The necessity for the project arose due to illegal waste dumping taking place in the ravine of Kouroupitos on the island of Crete. Non-compliance with European law by Greek authorities led to the condemnation of Greece by the European Court of Justice and to the imposition of heavy fines. Under...

The project 'Ex post Evaluation of Cohesion Policy Programmes 2007-2013 Co-Financed by the ERDF/CF, Work Package 6' was one out of a number of work packages included in the ex post evaluation organised by DG Regional and Urban Policy. The evaluation analysed the progress and achievements of...

The purpose of this study is to investigate how Member States have addressed in the 2014-2020 programming period the subject of inclusive growth in their ERDF-co-financed (both mono and multi fund) OPs and the Partnership Agreements. It begins with the identification of relevant inclusive growth...

The Project aims at rehabilitating and improving all the public areas and services surroundings the Matadero (old Slaughterhouse) Madrid, a major tourist asset of the city, in order to increase its accessibility and use. It is the second part of a larger project whose objective was the...

The Centro de Arte Alcobendas (Alcobendas Arts Centre) project replaced the old Casa de la Cultura of the Municipality of Alcobendas in order to serve the cultural heritage of the Municipality and boost public access to contemporary culture. The project entailed the creation of a centre for...

This report presents the results of a mini case study concerning the requalification of the sport and leisure centre Maison de la Lone, in the rural area of Pilat Rhodanien (Requalification de la base de loisirs à Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf). This is the second of two mini case studies selected from...

This report presents the results of the mini case study setting up a promotional space within the Ornithological Park at Dombes to raise awareness about Ain department's tourist attractions (Création d'un espace de promotion /communication touristique sur l'Ain sur le site du Parc des Oiseaux)....

This report provides the results of a detailed case study of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) approaches to culture and tourism pursued in Rhône-Alpes region (FR) during the 2007-13 programming period. Drawing upon a combination of documentary and data analysis, and field-work, this...

This report summarises the main findings, conclusions and lessons learned from an ex post evaluation conducted within the framework of work package nine (WP9): 'culture and tourism', on the use of ERDF funds invested in the sectors of culture and tourism (C&T) in the 2007-2013 Operational...