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This white paper on governance of European Cyber Security Collaborative Network (ECSCON) is proposed as a joint effort between the four pilot projects ECHO, SPARTA, CONCORDIA and CyberSec4Europe to identify the "umbrella" model for effective and efficient coordination of the development of the European cyber security competence community in the institutional framework established by a European cybersecurity hub with a network of cybersecurity competence centres and in relation to EC, EUMS, ENISA, EDA, EURОPOL, and the NATO Cyber Organization. The white paper combines findings from bottom-up research in CyberSec4Europe and SPARTA with the topdown approach implemented by ECHO and will seek further cooperation with ECSO and Cyber Atlas to achieve a common proposal to the EC and offer to the European cyber security competence community to be self-organized on regional and functional principle. The proposed governance model defines the CNO as a Virtual organisations Breeding Environment to support the establishment of service groups to address specific demand, maintaining a regional (chapter based) organization of the community with a central hub dealing with EC and chapters dealing with the hub and national coordination centres in the respective member-states.

The EU has developed a 'three-step strategy', which pre-supposes strategic partnerships, firstly, with traditional post-Second World War Western partners, secondly, with the anticipated advantage of regional and inter-regional organization, and, thirdly, with the involvement of emerging powers in a new multipolar world order. However, there are some uncertainties with regard to the relationship between bilateral 'strategic partnerships' and the EU's regional and inter-regional 'strategies'. The present paper aims to investigate the role of strategic partnership and international institutions in new multipolar world order, to compare these concepts of strategic partnership with the realities of regional integration, and to match the bilateral and multilateral approaches toward strategic partnership. At the same time, the paper will offer an analysis of the six regional organizations in order to compare bilateral 'strategic partnerships' and the EU's regional 'strategies', simultaneously applying both techniques: the binary logistic model and the synthetic index of strategic partner suitability. ; Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Russia is striving for the political and social integration of the post-Soviet space. The creation of a joint football league with Ukraine, which has been discussed since the end of 2012, could serve this end. The state-controlled gas company Gazprom wants to sponsor the joint league with enormous resources. The Ukrainian clubs have so far shown restraint, and, even in Russia, the project is not without controversy. The Union of European Football Associations will have the last word. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- European Citizenship and Social Exclusion. An Introduction -- I. Restructuring Citizenship in the European Union -- 1. Citizenship and Exclusion: Reconstructing the European Union -- 2. Citizenship and Social Inclusion in the European Union -- 3. The Development of European Union Citizenship. A Critical Evaluation -- II. Economic Exclusion and Citizenship: Work and Income in Europe -- 4. Work and Citizenship in Europe -- 5. The Crisis of Economic Citizenship in the EU. Lean Production and the German Model -- 6. Social Integration and Labour-Market Marginalization. The Scandinavian Experience -- 7. The Informal Sector in the European Union. Mitigating or Reinforcing Economic Exclusion? -- 8. Employment and Social Identity. Theoretical Issues -- 9. Social Policy, Social Exclusion and Citizenship in the European Union. The Right to be Unequal? -- III. Social and Economic Exclusion and Citizenship: Social Policy in Europe -- 10. Restructuring Social Rights in the EU. Does a Flexible Employment and Benefits Regime Entrench Exclusion and Inequality? -- 11. The Welfare Society and the Welfare State. The Portuguese Experience -- 12. Urban Integration and Citizenship. Local Policies and the Promotion of Participation -- IV. Socio-cultural Exclusion and Citizenship: Identity and Immigration in Europe -- 13. European Union Identity and Citizenship. Some Challenges -- 14. Immigration, Citizenship and Nationalism. Internal Internationalization in Germany and Europe -- 15. Citizenship and Social Exclusion in the European Union -- 16. Anti-racism, Multiculturalism and Struggles for a Multicultural Democracy -- 17. Citizenship, Association and Immigration. Theoretical Issues -- Bibliography

The European Union is the oldest and most highly developed example of institutionalized regional integration. Since its establishment in the early 1950s, the EU has moved from the shallow integration of dismantling trade barriers to the deep integration of accepting common policies on agriculture, environment, transport, and working conditions; common rules on competition, mergers, and financial transfers; and common laws in the domestic courts of member states. The EU experience is a successful example of integrating national economies, but how far should those promoting regional integration in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific look to the EU as a model? Can regional and global integration proceed harmoniously? Or will tensions between regional and global priorities unavoidably arise. This book, part of the Integrating National Economies series, examines the evolution of West European integration over the past forty years. William Wallace analyzes the historical circumstances under which the institutions of integration developed, and the internal tensions and contradictions created by the deepening of integration and repeated enlargements. He explains that, in recent years, deep integration has presented a challenge to national identity, forcing policymakers to confront issues of sovereignty, political commitment, and regional balance. Wallace concludes that the European experience provides a number of important, cautionary lessons for those promoting regional integration in the Western Hemisphere and the Asia-Pacific region. However, it does not offer a model that these areas can easily follow. Wallace emphasizes that the experience of West European economic integration during the cold war years will do little to reconcile global and regional integration in the post-cold war world; the political and security concerns are no longer the

