Though firmly structured along thematic priorities, Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 calls for the adoption of a place-based approach to ensure an effective delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy by means of a greater awareness of the territory. While dedicated instruments (in particular Integrated...

The purpose here is to describe the macroeconomic conditions which existed in EU Member States over the 2007-2013 period and to indicate their potential impact on the programmes that were planned to be undertaken. This is important to take account of when assessing both the way that the...

This ex post evaluation aims to assess the effects of Cohesion policy (CP) on economic growth in the EU-27 regions that have benefited - to various extents - from financial assistance in the programming periods 1994-99, 2000-06 and 2007-13. The study explores how the average effect of CP...

The aim of this Report is the ex-post evaluation of Cohesion policy impact on economic growth in the EU-15 regions, which have benefited - to various extents - from financial assistance through two programming periods (from 1994 to 2006). The analysis is focused on both the average impact of SF...

This final report focuses on evaluating the impact of the EU Funds (EUF, sum of structural and cohesion funds) on regional growth in terms of GDP, employment rate and gross fixed capital formation. The analysis is implemented with a counterfactual impact evaluation approach developed through two...

As part of the Ex post evaluation of the 2007-2013 programming period of the European Cohesion Policy this report deals with the impact of the varying per capita intensities of EU funds on regional growth. The works was separated in three tasks. The first one focuses on the analysis of how the...

This ex post evaluation analyses the nature of interventions and what has been financed and achieved related to urban development and social infrastructure. It is the first study to undertake this effort. The analysis is based on monitoring data, document screening, interviews with Managing...

This ex post evaluation analyses the nature of interventions and what has been financed and achieved related to urban development and social infrastructure. It is the first study to undertake this effort. The analysis is based on monitoring data, document screening, interviews with Managing...