The world of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding in Europe is a dynamic and transformative space that has been significantly impacted by the rapid growth of digital technologies. This innovative approach has become a game-changer for entrepreneurs, startups, and creative individuals as it harnesses the collective intelligence and financial support of people from all walks of life. Various platforms and mechanisms are driving crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding initiatives in Europe, leading to success stories, emerging trends, and potential benefits for backers and project creators alike. This article aims to analyze some of the various emerging trends in crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding across Europe while highlighting their potential benefits for those seeking funding or collaboration opportunities. It further examines both crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding advantages and disadvantages, as well as challenges related to legal and regulatory frameworks, while offering valuable insights into navigating this realm effectively. Ultimately, this article aims to unlock the full potential of collaboration between people from diverse backgrounds by exploring ways to leverage crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding effectively.
Competition discipline in the European Union is a substantial component of the EU’s institutional framework. The Lisbon Treaty made the “internal market” a shared competence, while necessary competition rules for the internal market are an exclusive competence of the Union. This paper aims to analyse the sources of the competition discipline in the EU and in Albania focusing more on constitutional sources. From this analyses will emerge that sources of competition discipline are numerous and each of them plays an important role in the development of the competition policy. But arises the question if these sources are all equally important or not? This paper will focus also n the importance of each source in both levels: European Union and Albanian discipline of competition.
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