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Project Title (click project title for more information) Date
EoRPA (European Regional Policy Research Consortium): Regional Policy in the EU Member States and Norway - A Comparative Assessment  Regional policy departments in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland Ongoing
IQ-Net - Improving the Quality of Structural Fund Programming through Exchange of Experience  The membership of IQ-Net in Phase 5 is composed of regional and national authorities responsible for managing and implementing European Structural Funds. It is intended that the membership should be representative of a broad range of Member States, programmes and approaches to programme management. 2011-2013 current phase
European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life  ESPON 2010-2012
The Objective of Economic and Social Cohesion in the Economic Policies of Member States  DG Regio, European Commission 2010
On going Evaluation of the Northern PeripheryProgramme  County Administrative Board of Västerbotten 2009-2010
OECD Territorial Review of the NORA Region   2009-2010
Innovation in peripheral areas  UK Innovation Research Centre (ESRC, BIS, NESTA and TSB) 2009-2010
Sustainable Regional and Rural Development: Delivering Coherence and Added Value in Europe  DG Regio, European Commission 2008/2009
WP11 Ex Post Evaluation of Management and implementation Systems of ERDF, Objective 1 and 2, 2000-06  DG Regio, European Commission 2008/2009
The potential for regional policy instruments, 2007-2013, to contribute to the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives for growth, jobs and sustainable development.  DG Regio, European Commission 2007/2008
The Use of Evaluation in Structural Funds management - a comparative perspective  Polish Better Government (Sprawne Panstwo) programme 2007/2008
2007 OECD Territorial Review: Norway  OECD 2007
The European Added Value of Cohesion Policy  Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications 2007
The Ex Ante Evaluation of IPA Operational Programmes for Croatia  The Republic of Croatia 2007
A Comparative Analysis of EU Funding and Policy Support Structures  Scotland Europa (Scottish Enterprise) 2007
Gender Equality in local economic development in Scotland, Case Study for the international project W.IN D. – Women in Development  Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department for Rights and Equal Opportunities 2007
The Impact of Structural Funds Programmes in Scotland 1994-2006  Scottish Parliament’s Enterprise and Culture Committee 2006-2007
Synthesis of UK and Ireland Interviews for Atlantic Objective 3 Programme  Poitou-Charentes Region, the Managing Authority of the INTERREG IIIB "Atlantic Area" Programme 2006-2007
The Ex-ante Evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013  NPP Managing Authority 2006
EPRC Commentary on 'The Territorial State and Perspectives of the EU'  Ministry of the Environment of Finland 2006
Contribution to the Ex ante Evaluation of the 2007-13 Stuctural Funds Programme for Wales  National Assembly for Wales 2006
Support in the Ex ante Evaluation of the Styrian Structural Funds Programme for 2007-2013  Joanneum Research 2006
Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland Cross-Border Territorial Cooperation Programme 2007–2013: Development of a Joint Strategic Approach on Behalf of Scottish Partners  Scotland Europa (Scottish Enterprise) 2006
The Reform of EU Cohesion Policy: an evaluation of the proposals and implications for Spain  Institute of Fiscal Studies 2005-2006
Policy guidelines for regions falling under the new regional competitiveness and employment objective for the 2007 - 2013 period in the fields of the knowledge economy and the environment, in line with the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives  European Commission, DG Regional Policy 2005
Regions for all Ages: the Implications of Demographic Ageing for Regional Policy  Consortium including: The European Older People’s Platform (AGE), Age Concern England (ACE), Northern Ireland Executive (Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister), North West Regional Assembly (NWRA), Scottish Enterprise 2005
Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery Programme Update of the Mid-term Evaluation  The NPP Managing Authority 2005
Cohesion Policy Allocations 2007-2013 and Policy Options for Cyprus  Planning Bureau, Cyprus 2005
Delivering the Lisbon and Gothenburg Agendas  Department of Trade and Industry 2005
Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe, Second International Conference  The Ministry of Finance in Latvia, Scottish Executive, the Ministry of the Interior in Finland, the British Council Latvia, the European Commission, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde 2005
Study on the potential and needs of the New Member States  European Commission, DG Regional Policy 2005
Critique of the Austrian NSRF  Joanneum Research 2005
Advisory Support for the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance during negotiations on the new EU Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 and the Reform of the Cohesion Policy  Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece 2004-2006
Innovative Business Aids  IPI, Istituto per la Promozione Industriale 2004-2005
Mid-term Evaluation of the 2002-06 INTERACT Community Initiative Programme  Austrian Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) 2004-2005
Benchmarking of Business Support for Interreg IIIC Partners  ONE North East through Interreg IIIC Grant 2004
