Introduction
The Institute' research and study activities evolve around a number of well-defined programmes. Between them these programmes cover a broad range of activities in which the Institute is currently engaged in. These IENE Programmes are subject related rather than geographically driven although they encompass monitoring and analysis which normally involve all different countries of the SE European.
A prerequisite for IENE to adopt and develop a particular programme is the securing beforehand of the necessary funding and the availability of individual members of its Scientific Staff and its Research Associates who are capable and willing to undertake and pursue the work and actions foreseen. Programme funding normally comes from paid consulting and advisory services work and from the Institute's annual budget. Another source of funding involves participation in EU research and information dissemination type Programmes.
Currently the Institute has a number of main Programmes actually running and producing useful results and insights and fewer secondary background type of Programmes which are at an evaluation stage. The results of these Programmes are normally reported through the regular newsletters of the Institute (for a complete listing see Advisory and Information Series in the About Us heading of this web site) but also through the publication of Working Papers, Research Notes and articles published in conference proceedings and learned journals. The activities undertaken under each programme are stated in summary form as follows: