Juxtaposing incremental solutions can no longer respond to the climate emergency. This requires integrated approaches that take into account the interdependencies between actors and combine the levers of transformation—technological, behavioral, regulatory, and financial. The European Commission has created five Missions under Horizon Europe, reinforcing the coherence of objectives and means in support of the Green Deal. Notably, the “Smart and climate-neutral cities” and “Adaptation to climate change” Missions support cities, metropolitan areas, communities and regions that are aiming for decarbonization and climate resilience by 2030. In this paper, we discuss some structuring projects for these Missions, and other systemic innovation initiatives anchored in specific places, in particular Deep Demonstration programs led by Climate KIC in support of national and regional governments.

Telemedicine is increasingly playing a vital role in European health systems, offering great potential for improving healthcare access and outcomes. Funded between September 2022 and December 2024, the Joint Action 'Strengthening eHealth including telemedicine and remote monitoring for health care systems for CANcer prevention and care' (eCAN JA) provided evidence-base for person-centred implementation of telemedicine services among cancer patients in the European Union (EU). Through a mixed-method approach, this foresight study gathered insights from key decision-makers in 14 EU Member States and eight cancer patient associations via two surveys and a joint workshop, conducted within the Sustainability Work Package (WP4) of the eCAN JA. Our results show that EU Member States and cancer patients view telemedicine as a useful and complementary tool, however, not as a replacement for in-person services for cancer care. The policy recommendations from our study can be summarised as follows: (i) develop legal frameworks to complement in-person care with telemedicine; (ii) improve digital literacy and information technology infrastructure while ensuring privacy and health equity; and (iii) engage patients in the co-design of telemedicine services. Implementing these recommendations will enhance the integration of telemedicine into cancer care in Europe.

This article analyses two works of European Romanticism that problematise the ex-perience of loneliness: Alphonse de Lamartine's Méditations poétiques (1820) and Percy Shelley's Adonais. The Elegy on the Death of John Keats by Percy Shelley (1821). Both poets, independently of each other, described isolation as an extreme existential situation that locks the self in the tight shackles of immanence and threatens the coherence of its subjectivity. The structural axis of English and French elegies is formed by prosodic, morphological, syntactic, versification and tropological strategies that fold language, such as antapodosis, alliteration and prosopopoeia. Lamartine and Shelley perceived loneliness as an experience of exile from meaning and inevitable death. The interpreta-tion revealed a common point of convergence in their works from the early 1820s: a turn towards the world. The conclusion proposes a confrontation between the Western Eur-opean visions of loneliness presented in Adonais and Méditations poétiques and the East-ern European vision distributed by Adam Mickiewicz's Forefathers. Part I.

To assess current prescription patterns in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in Europe. Countries affiliated with the European Cornea and Cell Transplantation Registry and the European Vision Institute Clinical Research Network. Cross-sectional study (European survey). An electronic survey was distributed to 16 national societies to gather data on prescription patterns for DMEK. Responses were categorized by 3 clinical goals: prevention of postoperative endophthalmitis, graft rejection, and pupillary block and glaucoma. Responses from 136 surgeons revealed that medication protocols mainly came from departmental protocols (54%) or personal experiences (48%) rather than national guidelines (22%) (multiple answers were allowed). Infection prevention primarily relied on intraoperative (72%) and postoperative (92%) antibiotics, with preoperative use less common (18%). Steroids were the mainstay for rejection prevention, used intraoperatively (59%), postoperatively (100%), and occasionally preoperatively (13%). Steroids were typically tapered to once daily after 6 months (46%) and discontinued after varying durations (65%). Dexamethasone was the preferred steroid. For high-risk DMEK, the most common approach was adding another topical (30%) or systemic immunosuppressive drug (24%), such as cyclosporine or mycophenolate. For graft rejection, most respondents increased topical steroid frequency (85%) or added (peri)bulbar steroid injections (42%). Pupillary block and glaucoma prophylaxis mainly involved intraoperative mydriatics (34%); intraocular pressure-lowering agents were rarely used (0.7% to 2.2%). For steroid-induced ocular hypertension, the common approach was switching to a lower-potency steroid (40%) or reducing steroid frequency (43%). Current prescription patterns in routine and high-risk DMEK vary significantly, reflecting the lack of standardized guidelines.