Synthesis of the Mid-term Evaluations of INTERREG III programmes: Implications for current and future INTERREG programming  INTERACT Secretariat, Vienna 2004
Recent Developments in Regional State Aid Control: Implications for Scotland  Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department 2004
The Reform of the EU Regional Aid Guidelines  Highlands & Islands Enterprise 2004
Evaluation of Interreg IIIB  The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2003-2006
Territorial Effects of the Structural Funds  ESPON Coordination Unit 2003-2005
Territorial Effects of Pre-Accession Aid  ESPON Coordination Unit 2003-2005
A Reformed Objective 2 and the Lisbon Strategy – Consequences for Swedish Policymaking  Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications 2003-2004
The Future of Regional Policy in Scotland: International Experiences and Lessons  Scottish Executive 2003-2004
Regional Management Structures in Austria  ÖSB-Unternehmensberatung GesmbH 2003
Programming for Economic Development in Scotland  IRPET 2003
Economic Development Programming in Scotland: Strategies, Governance and Accountability  IRPET – Istituto Regionale per la Programmazione Economica della Toscana, Florence (Italy) 2003
Trans-national Nordic-Scottish Co-operation: Lessons for Policy and Practice  Nordic Senior Officials' Committee for Regional Policy (NÄRP) and the Scottish Executive. 2002-2003
Mid-term evaluation of the Nordrhein Westfalen Objective 2 programme 2000-06  Nordrhein Westfalen Objective 2 programme 2002-2003
The Regional Challenge of Industrial Restructuring: a Polish-Czech Comparison  Leverhulme Trust 2002-2003
EU Enlargement, Structural Funds and the Implications for Greece  Technical Assistance Management Company Limited, Athens, Greece 2002-2003
Transnational Nordic-Scottish Co-operation: Lessons For Policy And Practice  NÄRP and the Scottish Executive 2002-2003
Investigating the Role of Regional Development Agencies in Central and Eastern Europe  Strathclyde University Research and Development Fund 2002-2003
Ex post evaluation of the impact of Poland-Germany Phare CBC programmes  Ministry of Administration of the Republic of Poland (Implementing Authority for Phare CBC) 2002-2003
Mid-term evaluation of the Highlands & Islands special transitional programme 2000-06  Scottish Executive 2002-2003
Indicator and Monitoring Systems in the EU Structural Funds: Issues for Polish CBC Programmes  Implementation Authority for Phare Cross-Border Cooperation Programme, Poland 2002
EU Enlargement and the Reform of the Structural Funds: the Implications for Scotland   2002
European Strategic Alliances Opportunity Study  OneNorthEast (North East England), UK 2002
Ex Ante Evaluation of the INTERACT Programme 2002-06  Austrian Federal Chancellery 2002
The Evaluation of Structural Fund programmes: A comparative review of practice  Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs 2002
Training and factsheets on gender mainstreaming for specific areas of the Irish National Development Plan  National Development Plan Gender Equality Unit in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland 2002
Feasibility Study for an Evaluation of the Impact and Added Value of the Structural Funds in the UK  Department of Trade & Industry 2002
Developing Methodologies to Incorporate Equal Opportunities into NDP Evaluations  Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Ireland 2002
Evaluation of Gender Equality Issues in Specific Areas of the National Development Plan  Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Ireland 2001-2002
Project Selection, Monitoring and Evaluation in Cluster Policy  Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development 2001-2002
Project Selection, Monitoring and Evaluation in Cluster Policy  Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development 2001-2002
Regional Business Aids in Finland: A Comparison with Regional Support in the EU Member States and Norway  Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland 2001
Project Selection, Monitoring and Evaluation of Cluster Policy  Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development 2001
Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe Conference  UK Department for International Development, European Commission, Scotland Europa and UK Economic and Social Research Council. 2001
Inward Investment 'Cases Lost'  Locate in Scotland, UK 2001
Evaluation of Phase II of the European Equality Partnership  Chwarae Teg 2001
Policies and Strategies for Regional Development in Scotland and the Nordic Countries  Scottish Executive 2001
The Spatial and Urban Dimensions in the 2000-06 Objective 1 Programmes  DG Regio of the European Commission 2001
ERDF Co-Financing of Loan-Based Subsidies: Issues and Options Related to the Tail-End Problem  European Commission, DG Regio 2001
Guidance on Mainstreaming Equality in the Policy Appraisal Processes of the Scottish Executive  Scottish Executive - Equality Unit 2001
Understanding the Scottish Budgetary Process  Glasgow Caledonian University 2001
The Spatial and Urban Dimensions in the 2000-06 Objective 2 Programmes  DG Regio of the European Commission 2001
The Spatial and Urban Dimensions in the 2000-06 Objective 2 Programmes  European Commission 2000-2001
The Spatial and Urban dimensions in the 2000-06 Objective 1 Programmes  European Commission 2000-2001
Training Input on Gender Mainstreaming  National Development Plan Gender Equality Unit in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland 2000-2001
Methodologies used in the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of European Structural Funds: A Comparative Assessment  Scottish Executive, UK 2000
