Regions - ECOTEC in Europe
ECOTEC has extensive experience in providing research, consulting and technical assistance services to EU institutions, including the European Commission and the European Parliament. Our Brussels office was established in 1984 and continues to provide a physical presence in the European capital. We deliver European level work using the best available team drawn from offices across the company.
For many years, we have been recognised as a market leader in serving EU clients, particularly in the areas of:
- Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities
- Education, training and culture
- Information society
- Local and regional development
- Energy
- Environment
In these and other policy areas, ECOTEC is able to deliver large and complex projects that operate across all 27 EU Member States and beyond. Our team of international staff has expert knowledge of current European policies and the economic, social and environmental issues that influence them. Through this in-house team and our network of external associates, ECOTEC is able to undertake research in every EU country and all 23 official languages of the EU. Our multi-disciplinary teams can address the complexity of problems that cut across policy areas. In all our work for EU clients, we have access to the very highest level of expertise available across Europe.
Drawing on this substantial in-house and external expertise, our services for EU clients include:
- Impact assessments and ex-ante evaluations
- Feasibility studies
- Policy research
- Interim and ex-post evaluation
- Management of framework contracts
- Communication and dissemination activities
- Programme management and secretariat services
Region Portfolio: The New Member States and Local Employment Development
This two year project on behalf of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities was delivered by WYG International in partnership with ECOTEC and a network of national experts.
Our aim was to identify future priorities in Local Employment Development (LED) in the New Member States of the EU, in keeping with the goals of the European Employment Strategy and wider EU objectives, and thereby develop future LED strategy in these countries and in the EU as a whole. The project covered 12 countries - the ten countries that joined the EU in 2004 and the two Candidate Countries of Romania and Bulgaria.
The project has produced extensive data on the current situation of LED in each of the 12 countries; informed the thinking of the European Commission in determining future strategy and policy priorities for the enlarged Union; and has informed and inspired national policymakers and local stakeholders in how promote effective local approaches to employment development in their countries.
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