Publications
Additional tools
2020
Studies
- Test and update of regionalised ESIF payments 1989-2018
- Demographic and health outcomes by Degree of Urbanisation: perspectives from a new classification of urban areas
- Study on National Policies and Cohesion
- Small and Medium Enterprises in the Upper Nitra region - Scope and challenges in a socially sensitive, low-carbon industrial transition
2019
Studies
- Assessment Study of the Urban Agenda for the European Union (UAEU)
- Eurobarometer: Citizens' awareness and perception of EU Regional policy
- Preventing fraud and corruption in the European Structural and Investment Funds – taking stock of practices in the EU Member States
- Measuring the quality of Government at the subnational level and comparing results with previous studies
- City data from LFS and Big Data
2018
Studies
- Climate change adaptation of major infrastructure projects
- Study on complaints-handling systems
- New assessment of ESIF administrative costs and burden
- Border Region Data collection
- Feasibility study for a potential use of Budget Support to deliver ESI Funds
- Development of a system of common indicators for European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund interventions after 2020 - Part I – Thematic Objective 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Effective and efficient delivery of ESI Funds investments – Exploring alternative delivery mechanisms
- Use and intended use of simplified cost options in European Social Fund (ESF), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund (CF) and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
- CLLD under ERDF/ESF in the EU: A stock-taking of its implementation
- Study on the coordination and harmonisation of ESI Funds and other EU instruments
- Analysis of ERDF support for inclusive growth in the 2014-2020 programming period
- Assessment of the application of EGTC regulation
- Assessing the performance of integrated territorial and urban strategies
2017
Studies
- Integrated territorial and urban strategies: how are ESIF adding value in 2014-2020?
- Macro-regional strategies and their links with cohesion policy
- Use of new provisions on simplification during the early implementation phase of ESIF
- Improving the take-up and effectiveness of financial instruments
- Easing legal and administrative obstacles in EU border regions
- Quantification of the effects of legal and administrative border obstacles in land border regions
- The Value added of Ex ante conditionalities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI funds)
2016
Studies
- Study on the expected results of Cohesion Policy in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia within the programming period 2014-2020
- Collecting solid evidence to assess the needs to be addressed by Interreg cross-border cooperation programmes
- The implementation of the performance frameworks in 2014-2020 ESI Funds
- The implementation of the provisions in relation to the ex ante conditionalities during the programming phase of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds
- Implementation of the partnership principle and multi-level governance during the 2014-2020 ESI Funds
- Setting up a database to assess impacts and effects of certain thresholds and limits in Regulation No 1303/2013 (CPR)
- The use of new provisions during the programming phase of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- EU Competency Framework for the management and implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund
- EU-Latin America Cooperation on Regional Innovation Systems in the framework of Regional Policy (Chile and Peru)
- Quality of life in European Cities 2015
2015
Studies
- Support of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) to the implementation of the Country Specific Recommendations and to structural reforms in Member States
- EU-Colombia Cooperation on Regional Policy Capacity Building for Urban Cross-Border Cooperation Actors
- Self-rule Index for Local Authorities (Release 1.0)
- Feasibility study for a potential use of budget support in the delivery of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Effective and efficient delivery of European Structural and Investment Funds investments – Exploring alternative delivery mechanisms
- Territorial Agenda 2020 put in practice - Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Cohesion Policy by a place-based approach
- Study on the use of new provisions on simplification during the early implementation phase of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds.
- EU-Latin America Cooperation on Regional Innovation Strategies in the framework of Regional Policy
- Local and Regional Partners Contributing to Europe 2020: Multi-level governance in support of Europe 2020
- Study on the application of flat rates for revenue generating projects in the fields of ICT, RDI and energy efficiency
2014
Studies
- EU Central America Cooperation: Support to the Central American Integration System’s (SICA) cross-border cooperation actions
- Assessment of demand and supply in administrative capacity to manage European Structural and Investment Funds and explore interest in exchange instrumenta new staff
- Studies on the integration of new regulatory elements in the programming process
- The economic impact of climate change and adaptation in the Outermost Regions
- Co-financing Salaries, Bonuses, Top-ups from Structural Funds during the 2007-2013 period
- REDI: The Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index - Measuring regional entrepreneurship
- JESSICA 2014-2020 Evaluation Study for the Lorraine Region
- Study on Strengthening Regional Innovation Systems in Peru: Policy lessons
2013
Studies
- Setting up, managing and evaluating EU Science And Technology Parks - An advice and guidance report on good practice
- Quality of life in cities - Perception survey in 79 European cities
- Housing investments supported by the European Regional Development Fund 2007-2013: Housing in sustainable urban regeneration
- Financial Management in JESSICA Implementation - Designing Guarantee Products
- Quality of Life at the sub-national level : an operational example for the EU
- Green Public Procurement: Criteria for Waste Water Infrastructure
- EU Regional Competitiveness Index: RCI 2013
- Housing in JESSICA Operations
- Urban Development in the EU: 50 Projects supported by the European Regional Development Fund during the 2007-13 period
2012
Studies
- Energy Focused Urban Development Funds
- JESSICA for Smart and Sustainable Cities
- Cross-border co-operation in Latin America: support to integrated and sustainable development and cross-border co-operation in the Paraná axis development
- Measuring the impact of changing regulatory requirements to administrative cost and administrative burden of managing EU Structural Funds
- JESSICA: UDF Handbook
- Study on migration and demographic trends in the outermost regions
- Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development
- Comparative study on the project selection process applied in Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013 in a number of Member States
- Opportunities for Cross Border cooperation in West Africa: a contribution to the regional integration process
2011
Studies
- EU15 countries benefit from cohesion investments in Visegrad countries
- The impact of single market on cohesion : Implications for Cohesion Policy, Growth, and Competitveness
- The balance between sectoral and integrated approaches and the involvement of sub-national levels in EU Member States
- Regional Challenges in the Perspective of 2020 – Phase 2: Deepening and Broadening the Analysis
- Innovation in the Baltic Sea region
- Growth Factors in the Outermost Regions
- EU Cohesion policy in a global context
2010
Studies
- Less Poverty, More Employment: Helping the European Union to achieve its 2020 targets
- Quality of Government in EU Member States and regions - part 1
- Less Poverty, More Employment: Helping the European Union to achieve its 2020 targets - A Study of the organisation of the European Union Cohesion Policy with special reference to anti-poverty policy in the People’s Republic of China
- The Objective of Economic and Social Cohesion in the Economic Policies of Member States
- Cross-border cooperation in Latin America: contribution to the regional integration process
- Study on the development of diagnoses and regional innovation strategies in the French regions under the ERDF Operational Programmes for the 2007 – 2013 programming period
- Regional Innovation Systems in Latin America: policy lessons
- Regional governance in the context of globalisation: reviewing governance mechanisms and administrative costs
- The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - Background and analysis
- EU–China Cooperative Research Program on Regional Policy : Research Report of the Chinese Expert Group
- The urban dimension in Community policies for the period 2007-2013: Part2
- The urban dimension in Community policies for the period 2007-2013: Part1
- Lessons from shared management in cohesion, rural development and fisheries policies
- The regional impact of technological change in 2020