The Metaverse, a virtual shared space created by the convergence of physical and virtual reality, is still in its infancy. Yet, China and the EU have already formulated differing visions for the future of the “new internet,” and issued policies meant to advance that future. The US has neither articulated a specific vision nor adopted specific policies for the emergent Metaverse but has designated it as a critical technology and promoted its use in military contexts. Additionally, it has implemented a range of policy measures that support the technology industry in general and has therefore allowed its big tech companies to make large investments in the Metaverse. In this article, I argue that the divergent stances of the three powers have led to two imagined Metaverses and two actual Metaverses taking shape and competing. In terms of visions, China promotes an industrial Metaverse led by its biggest companies that strengthens the Chinese Communist Party, contributes to economic growth, and to China’s geopolitical leadership. In contrast, the EU envisions an open and interoperable Metaverse that respects digital rights and provides opportunities for European companies. Reality contrasts starkly with the European vision, as there is currently a closed, consumer-focused Western version of the Metaverse dominated by American big tech and a closed, industry-focused Chinese version dominated by Chinese big tech. However, since the Metaverse is still emergent and contested, there is room for policymakers to direct it towards a version that serves more than just commercial or geopolitical interests.

Digital transformation is a key driver of economic and social growth, with the development of broadband infrastructure and fifth-generation (5G) technologies forming the foundation of the Gigabit Society under the framework of the “Digital Decade of Europe”. Digitization also plays a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) by contributing to the development of smart cities and improving resource management and citizens’ quality of life. This article critically analyzes Poland’s progress in achieving European digital objectives drawing on European Commission data, especially the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). Poland has expanded fiber optic technology (FTTP) and digital public services. However, barriers include limited 5G implementation, low digital skills, and minimal use of advanced technologies in business. The results indicate the need for further regulatory reforms, increased investment, and systemic support for digital education. This article contributes by linking digital policy and technology to sustainable economic and social development in national and European contexts.

During the interwar years, military music experienced significant growth thanks to the efforts of one of the genre's leading lights, conductor Egizio Massini, a highly regarded individual who also happened to be an accomplished soldier. His conducting skills and European vision, along with his organizational tenacity and musical aptitude, led to an amazing military career that had a direct impact on Romania's military and civilian fanfare band scene. During his tenure as the inspector general of the military bands (1932–1940 and 1944–1947), significant advancements were made for the military music bands and their members' musical education, as well as for the repertoire reform and the execution of lengthy international tours.

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of development of the the indigenous population identity in Kenya during the colonial era. The object of the study is self-perception of Kenyans during the reign of the British Empire. The subject of the study is transformation, under the influence of colonizers, of the tribal and group identifica-tion of local residents into an identity based on a tribe, later on a nationality. Special attention is paid to the activities of missionaries in the spread of Christianity, as the most important aspect of Kenyan identity. Using the example of the Luo people, the positive aspects of the introduction of the European vision of identity are demonstrated. The Kenyans' identitarian ideas were archaic, but not primitive, at the time of the arrival of the colonizators. The social structure of each particular community could be at a different level of development. The same person could belong to several groups at the same time, his status, rights and duties varied depending on the internal hierarchy of each com-munity. The imperial authorities did not immerse themselves in the nuances of the social organization of the indigenous Kenyans and settled on the tribal stratum as a basic element. Tribes, and later peoples, could be managed more efficiently and easier. The transfer of the concept of tribal identity to property and land relations laid the foundations for numerous local conflicts and tensions during the period of independence. The consolidation and formation of large supranational structures – nationalities and ethnicities – has been a positive result of the planting of a European understanding of identity for local residents. The modern identity of Kenyans is characterized by collectivism, religiosity, communal identity, family values, and clear gender behaviors. Abroad, Kenyans are doing their best to preserve and pass on the languages, traditions and cultural practices of their historical homeland to the younger generation. Their own churches and parishes emphasize the otherness of Kenyan diasporas in Western countries, strengthen self-identification, maintain a system of ideological coordinates, preventing migrants from breaking away from their historical homeland.

