T33

The t33 team is deeply immersed in the cycle of EU programmes. We provide evaluations, studies, capacity building solutions. So far, most experience is in territorial policies, especially for financial instruments, administrative simplification and indicators. Ten years of evaluating regional, national, cross-border and transnational EU programmes, have been a great opportunity to investigate how territories benefit from the EU, and the occasion to apply evaluation techniques including our original methodology for strategic environmental assessment. Offering services to the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank has increased our capacity to generate and share knowledge on EU policies and programmes. More recently, t33 data management projects help improve the European Commissions capacity to monitor programme performance. The t33 core team is based around 15 to 20 experts from five countries, speaking 9 languages and with a good balance of senior and junior experts. How are we contributing to developing EU policies on the ground? t33 was established in 2007 in Ancona a medium-sized Italian town on the Adriatic coast well away from a major hub. Even if our growth is entirely due to our capacity to export services, and t33s main partners are based in the capital cities of other EU countries, we continue investing in our city. Over the years t33 has created permanent employment for highly qualified young people even during the economic crisis in Italy. We are well aware that our business model is based on the partnership with other European companies. Furthermore, the international team shows that EU and non-EU citizens are key to sustaining dramatic growth. Our office is in the city centre, promoting the use of local public transport. We measure t33s ecologic footprint, limiting emissions and buying Voluntary Emissions Reductions in compensation. This is not enough. However, it is our corporate commitment for a better EU. Our actions ...