Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

Support to the institutional capacity of Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the E-10 EU Member States
European Commission (on-going 2004-2006)

Programme provides on-demand technical assistance in order to the strenghten capacity of E-10 EU Member States governments, civil society and private sector in managing and implementing development programmes.

Aid Effectiveness in the EU Eastern Neighbours.
Department for International Development, U.K

Review of the rationale and effectiveness of foreign aid to the EU Eastern Neighbours (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine). Included both empiral analysis of foreing aid and institutional data as well as the systematic review of monitoring reports and evaluations of different donors.

Foreign Aid to Mediterranean Neighbours: What Objectives? What Results?
Department for International Development, United Kingdom and the DG External Relations, European Commission (September 2005)

The study identifies the stated foreign aid objectives of the largest donors to the Mediterranean region and assesses the importance of different objectives in explaining aid allocation to the region. The study also presents empirical analysis on the effectiveness of overall aid, different aid modalities and sectors, so as to explain the channels through which aid works. The initial findings of the study were presented to the Euro-Mediterranean Economic Transition Conference, 10th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, organised by the European Commission, Brussels April 2005.

Review of the European Community Development Policy.
Department for International Development, UK

Study prepared for the informal EU Development Minister's meeting in May 2004.

The Impact of EU Enlargement on Development Policy
DG Development, European Commission (September 2003)

Study based on visits to the 10 new member states to assess the status of the acquis, impact of enlargement on Monterrey targets and on institutional structures to formulate and implement development policy.

Presentation on Comparative Advantage of EU Aid

Series on European Development Cooperation to 2010. ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development, United Kingdom (September 2003)