Small and medium enterprises play a key role in the economy of the European Union as the main generators of employment and economic development. According to the offi cial statistics of the EU, about 99.8 % of enterprises are small and medium. In order to be successful, the company needs to harmonize various parameters through strategic planning, preparation, organization and decision making. For the purpose of the research, two questionnaires were used, one for the purposes of descriptive statistics and χ2 test, and the other for the purpose of AHP data analysis. The χ2- test shows the opinion of surveyed experts and company managers, while the AHP method demonstrates the parameters considered most and least important for the company business. In contrast to the environmentally friendly production, which has shown to have the least significant impact on the management system, the market, promotion and marketing have the most significant impact. According to the results, production and business management model and block diagram were established. ; Mala i srednja poduzeća kao osnovni generatori zapošljavanja i gospodarskog razvoja imaju ključnu ulogu u gospodarstvu EU-a. Prema službenoj statistici Unije, oko 99, 8 % poduzeća čine upravo mala i srednja poduzeća. Za uspješno poslovanje poduzeća potrebno je uskladiti brojne parametre koji se ostvaruju strateškim planiranjem, pripremom, organizacijom i donošenjem odluka. U radu su primijenjena dva anketna upitnika, jedan za potrebe deskriptivne statistike i χ2-testa, a drugi za potrebe AHP analize podataka. Testom χ2 prikazana su razmišljanja anketiranih eksperata i menadžera poduzeća, dok je AHP metodom ustanovljeno koji su parametri najvažniji za poslovanje poduzeća, a koji su manje važni. Najveći utjecaj na sustav upravljanja imaju tržište, promocija i marketing, a najmanji utjecaj ima ekološki čista proizvodnja. Na osnovi dobivenih rezultata uspostavljen je model upravljanja proizvodnjom i poslovanjem te izrađen blok-dijagram.

The recent rise in Eurozone long-term interest rates could jeopardize the on-going recovery if interest rates went beyond what the fundamentals require. We investigate possible overshooting after identifying the main determinants of long-term interest rates in the Eurozone and in some of its Member States since 1999. We include four categories of fundamentals (macroeconomic, financial, expectations, international). We find that monetary variables, spillovers from US financial markets, expectations and sovereign risks are the main determinants of long-term interest rates in the Eurozone. The empirical model has a very good fit and does not identify recent overshooting. The observed rise since August 2016 is attributed to two factors. The first one is the increase in US long-term interest rates after the reversal in the Fed's monetary stance. The second factor stems from the political tensions in France, Italy or Spain which generated higher perceived political risk. While the former factor might continue to drive Eurozone interest rates up, the second one might have receded with the results of the French presidential elections and drive interest rates down.

The recent rise in Eurozone long-term interest rates could jeopardize the on-going recovery if interest rates went beyond what the fundamentals require. We investigate possible overshooting after identifying the main determinants of long-term interest rates in the Eurozone and in some of its Member States since 1999. We include four categories of fundamentals (macroeconomic, financial, expectations, international). We find that monetary variables, spillovers from US financial markets, expectations and sovereign risks are the main determinants of long-term interest rates in the Eurozone. The empirical model has a very good fit and does not identify recent overshooting. The observed rise since August 2016 is attributed to two factors. The first one is the increase in US long-term interest rates after the reversal in the Fed's monetary stance. The second factor stems from the political tensions in France, Italy or Spain which generated higher perceived political risk. While the former factor might continue to drive Eurozone interest rates up, the second one might have receded with the results of the French presidential elections and drive interest rates down.

We present a hybrid Heston model with a common stochastic volatility to describe government bond yield dynamics. The model is analytically tractable and, therefore, can be efficiently estimated using the maximum likelihood approach and a specific expansion in order to cope with the curse of dimensionality. Twofold is the model contribution. First, it captures changes in the yield volatility and predict future yield values of Germany, French, Italy and Spain. The result is an early-warning indicator which anticipates phases of instability characterizing the time series investigated. Then, the model describes convergence/divergence phenomena among European government bond yields and explores the countries' reactions to a common monetary policy described through the EONIA interbank rate. We also investigate the potential of this indicator on U.S. data (treasury bills). ; The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union, Seventh Framework Programme FP7, under grant agreement FinMaP no. 612955.