The objective of this Report is to review the relevance and effectiveness of the Twinning Instrument relative to its fundamental objectives, with regard to different Accession Partnership areas, types of Institution Building activities and countries, with a view to high-lighting best practice...

This report and the accompanying presentation to the National Contact Points' meeting has been prepared by two Member State administration officials, Chris Cooper and Mikael Johansen. The report serves as a fuller explanation of the contents of the presentation. In compiling this final version...

The focus of the evaluation is on the comparison of the delivery instruments twinning (standard and light) and technical assistance under IPA 2007-2008, Phare 2005-2006, CARDS 2005-2006 and the Turkey pre-accession assistance instrument 2005-2006 in the candidate and potential candidates.