BASIC Results & Reports
BASIC Final Report 
Executive Summary of Project Results 
Report 1: Literature Review 
A review of the scientific literature on the topic of basic service provision and the liberalistion of those services. The report mainly covers literature from economics, political science, sociology and history.
Report 2: Societal Discourse on Basic Services -
Stakeholder and Media Analysis 
Analyses the societal discourse on the development of basic services in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and the UK.
Report 3: Mapping of Competencies 
Presents a brief overview of research centres and universities conducting research on basic service provision.
Report 4: Country studies on defining basic services 
Contains a description and analysis of the varying definitions of basic services across countries and the sectors for electricity, postal services, public transport and telecommunications.
Report 5: Access to Basic
Services in Europe 
A brief listing of the data collected during the course of the BASIC project. An analysis of the data is presented in Report 6. Most of the detailed country data is available on request from the project coordinator (michael.schmidt@iccr-international.org).
Report 6: Regulating
Network Industries 
Contains the main project results on the performance of basic services in the electricity, postal services, public transport and telecommunications sectors in the eight countries studied in the BASIC project.