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Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Fund: Synthesis report and expert review
The objective of the project is to produce a report synthesising the main findings of the ex post evaluation of the interventions co-financed by the Cohesion Fund and ISPA in the 2000-2006 programming period and drawing out the implications for future policy. DG Regional Policy, 2012. |
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Fifth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion
The aim of the contract is to assist with the preparation, production and translation of the Fifth Cohesion Report which will review regional developments in the EU over the past few years. The main tasks include advising on the content and the socio-economic analysis, drafting, editing, designing the page lay-out as well as coordinating the translation into all EU-languages. DG Regional Policy, 2010-2011 (with Seprotec, ES). |
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Expert Evaluation Network delivering Policy Analysis on the Performance of Cohesion Policy 2007-2013
The general purpose of the contract is to coordinate an expert evaluation network. The network has the objective to deliver policy analysis and evidence on the performance of Cohesion Policy, based on the monitoring and evaluation work underway in the Member States and the analysis of these results in the context of statistical and policy research available. DG Regional Policy, 2010 and 2011-2013 (with Ismeri Europa, IT). |
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Distribution of competences in relation to regional development policies in the Member States
The general purpose of this study is to obtain a thorough picture of the distribution of competences in relation to regional development between the different administrative levels in Member States, with a particular focus to the budgetary aspects. DG Regional Policy, 2009 (Lead contractor: Ismeri Europa, IT). |
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Analysis of the Main Factors of Regional Growth: An in-depth study of the best and worst performing European regions.
The primary aim of the study is to deepen understanding of economic development in the EU regions through identifying the regions that have performed well and those that have performed poorly over recent years, to analyse the factors underlying these differences in performance by econometric means as well as through case studies of selected regions and to draw our the policy implications. DG Regional Policy, 2008-2011 (Lead contractor: Cambridge Econometrics – UK; and with Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies – AT). |
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The overall aim of the project is to coordinate the various studies being undertaken to assess the effects of cohesion policy over the period 2000-2006, to produce summary analyses of regional developments in all the Member States and to provide support to DG Regional Policy in carrying out the evaluation. DG Regional Policy, 2007-2009 (with Ismeri Europa – IT, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies – AT).
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Economic analysis, drafting, editing, translation into French and German and graphic production. The report reviews regional developments over the past few years and the effect of policies in narrowing regional disparities. DG Regional Policy, 2007.
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Changing regions – Structural changes in the EU regions.
An analysis of economic developments in all NUTS 2 European regions focusing on the division of employment between sectors and the effect of this on performance and assessing their future prospects in the light of their human and other resource endowment, DG Regional Policy 2006 (with Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies – AT). |
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Economic analysis, drafting, editing, translation and production of the first three reports on economic and social cohesion, reviewing regional developments across the EU and the effect of policies in narrowing disparities. DG Regional Policy, 2003-2004, 2000-2001, 1996.
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Assessment of development needs of (present and future) Objective 1 regions in the various areas (or sectors) which were eligible for Structural Fund support with the aim of identifying a list of priority actions. The study was concerned with identifying the nature and scale of the regional problems both in the accession countries and in the existing EU15 Member States. DG Regional Policy, 2003-2004 (lead contractor: Alphametrics – UK).
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