Digitalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Mediterranean

The project will be conducted in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia’s increasingly assertive regional policy, which will continue to affect the economic situation of the three analysed countries via various channels – trade of goods and services, remittances of labour migrants, financial flows, energy dependence (all countries are net energy &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

Private sector was the key driver of protests following unfair presidential election in Belarus in August 2020 and faced harsh government response aftermath. The political crisis affected many Belarusian private companies in different sectors as well as self-employed. Among factors negatively affecting domestic business development were the risks of inspections, closures, arrests; unwillingness to pay &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

The idea of European strategic autonomy has its origins in the fields of security and defense, but has started to resonate beyond these areas extending to foreign and trade policies. The Covid pandemic and more recently the Russian invasion in Ukraine, have made clear the vulnerability of global value chains and the need to maintain &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

  In its 2023 enlargement package, the European Commission recommended that the Council open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Moreover, it recommended that the Council grant Georgia the status of candidate country and open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria has been achieved.&nbsp; The &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

The study commissioned to CASE by the Committee of the Regions and entitled “Tourism and Rural Development” is to provide a brief analysis of the main barriers and enablers to tourism as part of rural development in the European Union from the perspective of subnational governments. The study also will pay attention to identify supporting &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

This study aimed to assess the prospects of, and underlying conditions for, a joint diplomatic EU-US initiative to support the Middle East Peace Process, and ultimately a viable, sustainable and peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, in line with applicable international law.&nbsp; The paper prepared by CASE and IMED experts evaluates the possibility of joint &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

The project will examine what causal mechanisms link the pseudo-causal policy narratives and policy outcomes in the European Union’s trade-development-migration nexus (hereafter, T-D-M nexus), and how they do it. To address this question, the project will focus on the narratives about addressing the root causes of migration through trade and development cooperation, produced by the &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

The project will be conducted in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia’s increasingly assertive regional policy, which will continue to affect the economic situation of the three analysed countries via various channels – trade of goods and services, remittances of labour migrants, financial flows, energy dependence (all countries are net energy &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>

EU skepticism, anti-EU votes in EP, and national elections have increased over the past 10 years, mainly driven by a combination of long-term economic and industrial decline, low levels of education, and lack of local employment opportunities. Rural areas are often characterised by a combination of these factors.&nbsp; The goal of the project commissioned by &hellip; <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/digitalisation-of-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-in-the-mediterranean-2/">Continued</a>