scholarly journals Implementation of community cohesion policy in Italy and its role in elimination of regional disparities

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Community Cohesion ◽  
Italian Regions ◽  
Community Policy ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Programming Period

The objective of this paper is to present the contribution of Community regional policy funds to achieving socio-economic cohesion of Italian regions eligible under Objective 1, as well as to discuss future development barriers and opportunities of these regions. The paper also provides a description of Italy's adjustment to the Community policy, the funds exploited by cohesive regions during the 2000-2006 programming period and their efficiency in the elimination of regional disparities.

Evaluation of Eu Cohesion Policy Impact on Regional Convergence: Do Culture Differences Matter?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Mindaugas Butkus ◽  
Kristina Matuzevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Policy Impact ◽  
Regional Convergence ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
The North ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract Attention to the harmonised economic growth by promoting regional economic convergence was paid in the 1960s, at the commencement of European economic integration. It served as a basis for initiation of programs intended to reduce disparities among regions. For the current programming period (2014-2020) over 350 billion euro was allocated to promote cohesion (more than 340 billion for 2007-2013 and about 213 billion for 2000-2006) and a considerable part of that funding went specially to promote regional convergence; therefore, the analysis of regional convergence in the EU countries is essential due to both economic and financial reasons. Regional policy can be considered successful if regional disparities are found to be decreasing; however, research on convergence/divergence issue has not provided any unambiguous conclusions. We aim to enrich this field of analysis by incorporating cultural dimension while analysing the factors influencing regional convergence. In order to identify a causal link between culture and economic outcomes, we define culture as the customary beliefs and values that ethnic, religious and social groups transmit almost unchanged from generation to generation. Our research hypothesis is that regional policy impact on regional convergence differs between groups of countries characterised by historically diverse cultural experience. Using panel data approach like FD and covering the two last programming periods along with a set of variables to control country-specific economic environment, we investigate whether the success of Cohesion policy has depended on cultural differences in the north, south, west and central-east groups of European countries.

scholarly journals Integrated Territorial Investments in the Formula of Cohesion Policy 2014 - 2020

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Kowalska
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
Financial Allocation

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: EU regional policy aims to increase the economic and social cohesion of the Member States. For the programming period of 2014 - 2020 a new tool has been planned, which will contribute to the effective implementation of the cohesion policy - Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI). The aim of this article is to determine whether the direction of measures arising from the assumptions of the cohesion policy 2014 - 2020, implemented in the ITI strategy, addresses actual problems in the area covered by the ITI strategy (on the example of Kalisz-Ostrów Agglomeration - KOA). Materials and methods: The study was based on the analysis and synthesis of EU and Polish regulatory provisions on the cohesion policy 2014 - 2020, data on financial allocation for the implementation of the ITI and literature on the subject of EU regional policy. Results: The direction of measures arising from the assumptions of the cohesion policy 2014 - 2020 in the ITI strategy addresses real problems in the development of the area covered by the KOA strategy. EU funds have been planned for: promoting entrepreneurship; promoting low-carbon strategies; the development of an educated society and investments in modern infrastructure. Conclusions: Solving the problems of the areas covered by the ITI strategy will depend on the realization of the development goals. Therefore, the synergy of conditions associated with the transformation of the postulated stage into the executive stage of the cohesion policy under ITI is necessary. This synergy is associated with both the quality of human capital and the amount of financial resources as well as the competences of those involved in the implementation of the ITI concept.

scholarly journals NEW APPROACHES OF REGIONAL POLICY AS A SUPPORTING FACTOR OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Šoltés ◽  
Katarína Repková Štofková ◽  
Filip Lenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Public Authorities

Increasing economic growth and employment, as well as improving the quality of life of the population, is one of the priorities of each country. One of the options to achieve these goals is to balance regional disparities. In the current globalization process, balancing regional disparities is all the more important. The European Union, as one of the most important communities of states, seeks to reduce regional disparities within the Community through a cohesion policy. The Slovak Republic, as one of the member states of the European Union, seeks to support the least developed regions through incentives and grants. Because of this, it analyzes the situation in the regions, identifies the least developed regions and takes measures to support them. This article deals with the socio-economic analysis of the least developed regions and analyzes the measures that are taken to support them. The results of the article can be used by public authorities when planning other activities that are expected to have a positive impact on regional development.