Cyberspace is composed around a digital network controlled by entities polarized between the United States and China. To address this polarization, Europe is moving toward a territorialization of its digital sovereignty through the Gaia-x project by bringing together all European cloud providers. By examining the Gaia-x project, we attempt to decipher how coopetition between cloud computing providers in Europe promotes the territorialization of digital sovereignty. The results of this work highlight the strategy of standardizing technical practices with a diversification of applications among cloud providers. This research also demonstrates that the European vision of digital sovereignty is similar to a strategic autonomy of digital technology.

In 1924, after spending six months in Honolulu, the Dublin-born artist Mary Swanzy travelled to American Samoa. There for three months, the artist created a body of work “unique” in Irish art history. Rationalized as explorations in the decorative effect of light on colour, these artworks have been used to legitimize Swanzy’s canonical value as a modernist artist: American Samoa was and continues to be viewed through the lens of an implicit, universalizing gaze of “European vision.” In this article, I focus on that which—from this “European vision”—has been overlooked or unseen: tensions between modes of imagining the “South Seas” as represented in Swanzy’s finished paintings and the modernizing, colonizing forces of Euro-American industrialization represented in her sketches. By deploying a “double vision”, Swanzy’s artworks are explored as visual and material examples of colonial and Samoan modernity. Framed by questions specific to Swanzy, I argue that her representations of American Samoa were informed by historically, socially, and nationally specific cultural and colonial processes, and her identities as white, Irish, and a working artist. In contrasting her sketches and finished, exhibited paintings, what emerges is the artist’s—previously invisible—labour to transform indigenous peoples and culture from American Samoa into forms of modern professional output, exhibited in Paris in 1925. However, these works never sold, remaining in her London home until the 1970s. Rather than viewing these artworks as a failure or unique in the Irish context, I close by arguing that they are deeply complex sites of clashing cultures of modernity. Adding context – looking through a “double vision” – exposes the ambiguities of Samoan life in American Samoa. By highlighting the sketches and the contexts of Samoan modernity, Swanzy painted landscapes are revealed as sites of Euro-American colonial modernity and its resistance.

Abstract The 2050 long-term strategy of the European Union contains an analysis of the actions that need to be taken for the transition to a zero GHG emission economy and to to build a better future for all by 2050. The outlined scenarios envisage ambitious objectives in terms of the energy efficient building improvements, the use of RES and the reduction of climate-changing emission. Following this European vision, EU Member States have developed national long-term strategies and focusing on the building sector, in Italy the Recovery and Resilience Plan is providing financing and national and European investment is expected to enable the renovation of more than 100,000 buildings, with a total upgraded area of more than 36 million square metres. The expected energy saving is about 191 Ktoe/year with a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of about 667 Kton CO2/year. At the end of 2023, the energy requalification of buildings reached about 12 million square metres. By 31 December 2025, the objective is to ensure the energy requalification of buildings for at least 32 million square metres. The proposed research aims to investigate the effects of the renovation activities related to the Superbonus 110% through a multi-criteria analysis, taking into account the beneficial effects consisting of the energy efficiency improvement. The research has been conducted starting from a database of 1,545 dwellings on the territory of Italy, using a data collection questionnaire to estimate the energy consumption of a dwelling, with an in-house developed calculation code based on a simplified dynamic simulation. The database has been set to satisfy different purposes: to characterize the energy uses of residential utilities and identify flexible loads; to estimate the effects of energy upgrading interventions; to analyse the transformation potential of residential buildings with the introduction of an integrated PV-Heat Pump-Thermal Storage system; to evaluate the best energy upgrading proposal based on the climate zone and building location; to evaluate the cost of energy upgrading interventions. The proposed activity aims to complement the studies carried out by projecting the existing situation into more scenarios congruent with the national and European context; the envisioned scenario interprets the need to increase the building stock efficiency and integrate more renewable energy resources into energy systems. In light of the estimates produced and the results achieved, the research aims to emphasize the reuse of building materials issue, looking at circular reuse, offering a different and broader assessment of interventions aimed at the construction sector and, more specifically, the residential sector.

