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Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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Policy making is a complex and ongoing process without a beginning and an end. In a policy making process involves a bureaucratic process of agenda setting, formation, legitimation, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of a policy based on its succession or termination

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Public policies represent statements of governments of what they intend to achieve which include law, regulation, decision, or order. They follow a determined purpose: achieve particular  objectives and find solutions to societal issues (1)

Policies are designed for achieving a goal. The government formulate them to provide a guideline to achieve goals for the good of the people (2)

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The Northern Dimension is a joint policy between EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland. Belarus, which is part of the Baltic Sea catchment area, participates in practical cooperation. The USA and Canada hold observer status in the ND.The ND Policy was initiated in 1999 and renewed in 2006.

The ND policy aims at supporting stability, well-being and sustainable development in the region by means of practical cooperation. The Northern Dimension covers a wide range of sectors, such as the environment, nuclear safety, health, energy, transport, logistics, promotion of trade and investment, research, education and culture, to name a few.

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Actionable research is research that produces actionable knowledge, in which people can rely for policy-making, doing business or solving social issues.  It is focused on solving problems in practice, especially with respect to policies, programs and practices that undermine equity. (John, 2013). It differs from traditional research, in a sense that it should enable people to act based on its recommendations and implement effectively their intentions. One important element related to actionability is credibility, which helps evidence to be actionable, but the level of credibility necessary depends on the situation

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Presidency of the Council of the EU is held by a member state to balance and chair the meetings of the Council.
The presidency of the Council of the EU rotates between all the member states. The duration of presidency period is six months, member states start their term in either January or July.

]Every member state forms their priorities for the half-year period that they chair the Council of the EU. In addition, three consecutive presidencies collaborate for 18-month period to execute common long-term priorities within their separate presidencies. This development started with Treaty of Lisbon (2017).

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Due to Britannica, The perestroika is :

“Program instituted in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s to restructure Soviet economic and political policy”.

Domestically, it included transparency, freedom of religion, and move from democratic centralism to direct democracy. Internationally, it introduced the freedom of eastern Europe to choose their socio-system, and the end of objection to negotiation regarding reunion of Germany.

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This refers to the world of colleges and universities. It involves the life, community that consists of teachers, schools and also education. It is also connected with studying and thinking or the activity or the job of studying. Also the concept of research and scholarship is within the whole concept of academia.

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A process of providing ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions. One of the spheres of application of technologies in public relations, which consists in "providing professional assistance to practicing politicians in solving certain political tasks". An activity related to providing the client with advice designed to ensure that political goals.

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The concept tries to explain a decision made by a state within the institution are based on a wider social and economic factor, and that their decision may not necessary reflect their core interest. It’s an outcome of power relationship, social, historical factor, especially less powerful state compromising their interest so to uphold the institution’s goal.

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Several key priority themes for dialogue and co-operation under the Northern Dimension have been identified:

· Economy, business and infrastructure

· Human resources, education, culture, scientific research, and health

· The environment, nuclear safety, and natural resources

· Cross-border cooperation and regional development Justice and home affairs.

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A research that should fit into a strategic framework. The word “actionable” comes from the practical implications that enable an action to be carried on thanks to the research. That concept is linked to the works of Doran (1981)[1] and of Locke & Latham (2002)[2], especially concerning the achievability of the SMART criteria.

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It means they have to fit into strategic thinking,goal setting and it needs to be something people can act on.

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It can be defined as a process where one can contribute to better debates,more reasoning arguments, better facts through own expertise.