Phare support to SME development has mainly consisted of technical assistance and advisory services to national institutions, support to SME policy and legislative development and financial support for SME development. Progress has been made in tackling problems inherited from the past, as well...

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...