The European Social Fund: sustainable development and eco-technologies
Clements, Vic and Cheng, Ichin and Di Nardo, Livia and Charter, Martin (2010) The European Social Fund: sustainable development and eco-technologies. Project Report. European Union.
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This research report is one of a series of 21 commissioned by the European Social Fund (ESF), a structural fund of the European Union, as part of their ongoing review of policy and implementation.
The report reviews two seven-year periods (2000–2006 & 2007–2013) of EU intervention in the area of sustainable development and eco-technologies, and offers a conceptual framework on sustainable development, eco-technologies, eco-innovation and green jobs. Research findings are based on analysis of quantitative data and relevant indicators of the operational programmes throughout member countries of the European Union. To this end, the report maps ESF activity related to sustainable development and eco-technologies throughout the regions of the EU, and evaluates output, result and impact indicators of this work.
Particular attention is focused on those EU countries that have implemented actions targeted at the environmental aspects of the issue, and the report offers two case studies from the UK and Spain, countries considered to have been most engaged in 'mainstreaming' sustainable development within ESF co-funded activities.
I was engaged as the lead researcher and author of this work. I worked with three European partner researchers / co-authors, and led a team of two UK-based project researchers.
Produced by Bernard Brunhes International under the contract "Reporting on ESF interventions in the EU".
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