Preparing for the enlargement from a territorial perspective : governance, policies and investments to ensure the role and means of LRAs in an enlarged EU

The study explores how enlargement would affect the Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy areas with a deep impact on local and regional authorities, as well as the allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) at regional and local level. Taking into account three scenarios (no enlargement, new "big bang," and staged enlargement), it also looks into the governance framework and the key institutional reforms needed to enhance the role of local and regional authorities in the enlargement process and in the new, enlarged EU.'