This paper examines the overall macroeconomic impact arising from reform in government wages and employment, at times of fiscal consolidation. Reform of these two components of the government wage bill appeared necessary for containing the deterioration of the public finances in several EU count...
A well-functioning procurement system is important for all European Union Member States both for their own budgetary efficiency, and in the context of their management and control of European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds. However, procurement has been identified as a major source of def...
Cette évaluation finale avait pour but d’analyser la capacité de l’instrument d’assistance technique et d’échange d’information de la Commission européenne (TAIEX). Elle couvrait plus spécifiquement la capacité à mettre les connaissances des fonctionnaires et des administrations de la sphère pub...
The purpose of this final evaluation has been to assess the capacity of the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission (TAIEX). The assessment has specifically covered TAIEX‟s capacity in making available the expertise of Member States' public officials a...
Auf Wunsch des FEMM-Ausschusses werden in dieser Studie die jüngsten Veränderungen bei den Lebensbedingungen allein lebender älterer Frauen dargestellt, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf die Auswirkungen der jüngsten Pensions- und Rentenreformen und der Strategien für aktives Altern gelegt wird. Die Stu...
This is the third interim evaluation of the European Commission’s Instrument for Pre-Accession, one of the tools for providing financial assistance to countries applying for membership of the European Union. The evaluation includes all of the countries which benefit from the IPA and builds upon ...
This interim evaluation reviews the performance of a sample of institution building elements from Components I, III and IV of the Instrument for Pre Accession in all beneficiary countries for the financing period 2007-11. It uses primarily secondary information sources complemented by field visi...
