Regions - ECOTEC in Europe
ECOTEC has extensive experience in providing research, consulting and technical assistance services to EU institutions, including the European Commission and the European Parliament. Our Brussels office was established in 1984 and continues to provide a physical presence in the European capital. We deliver European level work using the best available team drawn from offices across the company.
For many years, we have been recognised as a market leader in serving EU clients, particularly in the areas of:
- Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities
- Education, training and culture
- Information society
- Local and regional development
- Energy
- Environment
In these and other policy areas, ECOTEC is able to deliver large and complex projects that operate across all 27 EU Member States and beyond. Our team of international staff has expert knowledge of current European policies and the economic, social and environmental issues that influence them. Through this in-house team and our network of external associates, ECOTEC is able to undertake research in every EU country and all 23 official languages of the EU. Our multi-disciplinary teams can address the complexity of problems that cut across policy areas. In all our work for EU clients, we have access to the very highest level of expertise available across Europe.
Drawing on this substantial in-house and external expertise, our services for EU clients include:
- Impact assessments and ex-ante evaluations
- Feasibility studies
- Policy research
- Interim and ex-post evaluation
- Management of framework contracts
- Communication and dissemination activities
- Programme management and secretariat services
Region Portfolio: Organisational change for citizen-centric eGovernment
This high profile study is looking at how delivery of public services through eGovernment can be made more user- or citizen-focused. Part of this agenda sees a major role for ICT in modernising and making more efficient a wide range of public services.
The study has so far delivered three high profile events across Europe, attended by policy makers and practitioners of eGovernment and organisational change. A series of think papers critique the key issues of the day. A wide variety of materials and case studies have been collected and analysed. A final dissemination event and handbook for change will be published at the end of 2007.
Our work is bringing together key decision makers and practitioners in the fields of e-Government and organisational change, and is helping public administrations learn how to manage change effectively and how to get closer to their citizens. Our aim is to formulate concrete policy recommendations to assist policy makers and leaders at all levels.
All the study resources and materials can be downloaded at http://www.ccegov.eu
neil.mcdonald@ecotec.com
+44 121 616 3600
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