Introduction: The purpose of this project was to explore the current standards of clinical care genetic testing and counseling for patients with inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) from the perspective of leading experts in selected European countries. Also, to gather opinions on current bottlenecks and future solutions to improve patient care. Methods: On the initiative of the European Vision Institute, a survey questionnaire with 41 questions was designed and sent to experts in the field from ten European countries. Each participant was asked to answer with reference to the situation in their own country. Results: Sixteen questionnaires were collected by November 2023. IRD genetic tests are performed in clinical care settings for 80% or more of tested patients in 9 countries, and the costs of genetic tests in clinical care are covered by the public health service to the extent of 90% or more in 8 countries. The median proportion of patients who are genetically tested, the median rate of genetically solved patients among those who are tested, and the median proportion of patients receiving counseling are 51–70%, 61–80%, and 61–80%, respectively. Improving the education of healthcare professionals who facilitate patient referrals to specialized centers, improving access of patients to more thorough genotyping, and increasing the number of available counselors were the most advocated solutions. Conclusion: There is a significant proportion of IRD patients who are not genetically tested, whose genetic testing is inconclusive, or who do not receive counseling. Educational programs, greater availability of state-of-the-art genotyping and genetic counselors could improve healthcare for IRD patients.

In Europe, a huge collaborative research program, namely Smart Networks and Services joint Undertaking (SNS JU), was launched in November 2021 to address all relevant research areas towards the development of 6G systems [1]. This Institutionalized Partnership is jointly funded by the European Union (EU) and the private sector (Industry, SMEs, Academia) with a total budget of at least €1.8 billion for the period 2021–2027. An EU contribution of €900 million will be at least matched by the private members. The SNS JU provides financial support in the form of research and innovation grants to participants in open and competitive calls for proposals.

Abstract The EU Directorate General for Research and Innovation’s “European Research Area Policy Agenda: Overview of Actions for the Period 2022–2024” outlines twenty actions to boost research excellence, investment and reform, coordination and support, or green and digital transformation of the academia, in an attempt to create a truly common “European knowledge market.” Filled with strategic planning jargon, the policy specifies the recommended interventions for years to come and with billions of Euros of funding to follow. Using a qualitative critical discourse approach, this study explores policy-making from a linguistic perspective to capture the characteristics of current EU R&I discourse. Language choices have a constitutive role in policy papers due to the discursive capacity for legitimization and subsequent persuasion. The analysis focuses on the persuasive presuppositions induced by certain lexico-grammatical choices, including evaluative and rhetorical devices, and shows how the ERA policy fosters acceptance of a European vision of R&I values.

