This report’s key objective is to deduce from the experiences of recent and present Phare-supported candidates, with particular reference to Bulgaria and Romania, recommendations for the way in which a candidate country should best be supported (i) to enable its public administration to adopt,...

This report’s key objectives are to evaluate the contribution which the Phare programme has made to the legal alignment, implementation and enforcement of the Justice & Home Affairs acquis in the New Member States and in the two remaining Phare beneficiary candidate countries, Bulgaria and...

This report’s key objectives are to evaluate the contribution which the Phare programme has made to the transposition, implementation and enforcement of ‘horizontal’ Public Administrative and Judicial Capacity (PAJC) development in Bulgaria and Romania, and to identify lessons learned,...

This ex post evaluation focuses on the assessment of the Phare Programme support allocated by the European Community to ten central and eastern European candidate countries. The evaluation covers the country support allocated in the years 1997–1998 and implemented until the end of 2001. The...