European Commission - BEPA

European Strategy and Policy Analysis System : "ESPAS"

Global trends - Horizon 2030

The 2010 EU Budget provided for a Pilot Project designed "to set up an inter-institutional system identifying long-term trends on major policy issues facing the EU."

The European Strategy and Policy Analysis System – ESPAS, as it has been branded – constitutes a premiere in terms of both method and substance. A joint inter-institutional Task Force will ensure the political ownership and oversee the unfolding of the project. BEPA will act as the grantmaking body, and the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) – the recipient of the grant – as the hub for the preparation and delivery of final reports aimed at highlighting challenges and scenarios for the Union, horizon 2030.