Europe's ability to become more competitive in the global market depends, amongst others, on an effective support to innovation. Evaluation and other assessment tools have proved to be useful for an effective design and implementation of the initiatives that support innovation. Smart innovation...

This report presents the results of the evaluation study commissioned by Directorate General Enterprise and Industry with the aim of assessing the implementation of the Firearms Directive in all MS. The evaluation aims at providing the necessary input for the report that the European Commission...

This paper describes the National Institute of Economic and Social Research's (NIESR) approach to the analysis of the implementation of the Lisbon Agenda. It forms the background to the European Commission Competitiveness Report chapter on spillovers and the Lisbon Process. The paper describes...