When Romania met the Cohesion Policy. Regional governance in-between national conventions and European ideals

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru Brad
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Theoretical Ground ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Redistributive Policy ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

This article is about the practice of territorial governance emerging at the junction of European Union-sanctioned ideals and Romanian development-planning traditions. On the one hand, the European agenda emphasises a smart, inclusive, sustainable model of economic growth. However, the persisting centralised workings of the Romanian state significantly alters the scope of regional interventions. As such, while core cities grew their economies swiftly, peripheral places were left in an unrelenting stagnation. My first aim is to provide a theoretical ground for a practicecentred approach to understanding territorial governance. Second, by drawing on Romania’s regional policy context as an example, I give an insight into how practices of partnership and competition fare in a context of ongoing territorial polarisation. I conclude by emphasising the need for a regional redistributive policy mechanism, one which should enable and assist non-core areas to access capacities for defining and implementing development projects.

The Link between Devolution and Regional Disparities: Evidence from the Italian Regions

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1129-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lapo Calamai
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Regional Convergence ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Italian Regions ◽  
Exogenous Factors ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the relationship between devolution and regional disparities by looking at the case of Italy. By integrating the relevant quantitative and qualitative evidence, it attempts to answer two questions. Did the devolutionary process exert a positive influence on regional convergence in Italy? And, if so, why have its beneficial economic effects been concentrated in the Mezzogiorno? A clear historical link between the upsurge of devolution and the reduction of spatial inequalities is identified. However, this relationship plays out in a rather indirect way, and is strongly influenced by a series of exogenous factors which are thoroughly analysed.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of the strategic objectives of European Union for the past programming period 2007-2013 and for the current programming period 2014-2020

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Miroslav Raicov ◽  
Andrea Fehér ◽  
Tabita Adamov ◽  
Sorin Stanciu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Local Context ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Programming Period

The growing competition between different regions, thus their activities performed under both within and outside the European Union represents a fact of the "globalized" world in which we are living. For many years, the regional disparities in terms of development level and life quality were subject to national policies of the Member States. Many improvements have been observed since the European Union initiated the policy of reducing them. The Cohesion Policy of the European Union has an unique irreplaceable role in the coagulation of integrated development strategies, comprising interventions in different areas, such as infrastructure, research and innovation, employment, education, business, environment protection, climate changes and energy efficiency within a package of coherent policies addressing to regional or even local context, being one of the most visible policies, especially in what regards the relationship with citizens. Thus, the Cohesion Policy target is represented by supporting the process of reducing the disparities between the regions and Member States more developed of the European Union and the ones that are less developed.

scholarly journals COHESION POLICY INSTRUMENTS SUPPORTING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Natalia Dominiak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Financial Perspective ◽  
Interdisciplinary Character ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
Council Of Ministers ◽  
Empirical Material

The aim of the article is to discuss issues related to the development of tourism in the context of the possibility of financial support available from cohesion policy funds in the current financial perspective for the years 2014-2020. The particular attention was paid to the multifaceted nature of modern tourism and the directions of changes in the use of EU funds, referring to the completed programming period 2007-2013. An attempt was also made to indicate the significance of tourism in the section of the national economy of Poland and in the European Union, concentrating on its interdisciplinary character. Characteristics of cohesion policy, its goals and principles of functioning were made. The article is of a review nature, which means that the authors’ own materials and empirical material from the literature of the subject were used. The figures were obtained from reports published by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers. It was found out that the amount of allocated funds for cohesion policy among all European Union countries in 2014-2020 is the highest for Poland and amounts to EUR 72.9 billion. There is an increase in the amount of funds allocated from the European Union to Poland, compared to the amount of allocated funds in the 2007-2013 perspective. It was also pointed out that the cohesion policy instruments mentioned above only indirectly contribute to the development of tourism, as the financing for 2014-2020 lacks programs and activities entirely dedicated to tourism.

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