Diese von der Europäischen Kommission finanzierte Studie, umfasst eine technoökonomische Analyse der globalen solaren Wertschöpfungsketten und deren Produktionswege für eine nachhaltige Umsetzung. Die Studie unterteilt sich in vier Hauptaufgaben: eine technoökonomische Analyse der...

The implementation of European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund Programmes requires strong administrative capacity. This study addresses the competencies of employees involved in the management of the funds. The main result of the study is a set of practical tools that support human...

The overall objective of this study was to explore to what extent alternative delivery mechanisms could improve the implementation of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds (or ESI Funds) and their contribution to the achievement of the EU policy objectives in the framework of a...

The 2015 External Evaluation of the European Agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) falls in a period when the European area of security, freedom and justice faces an influx in migratory flows and an increase in the...

The 2015 External Evaluation of the European Agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) falls in a period when the European area of security, freedom and justice faces an influx in migratory flows and an increase in the...

Being the security of citizens a key concern of the European Union (EU), and because of the potential of firearms to cause harm, the acquisition, possession and import/export of firearms for civilian use is subject to a comprehensive EU regulatory framework. However, gaps in the current...

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...

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 European Commission, Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy, has selected Ernst & Young Special Business Services for the "Study on the implementation of the EU Competency Framework for the management and implementation of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund"....