Projects

The project involved critical research contributions to the drafting of the National Strategic Reference Framework for Austria (STRAT.AT).

The project involved budget modelling and research on scenarios and options for reforms of the Multinannual Financial Framework and Cohesion policy, in the 2007-13 period and implications for Cyprus.

The project involved research on the challenges facing policymakers in the Central and Eastern European countries in implementing Structural and Cohesion Funds based on the experiences of EU15 countries.

The project involved comparative research on the design and implementation of regional policies in Central and Eastern Europe, and the organisation of a conference to facilitate dialogue between regional policy-makers from old and new Member States, as well as Romania and Bulgaria, on the directions of regional development policies at European, national and sub-national levels.

The project, commissioned by IPI, the Italian agency for industrial promotion (Istituto per la Promozione Industriale), involved research on the innovative types of business aids in selected European regions. The project analysed selected aid schemes from a range of Member States with a view to assisting the development of innovative Italian aid schemes for 2007-13.

This project comprised the mid-term evaluation of the 2002-06 INTERACT programme. INTERACT is an innovative learning initiative which is part of the Community Initiative INTERREG. Launched on 16 December 2002, it aims to facilitate capacity building and exchange of experience between actors involved in INTERREG III programmes.

The project involved reearch and policy advice for the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the negotiations and discussions relating to the EU Financial Perspective for 2007-2013 and the reform of EU Cohesion policy associated with the enlargement of the European Union. This involved, in particular, establishing budgetary scenarios for the allocation of EU funding among the priority objectives of the EU and for distributing Cohesion policy support among the Member States of the EU, and identifying the implications for Greece.

The project involved expert assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats faced by the eligible regions for the new regional competitiveness objective and provide a policy analysis about priorities to be financed through the ERDF.

The project examined options for future regional development policy in Scotland. The specific aim of the project was to consider how regional development policy in Scotland could evolve in the context of past experience, the changing European policy environment and lessons from other parts of Europe.

The project examined the implications of the European Commission's proposed reform of the Regional Aid Guidelines for the period 2007-13, focusing on their implications for the Highlands & Islands region, Scotland.