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Academia and practitioners agree that the local level is crucial for EU cohesion. However, further conceptual and empirical development is needed. The paper introduces an under-standing of European cohesion consisting of a horizontal and a vertical dimension, covering individuals' relationships with each other and the polity. We review the predominantly nation-state-focused, interdisciplinary literature on support for the European Union (vertical dimension) and societal Europeanization (horizontal dimension) through a 'local lens', arguing in favour of combining the two dimensions in one framework of cohesion. We derive empirical expectations about the role of local agency for European cohesion and operationa-lise European cohesion, thus designing a coherent framework for analysing the local foundations of European cohesion.
The German Environment Agency has developed a guide in English to provide a concise introduction to the German environmental administration for an international readership. The guide is divided into five sections: After the introduction in Section 1, Section 2 introduces the wide range of subjects related to environmental protection in Germany. This is followed by Section 3, which describes the array of instruments the German environmental administration uses in pursuing its goals. The administrative structure in the Federal Republic of Germany, especially the division of tasks between the federal level, the level of the (Bundes-)Länder (federal states) and the local-level are explained in Section 4. Finally, Section 5 provides examples of important procedures and instruments in administrative environmental protection.
Die kommunale Europaarbeit ist mit einer Vielzahl von Herausforderungen konfrontiert. In diesem Working Paper stellen wir Beispiele bester Praktiken vor, die unterschiedliche Aspek-te dieser Herausforderungen adressieren. Von der Fördermittelakquise über Netzwerkarbeit, Zielgruppenansprache und Städtepartnerschaftsarbeit bis hin zur internen Europaarbeit finden sich ganz unterschiedliche Beispiele, wie Europaarbeit lokal organisiert werden kann. Die Steckbriefe geben dabei eine schnelle Übersicht, mit welchem Ressourcenaufwand das jeweilige Projekt durchgeführt werden kann und beinhalten Hinweise zu Herausforderungen und Nutzen des Projekts. So können Ideen einfach und passgenau adaptiert werden.