scholarly journals Structural Funds and European Regional Growth: Comparison of Effects among Different Programming Periods

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1302-1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Pinho ◽  
Celeste Varum ◽  
Micaela Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Regional Growth ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional

THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN EUROPEAN REGIONAL GROWTH

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE M. KORRES ◽  
GEORGE TSOMBANOGLOU ◽  
AIKATERINI KOKKINOU
Keyword(s):  
Regional Growth ◽  
European Regional

scholarly journals The Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Implementation of Infrastructural Investments within the Regional Operational Programme for the Podkarpackie Province for the years 2007-2013

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Wojciech Lichota
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Leisure Facilities ◽  
Learning Schools ◽  
European Regional

This article aims to assess the effects of the implementation of infrastructural investments within the Regional Operational Programme for the Podkarpackie Province for the years 2007-2013. The article was prepared based on the examination method of documents that included the Regional Operational Programme for the Podkarpackie Province for the years 2007-2013, the Annual Report (for 2014) and Periodical Report (for the second half of 2015) on the implementation of the Programme, Monitor Regionalny, The report – the situation at the end of July 2015. The conducted analysis shows that most assumed material project indicators, i.e. output and result indicators, were achieved. As a result of the implementation of the Programme 924 km of regional roads were modernized, 76 km of regional roads were built, 107 units of municipal transport fleet were purchased and modernized, a 58 km broadband network was built, 13 406 entities have gained access to the broadband Internet, 157 units of fire engines were purchased within the projects in the field of the protection against forest fires and other threats, 190 369 persons were connected to the water supply network, 78 343 persons were connected to the sewage system, 59 educational facilities were modernized, 20 lifelong learning schools were supported, 26 health care centres were modernized, 19 social welfare institutions were modernized, and 40 sports and leisure facilities were built. It is worth noting that by the end of July 2015, projects using all available allocation of funds were contracted and the beneficiaries of the Programme were paid more than 94% of the funds within the available allocation, which puts the Podkarpackie Province on the third place on the background of the country. Keywords: EU funds, European funds, structural funds, regional programmes, the European Regional Development Fund, Podkarpackie Province.

Stichting Greenpeace and Environmental Public Interest Standing before the Community Judicature: Some lessons from the Federal Court of Canada

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 269-306
Author(s):  
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray
Keyword(s):  
Federal Court ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Locus Standi ◽  
European Court ◽  
Court Of First Instance ◽  
European Regional

On April 2,1998, three years after the ruling of the Court of First Instance, the European Court of Justice issued its appeal decision in the Stichting Greenpeace case. The Court of First Instance had denied locus standi under Article 230(4) (Article 173(4)) of the EC Treaty to Greenpeace, two local environmental groups and a series of individual applicants to challenge the decision of the European Commission to continue providing Community structural funds under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to Spain to build two power stations in the Canary Islands.

22. Cohesion Policy

2014 ◽  
pp. 405-431
Author(s):  
Ian Bache ◽  
Simon Bulmer ◽  
Stephen George ◽  
Owen Parker
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
Policy Control ◽  
Major Reform ◽  
Treaty Of Rome ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
European Regional

This chapter examines the European Union’s cohesion policy, which had its origins in the European Community’s regional policy. Despite evidence of wide disparities between Europe’s regions, the Treaty of Rome made no specific commitment to the creation of a Community regional policy. It was only in 1975 that a European regional fund was created, and a coherent supranational policy emerged only in 1988. The chapter traces key developments in cohesion policy, focusing on reforms made between 1988 and 2013. Enlargement and the single market programme provided the context for a major reform of the structural funds in 1988. In the 2013 reform, the Commission’s subsequent proposals linked cohesion policy to the goals of the Europe 2020 growth strategy. The chapter also considers shifts in the intergovernmental–supranational nature of policy control in the sector that first gave rise to the notion of multi-level governance.

scholarly journals Beyond the EU Structural Funds’ Absorption Rate: How Do Regions Really Perform?

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Eirini Aivazidou ◽  
Giovanni Cunico ◽  
Edoardo Mollona
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Rate ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Statistical Error ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Regional Strategies ◽  
Absorption Performance ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

Although the EU structural funds aim to alleviate disparities through supporting regional development, their impact on local economies and societies is considered as uneven. As existing studies explore the absorption rate of the EU share of contribution as a point-in-time indicator at the end of the policy cycle, evidence about regional co-finance and the factors dynamically affecting absorption performance is lacking. To that end, this paper aims to provide a new longitudinal investigation of the absorption time series and develop an original indicator, supported by a statistical error analysis, for offering a transparent view of the total funds’ absorption. The analysis highlights that undesired regional strategies due to low administrative capacity may increase the absorption rate, though without supporting regional growth. The proposed approach could further facilitate the equitable allocation of political accountability regarding the structural funds’ absorption to the EU and the regions. Overall, it is anticipated that this research will support the EU in monitoring actual regional performance for prompting local managing authorities to improve their administrative capacity.

Does social capital matter for European regional growth?

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabel Forte ◽  
Jesús Peiró-Palomino ◽  
Emili Tortosa-Ausina
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
European Regional

Delivering strategic economic development in a time of urban austerity: European Union structural funds and the English city regions

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Nurse ◽  
Matthew Fulton
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
European Regional

Supranational funding such as that from the European Union has become a key ingredient of the economic development of many major cities. Set across comparatively short time frames, these schemes are constantly evaluated and realigned to reflect current priorities, becoming increasingly competitive as cities deploy every strategy available to mitigate the effects of urban austerity. In the United Kingdom, European Union funding is currently allocated through a multi-level structure involving the state, subregional structures and cities, all conforming to supranational (i.e. European Union) guidelines. Considering this, this paper explores the extent to which funds such as the European Regional Development Fund can be effectively drawn down to focus upon issues deemed to be locally important. The paper achieves this through a case study of policy making in Liverpool, United Kingdom which, having successfully used Objective One funding to support an economic recovery in the 1990–00s, is now fully engaged with European Regional Development Fund agendas. In doing so, the paper explores how successful European Regional Development Fund-funded schemes are developed, drawing out the experiences of key stakeholders working at each level of the funding process. This allows for a reflection on the effects of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and, moreover, makes a series of policy recommendations as to how future funding strategies might be improved.

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