Topicality. In the conditions of instability and volatility of socio-economic processes, the modernization of scientific and methodical approaches to evaluation is taking place balanced development of economic systems, including commodity markets. In the war period, new analytical tasks arise, in particular, monitoring trends in the sustainable development of real sector markets in the context of the dynamics and structure of the national economy, taking into account the influence of internal and external factors in the analysis of trends in the balanced development of market systems of various types, evaluating the effectiveness of state policy and its impact on markets. At the same time, the issue of comprehensive evaluation of the sustainable development of relevant markets and their systems within commodity-geographic boundaries in conditions of instability remains insufficiently researched, which actualizes new scientific and methodological developments in this area.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to develop methodical recommendations for a comprehensive evaluation of the balanced development of commodity markets in conditions of instability. Research task: to determine the general structure of the evaluation system and subgroups of its indicators; to provide a description of the content and vector of changes in indicators in the system of evaluating the economic, social and environmental component of the sustainable development of commodity markets; justify the expediency of differentiating indicators by subjects of the corporate and individual segments of the agro-food market.Materials and Methods. The results of the theoretical generalization of scientific works, methodical approaches and provisions in the direction of monitoring and diagnostics of the balanced development of socio-economic systems, as well as their "green" transformation, which are highlighted in publications of a fundamental and applied nature, as well as the provisions of the European vision of Industry 5.0 form an informational and methodical basis of research.The following methods were used to solve the tasks: generalization, system analysis, induction, deduction, synthesis, grouping, abstract-logical.Research results. Methodical recommendations for comprehensive evaluation of the balanced development of commodity markets have been developed, which are based on an assessment system consisting of 9 subgroups of indicators structured according to three components of development. To diagnose the economic component of the sustainable development of markets, 4 subgroups of indicators are proposed, focused on the assessment of price ratios in production sectors, physical and economic availability of food, investment and innovation development of relevant markets. Calculation of indexes of agricultural products and internal prices of producers in the subject dimension, dynamics of shares of corporate and individual segments in production, coefficients of discriminatory export prices are proposed.The social component of the sustainable development of commodity markets is represented by the dynamics of employment and labor productivity indicators in commodity market sectors. It is emphasized that in the post-war period, the return and effective use of labor resources will become an important factor in ensuring the resilience of commodity markets, which determines the applied significance of the diagnosis of the social component of sustainable development.To assess the environmental component of the balanced development of commodity markets, three subgroups of indicators are proposed, focused on measuring the dynamics of resource and environmental productivity of market sectors and their investment support. In this group, sectoral indicators of resource and environmental productivity of gross added value are key, which allow determining the environmental resilience of market systems, that is, their ability to produce added value with a neutral or positive impact on the environment in conditions of resource limitations, challenges and threats to the security environment.Conclusion. The scientific novelty of the conducted research consists in the development of methodical recommendations for a comprehensive evaluation of the balanced development of commodity markets based on the convergence of the concepts of sustainable, reproduction and resilient development, which allowed the construction of an extended system of indicators in the economic, social and environmental directions using both traditional and original indicators from with an emphasis on the dynamics of their changes in conditions of instability. The applied significance of methodical recommendations is determined by the possibility of their use by state and specialized institutions in the course of monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the market-sectoral dimension, determining the trends of sustainable development of relevant markets in conditions of instability, substantiating the priorities of the balanced development of market systems in the context of the tasks of the Post-War Recovery Plan of Ukraine.

This article addresses the problem of contemporary European vision of the results of World War II through the prism of cinema, namely, a specific genre: horror. The images created in this genre by Norwegian and French directors are analyzed: Standartenführer, Germans, Soviet soldiers. The material is two relatively well-known films of the horror-comedy (black humor) subgenre («Operation "Dead Snow" (2009), «Operation "Dead Snow 2" (2014) (Norway) and the slasher «Underground Horror» (2022) (France, Belgium). The balance of power in these films, when the victory over zombies (German soldiers who have turned into the living dead) is won either by Europeans and Americans, or by representatives of national minorities, is, from the author’s point of view, the code of modern culture in the West, when the role of Soviet troops in the Victory over fascism is hushed up, when gays or representatives of national minorities act as heroes; when the Second World War becomes the subject of a comedy comprehension with an admixture of trash. Such a code differs significantly from the one that existed in literature and cinema of the immediate post-war period (in the second half of the 20th century), when living witnesses (war participants) were more numerous and moral values were somewhat different. This prism of artistic vision of the Second World War is justified by the nature of postmodern thinking and the demand for this kind of film production among Western viewers.

