This short Guide provides practical advice and recommendations for European Union officials and others designing and implementing parliamentary support projects in new and emerging democratic parliaments.

This Staff Working Document is the tenth in a series of annual progress reports drafted since 2003 (previ-ously labelled ‘Monterrey report’). Building on previous reports, it assesses where the EU and its Member States stand in relation to their common commitments on financing for...

Recently, EU Commission adopted a decision to fund a Technical Cooperation Facility for OCTs in order to improve their capacities to formulate and implement key territorial policies. Improvement in statistical capacities appeared with a high rank. Indeed, OCTs have noticed several gaps in their...

The European Commission (EC) Delegation in Sri Lanka has commissioned the Dialogue Consortium to carry out a mid-term evaluation (MTE) of its Micro-Projects programme carried out under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). The MTE was carried out in October 2008 and...

This review presents the findings and recommendations of an overview of recent work and research on closing the gender policy-practice gap in development co-operation. The objectives of this review are to: identify lessons from recent research as a basis for assisting the European Commission in...

The European Union (EU) funds operations outside its borders (known as 'external actions') in response to international challenges and crises and in order to project its values, reduce poverty and contribute to peace and prosperity in the world. Effective communication concerning these...

This manual has been designed to ensure that actions that are wholly or partially funded by the European Union (EU) incorporate information and communication activities designed to raise the awareness of specific or general audiences of the reasons for the action and the EU support for the...