The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the contribution of the statistics multi-beneficiary programme to improvements in the performance of National Statistics Offices in the candidate countries relating to the production and dissemination of statistics in key areas (comparable with EU...

This report’s key objective is to deduce from the experiences of recent and present Phare-supported candidates, with particular reference to Bulgaria and Romania, recommendations for the way in which a candidate country should best be supported (i) to enable its public administration to adopt,...

Institutional development in new and potential member countries determines the success of both the catching-up of developing European countries and the deepening of the European integration process. This paper argues that the timing of future enlargement should depend on institutional...