Feasibility Study for Post-Location Research on Foreign Investment in Europe  Invest UK 2000
Public Private Partnership: Models and Lessons from International Practice  Swedish Institute for Regional Research 2000
Options for Regional Policy Grants in Wallonia: A Comparative Study  Walloon Regional Government 2000
The Impact of EU Enlargement on Cohesion  European Commission (DG Regio) 2000
Review of Structural Fund Monitoring Systems in Two UK Objective 2 Regions  Joanneum Research 2000
The Impact of Community Policies other than the Structural Policies on Economic and Social Cohesion  DIW (German Institute for Economic Research) 2000
Regional Policy in Europe after Enlargement  Scotland House 2000
Area Designation and Regional Policy: Lessons for Policy Transfer  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1999-2003
The Impact of the Enlargement of the EU on SMEs in the European Union  Directorate-General XXIII, European Commission 1999-2000
The Dublin Region and the Future of the Structural Funds: Regional Disparities and Area Designation  Dublin Regional Authority 1999-2000
Euro-Cluster: Good Practice in Cluster Policy  Enterprise Ireland; Dept of Economic Development, N Ireland; Scottish Enterprise & Dept of Enterprise & Lifelong Learning, Scotland; Welsh Dev Agency; Ministry of Reg Dev & Local Govt, Norway; Tampere Reg Council, Sweden 1999-2000
Regional Development for Less-Densely-Populated Regions in the EU  European Parliament 1999
State Aids in the Czech Republic: Compliance with the Europe Agreement  Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic under PHARE 1999
Out-sourcing Programme Management: A Comparative Assessment  Ministry of Economics, SMEs, Technology and Transport of Nordrhein Westfalen 1999
The Implications of EU Enlargement for the Greek Economy: A Scoping Study  Ministry of Economy, Greece 1999
Evaluation of the European Equality Partnership in Wales  European Equality Partnership, Wales 1999
The Reform of the Structural Funds 2000-6: Objective 1 Eligibility and Allocation Criteria  Ministry of National Economy, Athens 1999
Toolkit for Mainstreaming Equal Opportunities into Structural Fund Programmes in Scotland  Scottish Executive and Equal Opportunities Commission 1999
Best Practice in Inward Investment Partnerships  Dunbartonshire Enterprise 1999
Regional policy in Slovakia  R&D Fund, University of Strathclyde 1999
The Impact of European Integration on the Development of National Labour Markets  International Labour Office 1999
Strategic Approach to Cluster Development in Fife  Fife Enterprise, Scotland, UK 1999
Interim evaluation of the INTERREG IIC Baltic Sea Programme  INTERREG IIC Monitoring Committee 1999
The Regionalisation of RTD Policy - International Experience and Lessons for Austria  Federal Ministry for Science and Transport, Austria 1999
Objective 2: Experiences, Lessons and Policy Implications  DG Regio of the European Commission 1998-1999
Value for Money - Scottish Enterprise Training Programmes  National Audit Office for Scotland, UK 1998
The Future of Objective 2  Glasgow City Council 1998
Maximising the Economic and Technological Impact of Large Companies in Fyrstad  Fyrstad EU Secretariat, Sweden 1998
The Objective 2 Strategy for Lower Austria 2000-2006  Land Government for Lower Austria 1998
European or Nordic Legacies: When Policy Regimes Meet  Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Sweden 1998
Regional Development in the Transition Countries  New Professors' Fund, University of Strathclyde 1998
An Evaluation of Support for Tourism in Lower Austria  Land Government of Lower Austria 1998
Regional Policy Addressing Economic, Social and Legal Asymmetries in Russia  TACIS 1997-2000
Policy Competition and Foreign Direct Investment in Europe  OECD Development Centre 1997-1998
Growing Global: Foreign Investment and the Internationalisation of Local Businesses  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1997-1998
Labour Market Flexibility and Inward Investment in Germany and the UK  Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society 1997-1998
Interim Evaluation of Objective 2 Programmes in Austria  ÖROK, Austria 1997
State Aids in Poland and the Europe Agreement  Ministry of Finance, Poland under PHARE 1997
EU Cohesion Policy: Eligibility and Allocation Criteria  Portuguese authorities 1997
The Potential Impact of the Reform of the Structural Funds on Objectives 1 & 6  Highlands & Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Office, UK 1997
EC Competition Policy, State Aids and Taxation Systems  Ministry of Local Government and Labour, Norway 1996-1997
Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategy for Lower Austria South  Wiener Neustädter Beteiligungs-, Betriebsführungs- und Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (WBB), Wiener Neustadt, Austria 1996-1997
Business Aid Systems in the three New Member States  DG XVI of the European Commission 1996-1997
Ex Post Evaluation of six UK Objective 2 Programmes  DGXVI of the European Commission 1996
Research and Development Incentive Policies in the European Union: A Comparative Assessment  Ministry of Industry, France 1996
Economic and Social Cohesion in the EU: the Impact of Member States' Own Policies  European Commission, DG Regio 1996
Extended Synthesis of Agreed Objective 2 Single Programming Documents and Operational Programmes  DG XVI of the European Commission 1995-1996
Methodologies for Evaluating Regional Investment Aid  European Commission, DG II and DG IV 1995
Ex-ante Appraisal of the Development Plan for the Objective 1 Region of Austria  European Commission 1995