This is the final report of the project entitled "Updating, improving and expanding the Regional Authority Index for 43 democracies 1950-2016." The project was funded by the European Commission (tender: 2016.CE.16.BAT.079). This report discusses the main results of the project and presents...

The EUSF was established in 2002 to enable the EU to show its solidarity with Member States and Candidate Countries affected by natural disasters. It was reformed in 2014 and its legal basis is Regulation (EU) 2012/2002, as amended by Regulation No. 661/2014. The Fund's main purpose is to...

In the wake of the financial crisis, public and private investment has stagnated due to loss of confidence and austerity policies. The supply side for investment is complex, with the boundaries between public and private often blurred. The overall landscape varies widely between countries, but...

In preparation of the regulatory framework for the 2014-2020 programme period, simplification measures were introduced to reduce administrative costs and burden. Expectations concerning possible reductions have been based among others on an impact study carried out by t33/SWECO in 2012. The...

The overall scope of the study is to assess the expected impact of Cohesion Policy (CP) on the main sectors/policy areas in the Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) during the programming period 2014-2020. This also involves a discussion on the CP contribution to the development of the...

This document is the final report of the ex post evaluation of programmes aiming at promoting European Territorial Cooperation (ETC), widely known as Interreg, during the period 2007-2013. This evaluation was commissioned by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, and is part of a...

This report synthesises the results of the ex post evaluation of the Cohesion policy programmes financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. The central aim of the evaluation was to answer three main questions: - How was the funding provided spent in regions...

This report synthesises the results of the ex post evaluation of the Cohesion policy programmes financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. The central aim of the evaluation was to answer three main questions: - How was the funding provided spent in regions...

This is the Final Report of Work Package (WP) 12 (Cohesion Policy Delivery System) of the suite of ex post evaluations of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF). The purpose of...