What is it about?
The paper argues that the European Union Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 is re-oriented, away from the traditional goal of promoting balanced socio-economic development, towards a regional growth-policy perspective that puts the issue of competitiveness as a prerequisite for regional convergence.
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Why is it important?
Through the analysis of two sets of reforms of the new Cohesion Policy, namely the place based approach and the conditionalities, the thematic priorities and the performance reserve, we show that the new Cohesion Policy provides a novel policy context that is likely to exacerbate the already existing disparities in economic performance amongst the EU territories and augment existing uneven spatial relations.
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This page is a summary of: European Union Cohesion Policy Post 2014: More (Place-Based and Conditional) Growth – Less Redistribution and Cohesion, Territory Politics Governance, March 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2014.992460.
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Resources
AN AGENDA FOR A REFORMED COHESION POLICY
Barca Report: reform proposals for EU Cohesion Policy
Regional Studies Association: Report on the Second EU Cohesion Policy Conference
The Conference ‘Challenges for the new Cohesion policy in 2014-20’ was organised on 4-6 February 2015 in Riga to facilitate an academic and policy debate between the academic community, EU and national officials. Its aims were to make policy officials and practitioners aware of the research being conducted on Cohesion policy, and to give academics a better understanding of the concerns and priorities of the policy communities at EU and national levels.
Challenges for the New Cohesion Policy in 2014-2020: An Academic and Policy Debate
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