Use of EU structural funds for sustainable energy development in new EU member states

The article describes a model to predict the allocation of the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund over the EU member states. By comparing the predicted allocation with the real allocation, it is possible to indicate which member states receive more and which countries receive less than the predicted share. The variables determining the predicted allocation are the GDP per capita and the size of the population.

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The Impact of the Structural Funds in the Transformation Process of the New EU Member States

L'Europe en Formation ◽

10.3917/eufor.364.0161 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 364 (2) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Ancuta Popa

Keyword(s):

Transformation Process ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Structural Funds ◽

The Impact ◽

New Eu Member States

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R&D expenditure and thematic orientation of European investment in selected new EU member states / Výdaje na výzkum a vývoj a tematické zaměření evropských investic ve vybraných nových členských státech EU

Ergo ◽

10.1515/ergo-2015-0002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 11-21

Keyword(s):

Member States ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

New Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Structural Funds ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Eu Structural Funds ◽

Programming Period ◽

European Investment ◽

The Eu

Abstract During the programming period 2007-2013, the Structural Funds represented an important source of funds for research, development and innovation in the new member states of the EU. The article compares thematic focus of the EU Structural Funds support to this area (according to the categories of expenditure set by the EU legislation) in five countries with common historic experience - Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia. The aim is to identify different approaches of individual states to finance research and innovation from the EU funds, also related to the development and structure of R&D expenditure, analysed in the first part of the text. The states in question have selected diverse strategies to invest European resources in research and innovation, particularly concerning the proportion of investment in research infrastructures to investment in research, innovation and related activities in business sphere. According to this comparison with the other examined countries, the Czech Republic is characterized by the highest orientation at spending the EU funds on the construction of research infrastructure.

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The main achievements of the EU structural funds 2007–2013 in the EU member states: efficiency analysis of transport sector

Equilibrium ◽

10.24136/eq.2018.015 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 285-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lukáš Melecký

Keyword(s):

Efficiency Analysis ◽

Lower Amount ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Cohesion Policy ◽

Member States ◽

Development Fund ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Structural Funds ◽

Eu Structural Funds ◽

The Eu

Research background: The European Union currently provides financial support to the Member States through various financial tools from European Structural and Investment Funds 2014–2020, and previously from the EU Structural Funds. In both terminologies, the funds represent the main instrument of EU Cohesion Policy to sustain territorial development, to increase competitiveness and to eliminate regional disparities. The overall impact of EU Funds depends on the structure of funding and absorption capacity of the country. Purpose of the article: The efficiency of funding across the EU Member States is a fundamental issue for EU development as a whole. The Author considers deter-mining the efficiency of EU Funds as an issue of high importance, and therefore this paper provides a contribution to the debate on the role of EU Cohesion Policy in the Member States. The paper focuses on territorial effects of relevant EU Funds in programming period 2007–2013 in infrastructure through efficiency analysis. Methods: Efficiency analysis is based on data at the country level, originating from ex-post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007–2013 and representing the input and output variables to analyse whether the goal of fostering growth in the target countries have been achieved with the funds provided, and whether or not more resources generated stronger growth effects in transport accessibility. The paper deals with comparative cross-country analysis, descriptive analysis of dataset and multiple-criteria approach of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the form of output-oriented BCC VRS model of efficiency and output-oriented APM VRS subsequently model of super-efficiency. Findings & Value added: The paper aims to test the factors of two inputs and five outputs, trying to elucidate the differences obtained by the Member States in effective use of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund in the transport sector. The paper determines if the countries have been more efficient in increasing their levels of competitive advantages linked with transport. Preliminary results reveal that most countries with a lower amount of funding achieve higher efficiency, especially countries in a group of so-called “old EU Member States”, i.e. group EU15.

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The Sustainable Energy Development Index—An Application for European Union Member States

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14041117 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 1117 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Magdalena Ligus ◽

Piotr Peternek

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Energy ◽

Energy Development ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Energy Sustainability ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Incomplete Coverage ◽

European Union Member States ◽

The Eu

The development of a complete system of indicators and a composite sustainable energy index could prove useful to evaluate both the state of the art and the progress of national energy towards sustainable development. However, in the case of energy sustainability, a knowledge gap arises due to incomplete coverage and lack of systematic focus on sustainability components. The objective of our research is to obtain Sustainable Energy Development Aggregated Index to rank the EU Member States on the path to sustainable energy. We propose a set of indicators related to sustainable development in energy policy in the EU-28, grouped in three dimensions: social, economic and environmental and apply the standardized sums method in order to obtain the dimensional and aggregated indexes. The countries on the podium are Denmark, The Netherlands and Austria. The worst-performing countries (with index values below the first quartile) are Estonia, Malta, Slovakia, Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. A comparative analysis of the outcome with a few existing indexes for the EU Member States shows how large an impact on the index values and the ranking obtained does the selection of indicators and the methodology used have. The refinement of the set of energy indicators is necessary for the context where they will be applied to ensure their policy relevance and usefulness. It is also necessary to conduct a sensitivity analysis each time in the study.

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