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 core objective of this report is to analyze long-term care for the elderly in Europe (LTC or long-term care henceforth) from the twin perspectives of female employment and gender equality. The focus is on provisioning rather than financing and expenditure, provisions in kind such as...