Further reading: Workshop – 7th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion

PROGRAMME

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9:45 Introductory remarks
Marc Joulaud, Rapporteur, 7th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion (REGI own-initiative report)

9:50 The regional middle-income trap and its challenge to Europe’s economic dynamism
Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics

10:05 How to meet the challenges of urban areas? Dynamics, positions and shaping of the new cohesion policy
Mart Grisel, Director, European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN) EGTC

10:20 Reconciliation of the EU’s strategic priorities with the territorial dimension in cohesion policy – lessons learnt from the Polish perspective
Dr Piotr Żuber, Counsellor General, Ministry of Economic Development, Poland

10:35 Feedback from the ground: Towards a simpler and more effective cohesion policy to the benefit of all European regions
Stéphanie von Euw, Vice-president in charge of European affairs, Île-de-France Regional Council, France

10:50 Debate with the Members of the Committee on Regional Development

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