Projects

The project involved the provision of advice to the House of Lords Sub Committee D Inquiry into EU Marine Regional Co-operation.

The project - sharing methodologies on FINancial ENgineering for enterprises (FIN-EN) - aimed to enhance cooperation between regional and national authorities across Europe on the methodologies and instruments used for implementing financial instruments in the framework of EU Structural Funds, in order to find concrete solutions to common problems and promote a more efficient and effective use of financial instruments in the future. FIN-EN is a network of 13 regional and national institutions from 13 different EU Member States, managing 45 financial instruments under 2007-13 Structural Funds programmes, with a total budget of circa €3.5 billion, without the support of the European Investment Fund (EIF).

This project involved developing a comprehensive and practical rulebook to ensure the State aid compliance of the Baltic Sea Region Programme in 2014-20. The project identified and assessed the procedural and substantive State aid rules applicable to the provisions of the Operational Programme; translated these into practical guidelines concerning the scope of the State aid rules, whether State aid compliance could be achieved and how it can be verified; and provided comprehensive and clear rules for inclusion in the Programme Manual.

The project examined the extent to which the Member States’ administrative capacities were prepared for the implementation of Cohesion policy in the 2014-20 period based on 14 Member State case studies.

Theproject comprised and evaluation of the transnational LEADER project "Slow Travel", implemented by partner regions from Austria and Luxembourg.

The project comprised an evaluation of the transnational LEADER project "Slow Travel", implemented by partner regions from Austria, Poland and Spain.

The project involved preparatory research and the organisation of an international conference on regional cooperation in the Arctic. The research focussed on the development of a regional collaboration mechanism, and the conference brought together policy officials, programme managers and other stakeholders to discuss practical opportunities for working together on Arctic issues and the potential role of ETC and ENPI programmes.

The project involves a review and assessment of multi-level governance in Cohesion policy in 2007-2013 by examining the evolution of the concept in terms of its definition and conceptual framework, analysing the implementation of MLG in the EU27, as well as describing the advantages and disadvantages of partnerships in policy-making. Moreover, the study aims to formulate strategic and operational recommendations in the context of the preparation of the 2014-2020 programming period.

The project was commissioned by the EU-funded project Eurosocial to contribute to the debate at the launch of a regional policy network in Latin America. The study reviews and analyses regional development policy trends in the EU countries, identifying experiences or good practice that could be useful to Latin American countries

The project involved background research and advisory input for the ex ante evaluations, drawing on international experience.