At the request of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control, Blomeyer & Sanz has conducted a study on Special Advisers to the European Commission. The study proposes an overview of the selection of Special Advisers to the European Commission, specifically during the period 2014-2019. It also provides an overview of the budgetary implications, contractual […]
Blomeyer & Sanz is partnering with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and the Mendel University in Brno to conduct an analytical study on ‘New EU own resources: possibilities and limitations of steering effects and sectoral policy co-benefits’ commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets. […]
Blomeyer & Sanz is currently conducting the external evaluation of ADEPT. ADEPT is the Platform of African Diaspora Development Organisations (ADDOs) based in Europe, that aims to strength the capacities and impact of the African Diaspora Development Organisations (ADDOs) to perform as development actors. The evaluation will cover the period from 01 September 2017 to […]
On 14 January 2021, Roderick Ackermann and Roland Blomeyer presented the main findings and recommendations for the study on Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) to the Committee on Budgets. The presentation emphasised the added value of the PPPAs, whilst at the same time identifying much from for improving the existing practices with regard to […]
The Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) of the EEA and Norway Grants has contracted Blomeyer & Sanz to conduct the monitoring of its “Local Development and Poverty Reduction, Enhanced Roma Inclusion” Programme in Romania. The programme has a budget of EUR 82 million and it combines five different thematic areas aiming to: Enhance inclusion and empowerment […]
In September, the European Parliament published a study on ‘Pilot Projects and Preparatory Action in the EU Budget 2014-2019’. We prepared this study in the first half of 2020, involving extensive desk research, eight case studies of selected Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) and interviews across the secretariats of 15 Parliament Committees and with […]
In July 2020 Blomeyer & Sanz has finalised a study conducted for the European Parliament on the implementation of the current EU fisheries control system by Member States. The research centres on the infringement procedures and sanctions imposed by EU Member States in the field of fisheries control and also provides an overview of the […]
In July 2020, the European Parliament contracted Blomeyer & Sanz, in partnership with the Institute for Public Affairs (Warsaw) to prepare a study on the pension rights of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) before and after the Members Statute in 2009. In the words of the Terms of Reference (ToR) for this assignment, this study aims to: provide the Members of the Budgetary Control […]
The Council of Europe (CoE) has contracted Blomeyer & Sanz to conduct a baseline assessment of the institutional position of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) in view of the development of its mid-term strategy in line with the needs and expectations of its members. CALM is cooperating with the CoE in the […]
In collaboration with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Blomeyer & Sanz conducted an analytical study on “How EU funds tackle economic divide in the European Union”. When assessing the benefits, the Member States receive from the EU budget, they primarily focus on their individual […]
