News 2009
January
  • Cameroon: Economisti Associati retained by the Center for the Development of Enterprise for the mid term evaluation of a program supporting SME in the road construction sector  
  • West Africa: Economisti Associati retained by the EU-funded BizClim program for the implementation of a climate investment project in support of the ECOWAS Commission
  • Turkey: investment and trade promotion mission for Italian SME in the mechanical engineering and agro-food industries, with visit to Izmir  
February
  • European Commission: kick off meeting for the impact assessment study on ICT standardization
  • Italy: Economisti Associati provides support to SME support structures in the Emilia Romagna region for the formulation of internationalization projects to be funded by the regional government
March
  • Cyprus: completed assignment on credit guarantee scheme for the European Investment Fund  
  • Cameroon: field mission for the evaluation of CDE program supporting SME in the road construction sector
  • Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal: initial field mission for the investment climate project in support of the ECOWAS Commission
April
  • Georgia and Moldova: awarded new contracts for evaluation study on EU macro financial assistance (as part of ECORYS-led consortium)  
  • Nigeria: validation meeting for the investment climate project in support of the ECOWAS Commission, with the participation of investment promotion agencies and private sectors stakeholders  
  • EU Countries: Economisti Associati (lead partner) in association with Lear - Laboratorio di economia, antitrust, regolamentazione, retained by the European Parliament as framework contractor for the carrying out of studies in the ICT sector
  • World Bank - FIRST Initiative: the project on "Financial Mechanisms for Small and Medium Enterprises in Djibouti" implemented by Economisti Associati and Microfinanza figures prominently in the 2008 Annual Report  
May
  • European Commission: consortium led by Economisti Associati and including The Evaluation Partnership, CEMKA-EVAL and CREMS - Università di Castellanza awarded a new framework contract by DG Health for studies in the field of public health
  • Italy: completion of two SME internationalization assignments for the Emilia Romagna regional government covering Turkey and other emerging countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
  • Ethiopia: workshop for the presentation of results of a baseline study on competition in selected sectors, carried our for the SIDA-funded Private Sector Hub
  • European Commission: Alberto Bolognini attends workshop on MFA evaluation organized by DG ECFIN
June
  • Brussels: final workshop the investment climate project in support of the ECOWAS Commission, with participants from 11 countries
  • EU Countries: completed the organizational evaluation for the European Food Safety Authority
  • Georgia: field mission for the evaluation of EU macro financial assistance  
  • European Commission: Economisti Associati awarded a new assignment for the evaluation of IPA-funded initiatives in Croatia for DG Enlargement
July
  • European Commission: consortium led by Economisti Associati and including The Evaluation Partnership, CSES and EIM awarded a new framework contract by DG Enterprise and Industry for evaluation and impact assessment studies
  • Moldova: field mission for the evaluation of EU macro financial assistance
September
  • Croatia: kick-off meeting for the interim evaluation of EU pre-accession assistance
  • Center for the Development of Enterprise: Roberto Zavatta invited to deliver a presentation on SME clusters in developing countries, within the framework of CDE's annual meeting of the European Institutional Framework
October
  • Lesotho: Economisti Associati retained by the IFAD-funded Rural Finance Intermediation Program for a study on the establishment of a credit guarantee fund for SME
  • World Bank: findings from Economisti Associati's surveys of small scale providers of water and electricity in Asia and Africa incorporated into new World Bank - PPIAF publication
November
  • European Commission: as part of a framework contract with DG Health, consortium led by Economisti Associati retained for an evaluation of the European Platform for Actions on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
  • European Commission: completed first phase of impact assessment study on ICT standardization for DG Enterprise and Industry
  • Lesotho: field mission for study on the establishment of a credit guarantee fund for SME  
  • ECOWAS Commission: Economisti Associati retained to implement a workshop on investment climate assessment
  • Georgia and Moldova: presentation of final results of evaluations of EU macro financial assistance
  • Nigeria: workshop on investment climate assessment for the ECOWAS Commission. Website on investment climate indicators becomes operational (http://www.bizclim.net/)
December
  • Croatia: presentation of key findings of interim evaluation of EU pre-accession assistance
  • European Commission: as part of a framework contract with DG Enterprise and Industry, consortium led by Economisti Associati awarded a new assignment for the assessment of administrative burden on enterprises