The purpose of this ex post evaluation is to assess the contribution of the 1999 - 2001 Phare National and Cross-Border Co-operation (CBC) programmes to support Lithuania in meeting the Copenhagen Criteria in order to facilitate its accession to the European Union. The overall objective of this...

Phare support to SME development has mainly consisted of technical assistance and advisory services to national institutions, support to SME policy and legislative development and financial support for SME development. Progress has been made in tackling problems inherited from the past, as well...

This ex post evaluation addresses the EU/EC’s pre-accession assistance provided to the twelve countries that acceded to the European Union as part of the ‘fifth wave’ of EU enlargement, i.e. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia...