Multiple framework service contract in cascade on cohesion policy, urban policy and transport policy. The purpose of this framework contract is to set up a network of external experts that will provide the CoR with a rapid response capability, allowing broader consultation of local and regional players, offering CoR commissions the possibility of drawing up specific opinions on topics of current interest and enabling the CoR to draw on databases and knowledge built up by research centres or universities in the evaluation of policies.

Fields concerned:

a. economic, social and territorial cohesion;

b. European structural and investment funds;

c. spatial planning;

d. macroregions;

e. territorial cooperation;

f. regional statistics and indicators.

Fields concerned:

a. urban policy;

b. housing.

Field concerned: transport and trans-European transport networks.