Month: July 2016

Policy Brief 7 already available: The three dimensions of macroeconomic unbalances (in Portuguese), by Henrique Lopes Valença. This Policy Brief is the fifth edition of our series of original publications around the European Semester, and more specifically the Stability Program and the National Reform Program. The European Semester is a process of political dialogue between the European Commission and the member states which consists in an exchange of drafts, programmes and recommendations regarding the implementation of public policies and institutional reforms. For this, two particular documents are relevant in this dialogue: the Stability Program and National Reform Program. The Stability Program is the main document on fiscal…

Local Authorities: Democracy, Governance and Finance, the second edition of the Areté Collection, addresses the reality of democracy and policy formulation at the local level, with a focus on transparency, citizen participation and municipalities’ finances, as well as their social and economic functions.Through a pluralistic view of the autarchic reality, it is hoped that local elected representatives, privileged agents of democratic dynamics, and municipal administrative technicians, who assure the functioning of the local administration services, as well as other stakeholders (citizens, companies, entities of external control, etc.), better understand the reality where they are inserted.Get it here Facebook Twitter Linkedin