New Pact for Europe: Towards a New Pact for Europe. Second report, October 2014

As the new EU leadership takes office, Europe faces a complex web of economic, political, social and global challenges which require new responses – above all, the need to restore the public’s faith and trust after the years of crisis which have prompted growing dissatisfaction with the Union, with many people now seeing it as part of the problem rather than part of the solution to those challenges. In 2012, a consortium of 11 European foundations initiated by the King Baudouin Foundation and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and supported by the European Policy Centre, decided to launch a project to promote a Europe-wide debate on the future of EU integration: an ambitious participatory initiative whose ultimate goal is to develop realistic reform proposals to shore up a Union hit by multiple storms in recent years, which have left many people questioning its capacity to respond effectively to those challenges. Two years later, we are proud to be able to present the outcome of this endeavour: the result of a joint reflection process involving the public, politicians, policy-makers, business leaders, trade unionists, EU experts, opinion-formers and other civil society representatives in many EU Member States. Obviously, not all the ideas and proposals generated by this process could be included in this report, but we hope that it faithfully reflects the feedback we received in all the debates. The discussions we have had led to the report that you now hold in your hands, which calls for a New Pact for Europe – between EU Member States and between the EU and its citizens – to enhance the Union’s capacity to deliver effective solutions to the many challenges facing Europe, and to do so in a way that benefits all EU countries and groups within society. This report is designed to feed into the on-going discussions about the EU’s future as the new leadership team takes charge, providing what we hope will be seen as a valuable contribution to the debate on how to introduce ambitious while at the same time workable and realistic reforms to make the EU more effective in responding to the challenges we face. We hope that it will be taken up for discussion by the new European Parliament, the new leadership of the European Commission, European Council and European External Action Service, and also by policy-makers in the Member States. And it does not by any means mark the end of the process. The report will be discussed again with policy-makers and stakeholders in a majority of Member States. Their feedback is important to us and will impact the future progress of the initiative.

Quantifying Non-Tariff Measures for TTIP. Paper No. 12 in the CEPS-CTR project ‘TTIP in the Balance’ and CEPS Special Report No. 116/July 2015

This paper provides an overview of methods employed to quantify non-tariff measures (NTMs) and then analyses their differences and looks at what these mean for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The authors find several similarities in the approaches taken. Because all studies conclude that NTMs matter, they argue that policy-makers are right to focus on ‘regulatory cooperation’ in TTIP. Given the significant differences in NTMs across sectors, policy-makers are urged to dive deep into sector-specific elements of NTMs and focus on those sectors where the largest potential gains can be made (i.e. where NTMs are highest, such as in agriculture, automobiles, steel, textiles and insurance services). An area identified for further research is the fact that unlike trade taxes (i.e. tariffs), regulatory barriers to trade are not generally targeted as the primary policy objective, but rather stem from other strategic policy concerns such as consumer safety and/or social and environmental protection. This element should be further investigated.

Searching for harm or harming search? A look at the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Google. CEPS Special Report No. 118/September 2015

As the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Google approaches its final stages, its contours and likely outcome remain obscure and blurred by a plethora of nonantitrust-related arguments. At the same time, the initial focus on search neutrality as an antitrust principle seems to have been abandoned by the European Commission, in favour of a more standard allegation of ‘exclusionary abuse’, likely to generate anticompetitive foreclosure of Google’s rivals. This paper discusses search neutrality as an antitrust principle, and then comments on the current investigation based on publicly available information. The paper provides a critical assessment of the likely tests that will be used for the definition of the relevant product market, the criteria for the finding of dominance, the anticompetitive foreclosure test and the possible remedies that the European Commission might choose. Overall, and regardless of the outcome of the Google case, the paper argues that the current treatment of exclusionary abuses in Internet markets is in urgent need of a number of important clarifications, and has been in this condition for more than a decade. The hope is that the European Commission will resist the temptation to imbue the antitrust case with an emphasis and meaning that have nothing to do with antitrust (from industrial policy motives to privacy, copyright or media law arguments) and that, on the contrary, the Commission will devote its efforts to sharpening its understanding of dynamic competition in cyberspace, and the tools that should be applied in the analysis of these peculiar, fast-changing and often elusive settings.

(Re)Organização da área dos livros e incentivo à leitura na educação pré-escolar

O presente relatório apresenta a descrição e a reflexão da Prática e Intervenção Supervisionada do Mestrado em Educação Pré-escolar, cujo propósito foi (re)organizar a área dos livros e incentivar a leitura na Educação Pré-escolar. Este Projeto foi implementado na sala de atividades onde decorreu a nossa prática, tornando a área dos livros mais acolhedora e atrativa, para que as crianças se sentissem melhor no momento das suas leituras. Como ponto de partida deste Projeto foi fundamental ouvir as opiniões e ideias das crianças acerca da área dos livros da sala de atividades, para assim podermos responder melhor às suas necessidades e gostos. O Projeto seguiu a metodologia de investigação-ação em contexto educativo, que se caracterizou por momentos de observação, recolha, interpretação e análise de dados, que nos levaram aos resultados obtidos. Estes resultados mostram que a nossa principal intenção foi conseguida, uma vez que foram notórias as mudanças que ocorreram na sala de atividades, que proporcionaram um melhor ambiente para desenvolver o intelectual das crianças do grupo.

Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom.

Duke of Argyll, chairman.

Report of the Consultative committee on attendance, compulsory or otherwise, at continuation schools ...

At head of title: Board of education.

Credit practices : final report to the Federal Trade Commission and proposed trade regulation rule (16 CFR part 444) /

"Staff report and recommendation on proposed trade regulation rule. 16 CFR part 444, public record 215-42."

Transactions - Botanical Society of Edinburgh.

Proceedings included in all volumes except v. 2-4 (in v. 1 called "Extracts from the minute-book," 1839-43).

Inter-American and world book trade; problems of organization,

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report of the State Board of Forestry /

Mode of access: Internet.

Book trade bibliography in the United States in the nineteenth century,

A reproduction of "subscriber's copy," no.7 of an edition of 50 copies printed for non-members of the Dibdin Club (including original t.p. with imprint: New York : Printed for the Dibdin Club and for sale by Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, Eng., 1898)

Science and technology : a report to the Congress.

Subtitle varies.

Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia.

Mode of access: Internet.

Technical terms used in bibliographies and by the book and printing trades,

Issued also with Walter's "Abbreviations and technical terms ... 1915", with added title covering the two: ... 1917 Handy edition. Re-issue of the two books bound in one. Boston, The Boston book company [1917]

Charter, by-laws, officers, members, report of the Executive committee.

Mode of access: Internet.