Union (EU) first recognised the specific characteristics of mountain areas in 1975 through the designation of Less Favoured … Areas (LFAs). During the last decade, EU cohesion policy and the Treaty of Lisbon have both focused specifically on …

The mandate for this study was to undertake an evaluation of EU external action as managed by three DGs: DG RELEX, DG … 2010, and a geographical scope that is essentially global with the exception of the EU enlargement countries. Stakeholders … from both inside and outside the EU, in both partner countries and global organisations, were to be covered. The main …

This evaluation covers the strategies of the European Union (EU) for co-operation with the Overseas Countries and … “Commission”) and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the EU’s past and current co-operation relations with …