R&D internationalization is an important phenomenon. It involves the global allocation of a precious resource for national economies. The reason for this Report is that there is a strong feeling, based on partial evidence, that Europe is not taking part as it should do in the global knowledge...

This report presents the Interim Evaluation of the Eurostars Joint Programme, as carried out by a Group of Independent Experts between July and December 2010. Eurostars is an initiative set up under Article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in partnership between the...

The Guide has been produced in order to equip and prepare SMEs to make better use of the results of collaborative R&D projects so that they can be of benefit to their businesses by having a tangible impact on profits, competitiveness and company growth. SMEs from previously identified 24 Best...

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide policy-makers and managers of the Commission’s relevant external co-operation Services as well as other relevant DGs (such as DG Trade and DG Environment), and the EC Delegations in Chisinau and Kiev, with an independent assessment of the EC...

This evaluation assesses the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the European Commission’s support to its partner countries in the energy sector. It covers interventions designed or implemented during the 1996-2007 period in all the external cooperation partner...

This evaluation commissioned by the European Commission aims at providing an overall independent assessment of its aid delivery through Development Banks and the EIB during the period 1999-2006. It concerns financial flows or “channelling” from the Commission to the aforementioned...

In diesem Bericht werden die ersten Ergebnisse der Reform der Außenhilfe der Europäischen Union (Reformprozess seit 2000) zusammengefasst.