The present report provides an analysis of European Social Fund (ESF) and Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) monitoring information as reported by Managing Authorities in their Annual Implementation Reports delivered until September 6, 2019. This reporting cycle covers the year 2018 and aggregate...
Belgium introduced the ‘Housing First’ (HF) model in eight cities to support homeless people with special needs: homeless people move into permanent housing as quickly as possible, and receive intensive social support in their homes whenever needed. The setting of HF within Belgium’s governmenta...
Across the EU homelessness stands at an unprecedentedly high level, particularly among young people. On 22 November 2013, Peer Review participants met in Copenhagen to learn how Denmark has tackled homelessness using an integrated housing-first strategy. This publication is available in electron...
In the 2004-2006 Hungarian Programmes there were no financial instruments, but in the 2007- 2013 period the total amount of Financial Engineering Instruments (FEIs) in percentage of the ERDF support is around 6%. FEIs are financed mainly (but not only) by the Economic Development Operational Pro...
Spain has succeeded in deploying renewable energies (RES). Overall, RES contributed 12.2% of gross energy consumed in Spain in 2009, while electricity from renewable sources accounted for around 25% of total generation. Electricity production from renewable sources is mainly supported by the ele...
Malta introduced the first renewable energy scheme in 2006, which promoted the use of Photovoltaic technology on a small scale. Most of the funding available was directed at improving the energy efficiency of appliances and housing. In 2010, the focus has moved on towards larger support for the ...
Final consumption of energy in Greece has increased significantly over recent years. At the same time, the electricity generated from renewable energy sources (RES) amounts only to at 8.3% of total final consumption and is among the lowest in the EU, at only half the average (16.7%). Despite a w...
The development of a knowledge-based economy and environmental and energy support are the two main complementary strategic objectives of the current programming period. Concentration of means, both thematically and geographically, is the main feature of the Luxembourg ERDF Operational Programme ...