Cultural heritage tourism is a multidimensional tourist activity because, apart from the advantages associated with practicing tourist activity, it is particularly associated with cognitive motives when it comes to practicing it, and even with discovering cultural identity. Such an activity has a specific value in relation to the adopted perspective. Researchers often attempt to determine the value that a tourism-related product has for the customer (tourist). Sometimes, it is defined as the value captured by the entity providing the tourism product. However, it is extremely rare for research to assess the social value of tourism. The aim of this work is to identify issues that can be used in measuring the social value resulting from cultural heritage made available in the form of a tourist product. The authors review the literature on cultural heritage and cultural identity, and then use a particular methodology to develop a tool for assessing social value. To develop their own research tool, the authors use the results of research conducted in 2021/2022 among managers of 70 cultural heritage tourism facilities in Europe. As a result, a tool was created that includes six statements that can contribute to the assessment of the social value resulting from the provision of material cultural heritage in the form of a tourist product. The reliability of the tool was estimated at 0.69 and its standardized rating at 0.71. The social value of cultural heritage, in the opinion of experts, achieved an average rating of 4.06 (on a scale from 1 to 5), with the 6-item version of the tool attaining an average rating of 4.10. Taking into account the usefulness of the proposed solutions, remember that the paper reflects only the European vision, which is one of many possible views.

The introduction of automated solutions for inland waterways shipping supports the European vision for a sustainable and greener shift within maritime management and logistics. Despite increasing investments, impressive technological advancements, and active discussion to solve the regulatory and business model barriers, socio-technical aspects are still less studied in the preparation for the future of autonomous shipping. This study examines stakeholder and technology roles to map the gaps and challenges created in this emerging space using a system theory approach, specifically a recently developed work design system analysis tool named Change Agent Infrastructure (CHAI) analysis [1]. This framework was chosen to better understand the likely changes of the system with the introduction of automated technology and higher degrees of automation and digitalization in the European inland waterways. The analysis identifies that there are multiple receivers of the change and regulatory bodies will also be actors with considerable responsibilities to direct these changes.

The article presents an objective vision of the causes, content and possible consequences of non-compliance with energy security for the EU or Western democratic countries in connection with Russian imperialism’s aggression against Ukraine as a manifestation of the resurgent colonial Soviet thinking and practice of conquering states and enslaving nations. The concept of energy security has relatively new roots. Intensification of research, attempts at its systemic conceptualization are still ongoing. The author takes a contemporary view of the goals, threats, instruments, and methods of implementation of the policy of energy independence of the EU, diversification of resources and suppliers, and politically assesses the consequences of the still not fully overcome model of supply of raw materials from Russia to the countries of Europe as a hybrid threat. The scientific point of view organically correlates with the civic position, the principles of transatlantic energy security policy and the democratic European vision of contemporary events.

This article is an evocation of Alexandru Voevidca, a teacher and folklorist due to whom the folk song from Bukovina entered the national patrimony in the last century. The pages that follow constitute a part of a larger research, which analyses the contribution of researchers on the field of traditional culture in historical Bukovina (representatives of Ion G. Sbiera, Simion Florea Marian, Elena Niculiță-Voronca and Alexandru Voevidca) to the development of ethnological disciplines (folkloristics, ethnography and ethnomusicology) at the beginning of the XXth century, when the efforts of redoubtable philologists and musicologists such as Ion Bianu, Ovid Densusianu, Ion Muşlea, D. G. Kiriac, Béla Bartók, Constantin Brăiloiu, to orientate and present Romanian folk researches in a European vision, are noted. In the first three decades of the last century, in the systematic research of traditional folk culture, the problem of noting syncretism in the collection of the folk text and the establishment of folklore archives returns with greater stringency. The phenomenon had already manifested itself before in Western Europe. By 1918, a first non-selective collection of the Romanian repertoire of the folk song had been made in Bukovina, followed later by a thematic classification. The approach was determined by a strong movement developed in Vienna, aimed at collecting, analysing and publishing the folklore of the different ethnic groups embedded in the empire, with the aim of defining their cultural “specificity”. Philology Professor M. Friedwagner and folklorist teacher Alexandru Voevidca linked their names to this achievement.