Funding of Essential Public Services, Sustainability and Territory (FINSERVICES)
| University | Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) |
|---|---|
| Centre/Department/Research group | Department of Law. Tax and Public Law Research Group |
| Research title | Funding of Essential Public Services, Sustainability and Territory (FINSERVICES) |
| Scientific area | Law |
| Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | SDG 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere SDG 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages SDG 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all SDG 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all SDG 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation SDG 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable SDG 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns SDG 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development |
| Target(s) to which it contributes | 1.4. By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance. 3.8. Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. 3.c. Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States. 6.1. By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. 7.1. By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. 9.1. Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all. 11.1. By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums. 11.2. By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons. 12.7. Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities. 17.17. Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships. |
Research description: The main purpose of the FINSERVICES project is to contribute to the analysis of the financing system for public services as an indispensable tool for effective access to essential services and the right to equal opportunities. Both rights, along with the right of access to health services, are recognized as social rights in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) of November 17, 2017. Because of the economic crisis, in recent years the European agenda has been presided over by a strict application of budgetary discipline, accompanied by significant cuts in public spending made by the national authorities. The challenge in the coming years is to build a more inclusive and fair European Union, in which the right of access to essential services of all citizens is guaranteed. This is a global objective (at national, European and international level), in which both the public administrations sector and the private sector are involved.
Impact: The benefits of this project extend to all citizens and are of interest to the public sector as well as to the private sector. In the development of this project, several transfer actions of results have been carried out through collaboration with public administrations and private companies in the field of essential services (health, water, etc.), which will be expanded in the next years. Although the project will formally finis by 2020, the efforts will go on with the aim of guaranteeing access to the essential services by 2030.
