[PDF] Top 20 Turkey 2009 progress report. Commission staff working document. SEC (2009) 1334 final, 14 October 2009

... July 2009 the current account deficit stood at about ...liquidity, Turkey continued to have sufficient access to international capital markets, and was able to comfortably service its external ...of ... See full document

... - improvement in public financial management based on the assessment of the implementation of the PFM action plan (on budget formulation, execution, reporting and control) reflected in the achievement of additional ... See full document

... framework document on "Building Ireland’s Smart Economy: A Framework for Sustainable Economic ...The document sets out the government’s vision for the next phase of Ireland’s economic development and ... See full document

... Europe possesses substantial reserves of coal and lignite, which represent around 80% of Europe’s fossil fuel reserves. There are a number of different ways of assessing these deposits, but whichever way the assessment ... See full document

... The meetings were dedicated to the review of the progress in implementation of individual projects. Besides that, a number of horizontal issues were discussed, namely: payment rate and financial forecasts, cost ... See full document

... , the official Internet website of the customs authority was improved including by allowing on-line questions/requests. A hot-line was set up in April 2008 to collect proposals for improvement of the customs services and ... See full document

... framework document on "Building Ireland’s Smart Economy: A Framework for Sustainable Economic ...The document sets out the government’s vision for the next phase of Ireland’s economic development and ... See full document

... For a large part of 2008 the Lebanese economy continued its rapid recovery from the 2006 conflict with Israel in a context of continuous political stalemate. Nevertheless with a delay, the economy started to suffer from ... See full document

... the Commission put forward a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver on the EU's ambitious commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy up to 2020 and ...the Commission ... See full document

... limited progress in the implementation of the ENP Action Plan, particularly in the areas of political dialogue and reform, including protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, many areas of cooperation ... See full document

... significant progress in ratifying and signing outstanding Protocols to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean 2 ...European ... See full document

... Implementing legislation establishing the mandate of the regional departments of the Ministry of Environment was prepared. Further strengthening of administrative capacity is still a major challenge at all levels of the ... See full document

... In October 2008, the Ministry of Political Development hosted the eighth Euromed Youth Meeting in Amman bringing together representatives of Euromed Youth Units from participating Mediterranean countries as well ... See full document

... Annual consumer price inflation decelerated to 5.5% in December 2008, in line with the slowdown in economic activity and a decline in commodity prices (11% at end-2007). To ensure a low and stable inflation rate, the NBG ... See full document

... In the area of higher education, the Ministry of Higher Education developed the second phase of the Higher Education Enhancement Plan 2008-2012, alongside a forecasting perspective for the period 2015-2022. The plan ... See full document

... better working conditions), and the formalisation, where possible, of informal carers into social security ...current staff shortages may remain a challenge for years to come as even training (which is ... See full document

... the 2009 budget, adopted on 29 December 2009, was based on a growth assumption that was too optimistic, therefore rendering the revenue and expenditure projections for 2009 ...April 2009, ... See full document

... Over the last few years, female employment has increased regularly, at a rate that was consistently higher than for men. The female employment rate, at 58.3% in 2007, is very close to the 2010 Lisbon objective of 60%. It ... See full document

... The rapid reduction of unemployment rates in the Convergence regions between 2000 and 2007 reduced the gap between Convergence and the RCE regions by half. In 2000, the rate in Convergence regions was double that in RCE ... See full document

... particular instrumental vari- ables), but the data-base has not allowed to make much progress so far. Nonetheless, the results obtained so far do point to a positive relationship between the share of high-skilled ... See full document