Illustrative of this, the European Defence Fund (EDF) finances cooperative research and development programmes in defence. Given military capacity-buildings centrality for statehood, I investigate the EDF to analyse the extent to which it challenges national prerogatives. I argue that the EDF ...
Munich/Marignane, 31 January 2023– Airbus has launched two defence research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defence Fund (EDF). In July 2022, the European Commission selected, among others, eight collaborative projects that Airbus is part of, coveri...
EU institutions reached a partial political agreement on the European Defence Fund (EDF) this week but decisions on the two major issues - budget and funding eligibility - had to be postponed as the file remains plagued by controversy.
On 26 June 2023, the European Commission announced plans to fund 41 collaborative defence research and development projects with a total budget of € 832 million. This funding decision comes as a result of a call for proposals issued in 2022. The EDF proposals are designed to support high-end...
threats, Airbus will coordinate four defence R&D projects following the successful signature of the grant agreement between the European Commission and the consortia. These projects will receive EU funding of EUR 40.7 million from the European Defense Fund (EDF) and additional Member States’ co-...
serves as the second line of defence in BlackRock’s risk management framework. RQA is responsible for BlackRock’s Investment and Enterprise risk management framework which includes oversight of sustainability-related investment risks. RQA Investment Risk conducts regular reviews with portfolio managers to...
RQA group also provides independent reviews of sustainability risks and the compliance team provides further oversight and monitors the ESG requirements relevant to each fund and the investment restrictions for each fund. RQA, serves as the second line of defence in BlackRock’s risk management framewo...
Brussels , 14th of November2024 -- The European Commission , represented by Directorate-Generalfor Defence Fund Industry and Space , and the Organisation for Joint ArmamentCooperation have signed a Financial Framework PartnershipAgreement , marking a significant step forward in the EuropeanUnion 's visi...
defence industries increasing their production capacity), to further encourage investments by the EDTIB. EDIP will also support the industrialisation of products stemming from cooperative R&D actions supported by the European Defence Fund. The EDIP budget may also be...
The Foreign Affairs Council is responsible for the EU's external action, which includes foreign policy, defence and security, trade, development cooperation and humanitarian aid. It is composed of the foreign ministers from all EU member states. ...