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Study Timeline

January 2019

Kick-off

The kick-off meeting with the Commission was held on 16 January 2019 and launched the inception phase, during which the methodology will be finalised.
March 2019

Inception report

The draft inception report has been published, and comments from stakeholders are now invited, before finalisation.
April 2019

Progress meeting

A progress meeting with civil society is planned for 04 April 2019 to discuss provisional findings of the research.
November 2019

Draft final report

The report will be published on this website and then be discussed with stakeholders.
March 2020