Latvia, No.11, 2020, pp. 42-56. In: https://www.integrin.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ap-11.pdfGeneral link: https://www.turiba.lv/en/research/journal-acta-prosperitatis
European rescue plan and solidarity
Views: 28The new financial supplement to the rescue plan with €750 bn and a long-term €1.1 trillion for 2021-27 will be discussed on 19 June. It seems that nationalism dominates over solidarity, as differences in approaches are to large…
EU and the Baltics: assisting in crisis
Views: 62Present EU data shows that the pandemic shock is unprecedented; and so are the EU and the states’ measures in supporting affected economy sectors. Some states, e.g. Denmark take the EU’s support seriously…
Support for Latvian farmers
Views: 49European Commission has approved Latvian scheme to support companies active in the primary agricultural production sector affected by the coronavirus outbreak in a volume of €1.5 million. Now it is the competence of Latvian authorities to evenly distribute the allowed support for most needed. In this way the EU assists the states in national […]
Vital and profitable: European food quality
Views: 22European food is famous for being safe, nutritious and of high quality. Traditional production methods contribute to the EU objective of becoming a global leader for sustainability in food production. The European quality-signs, such as PDO, PGI and GI has proved that sales value of a product with protected names doubled on average than […]
Learning by good examples
Views: 27While Latvian authorities are trying to find to mitigate post-virus’ consequences, Turiba University arranged an online conference on perspective Latvian growth patterns. Taking Singapore as an example (widely known as “the Asian’s tiger”, which during about 50 years turned from a “third country” to a leading global economy), the participants wondered what can be […]