By Ricardo Ferreira, Nathalie Verschelde and Valeria Cenacchi (European Commission, DG REGIO – Cross-Border Cooperation Unit) Why support cross-border interactions? For the readers of Regions eZine it is certainly not necessary to argue the importance of regional economics and how the development of regions is the basis for the development of a country. But when […]
By Magdalena Sapała (European Parliamentary Research Service) This article is partly based on Magdalena Sapala (2019) Cohesion funds, values and economic and monetary union in the 2021-2027 MFF, European Parliament, EPRS. Each year, the size of the EU budget is negotiated within the limits set out in the seven-year financial plan, giving a vision of […]
By the Territorial Thinkers team composed of Peter Mehlbye, Kai Böhme, Derek Martin and Peter Schön. Increasing divisions, diversity and disparities between different types of territories pose a major and complex challenge to Europe and its cities and regions. Moreover, development is increasingly dependent on external economic, social and environmental factors, such as trade wars, […]
By Sebastien Bourdin (Associate Professor at the Normandy Business School). Introduction: Not doing more but better European Union’s Cohesion Policy has been in existence for about twenty years. The implementation of this policy acknowledges that the market forces are not necessarily sufficient to significantly reduce regional disparities. The EU therefore created this tool of financial […]
By Manuel Laranja (ISEG-UL – School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon), John Edwards (Research and Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre) and Hugo Pinto (CES – Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra) Smart specialisation: A New Perspective in Policy Making? Those readers with an interest in EU regional policy […]
By Xabier Gainza (Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics I, University of the Basque Country) Xabier Gainza, as part of his Regional Studies Association Membership Research Grant, debates the electoral bias in the distribution of investment in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia, and its implications for territorial cohesion. The aim is to determine […]
