The main aim of the contract is the preparation of a file note exploring the role of local and regional authorities in promoting regional integration in the Mediterranean region in the fields of trade, infrastructure, governance, labour mobility, research and innovation, and higher education.

Although the number of tourists resuming travel seems to be on the rise globally and in some of the countries of relevance to this study it is slowly increasing again, it is difficult to predict when - or indeed if - it shall rebound to pre-pandemic levels. This will depend not only on the pace...

The aim of the study was to provide basic facts and figures, background information, and a preliminary analysis on the electronic (digital) administrative and information services that the local and regional authorities in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries provide to citizens, with a...

This final report was prepared as part of the project The territorial dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe and its follow-ups commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) under the specific contract No CDR.13594 implementing multiple framework contract for studies...

The study explores how enlargement would affect the Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy areas with a deep impact on local and regional authorities, as well as the allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) at regional and local level. Taking into account three...

The main aim of the contract is a preparation of an overview of capacity building programmes and technical assistance currently offered to local and regional authorities (LRAs) in the Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine. The note...

This brochure provides information on the European Union (EU) financial assistance available to local and regional authorities (LRAs) in Mediterranean partner countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, and Tunisia) and is an updated...