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[Publication] The Visibility and Communication of Cohesion Policy in Online Media

Publication: October 2019   Download:   Authors: Carlos MENDEZ, Vasiliki TRIGA, John BACHTLER, Costas DJOUVAS, Fernando MENDEZ, Sebastian STIER This study evaluates the visibility and communication of cohesion policy in online media and the effectiveness of communication activities. A mixed methods approach is employed to investigate the coverage, representation and Read more…

Commitments made at the hearing of ELISA FERREIRA Commissioner-designate Cohesion and Reforms

Commitments made at the hearing of ELISA FERREIRA Commissioner-designate Cohesion and Reforms

Publication: October 2019 Download: English Authors: Stephan Dietzen/Marek Kołodziejski The commissioner-designate, Elisa Ferreira, appeared before the European Parliament on 02 October 2019 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committee on Regional Development. During the hearing, she made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These Read more…

Cohesion policy: The European Parliament’s role since the Treaty of Lisbon

[Publication] Cohesion policy: The European Parliament’s role since the Treaty of Lisbon

Original publication: July 2019Author: Jürgen PUCHER, Haris MARTINOS, Serafin PAZOS-VIDAL, Jasmin HAIDER Available languages:Executive summary: Background The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009. It introduced a number of significant changes which in the case of the European Parliament (EP) include co-decision (also known as ‘ordinary legislative Read more…

The Agenda for Cohesion Policy in 2019-2024: Key issues for the REGI Committee

[Publication] The Agenda for Cohesion Policy in 2019-2024: Key issues for the REGI Committee

Original publication: July 2019 Authors: Carlos MENDEZ, John BACHTLER and Irene McMASTER Available languages: Executive summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study reviews the current and emerging issues for Cohesion Policy to support the work of the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development (REGI) during its new mandate for 2019-2024. The analysis Read more…

REGI workshop: 7th Cohesion Report

Further reading: Workshop – 7th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion PROGRAMME Indicative 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, Read more…