This case study illustrates the story of the Modernisation of the railway line Žilina – Krásno nad Kysucou, a major infrastructure investment co-financed by the EU over the programming period 2007-2013. More specifically, this is an ex-post evaluation assessing the long-term effects produced by ...
The objective of this evaluation is to analyse the long-term contribution of selected environmental major projects to economic development, quality of life and well-being of citizens, and environmental sustainability. The evaluation addresses five criteria (project relevance, coherence, effectiv...
This report presents the findings of the tenth post-programme surveillance (PPS) mission of Commission staff, in liaison with ECB staff, which took place in Lisbon during 14-19 June 2019. Since the conclusion of the ninth post-programme surveillance mission in November 2018, Portugal’s economic ...
EU pre-accession funds support concrete democratic and economic reforms in the Western Balkans and Turkey: from modernisation of the judiciary and public administration, to investments in infrastructure and connectivity between the enlargement countries and with the EU Member States. This will f...
For many Member States financial instruments were a new approach to delivering Cohesion policy. Their increased use in 2007-13 created significant challenges especially for MAs with limited experience. The regulatory framework provided flexibility to accommodate domestic arrangements, but demand...
The main aim of the paper is to assess the contribution of the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) to its original objectives. It analyses whether the European Union and the Euro Area are today better equipped to identify and prevent unsustainable macroeconomic developments in the future. It...