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MEP Hannu Takkula addresses incoherencies in several EU policies.
03 December 2008
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ALDE
03 December 2008
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ALDE
External relations: common position on the control of exports of military technology and equipment
01 December 2008
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GUE/NGL PPE-DE UEN Verts/ALE
01 December 2008
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GUE/NGL
PPE-DE UEN Verts/ALE
overview Coherence reports
Triple C Evaluations N 3 - The EU Institutions & Member States' Mechanisms for Promote Policy Coherence for Development: Final Report, 2007
This study benifited from the results of a preparatory Scoping Study (see below). Whereas the Scoping Study has a more 'fact finding' focus, this evaluation looks further into how the mechanisms function in order to judge their relevance and effectiveness, as well as their efficiency, impact ans sustainability within their specific contexts.
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Policy Coherence for Development in the EU Council: Strategies for the Way Forward, 2006
This new CEPS study analyses whether policy-making processes in the EU Council provide sufficient scope for development inputs to be made in 12 key policy areas. Its findings point to the highly segregated character of EU policy-making and provide interesting insights into the internal challenges the EU will need to address in order to fulfil its goal of achieving greater coherency in its (external) policy-making.
(download PDF 727 kb)
Member states and institutions of the European Union have put in place mechanisms to promote coherence. This study reviews these mechanisms. It specifies the main types of coherence under study. It shows that the three types of mechanisms (overall policy and political decision-making, government institutions and administration, assessment and advisory capacity) reflect a growing commitment of policies to development.
(download PDF 2.210 kb) Assessment of the EC Development Policy, DPS Study, ECDPM 2005
The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which the EC’s DPS has been put into effect over the four years of its existence, consider what impact it has had and to identify any bottlenecks that might have impeded the implementation of the policy it lays out.
(download PDF 1.635 kb) Triple C Evaluations N 1 - The Treaty of Maastricht and Europe's Development Co-operation, 2004
The various forms of complementarity, coordination and coherence are analysed and commented on by a team of distinguished authors from different member states (UK, France and the Netherlands), brought together by Paul Hoebink of the Centre for International Development Issues at the University of Nijmegen.
(download PDF 1.660 kb) Institutional Approaches to Policy Coherence for Development, OECD Policy Workshop, 2004
A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Mechanisms to Promote Policy Coherence for Development. Its purpose is to draw together insights on institutional mechanisms to promote PCD by comparing three OECD DAC members: the European Community (EC), Japan, and the United States (US).
(download PDF 243 kb) Evaluating Maastricht’s Triple C: The ‘C’ of Coherence, P. Hoebink, CIDIN 2001
This paper is a contribution to a study of the European Union’s ‘Three Cs’ – complementarity, co-ordination, and coherence – being prepared for the combined Evaluation Units of the European Commission and the Member States.
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