The context for this study is the Bristol Accord that was agreed at the European Ministerial Informal meeting in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 6th-7th December 2005. The report reviews progress across Europe, identifies a selection of case studies and suggests further work is required to elaborate...

The context for this study is the Bristol Accord that was agreed at the European Ministerial Informal meeting in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 6th-7th December 2005. The report reviews progress across Europe, identifies a selection of case studies and suggests further work is required to elaborate...

The reference guide is designed to serve as a vade-mecum, explaining the background of European regional and urban statistics, including its regional classification NUTS. The structure of the data stored in the public database is comprehensively described.

...the objectives of the single European regions for the next cycle of planning 2007-2013 are without a doubt orientated towards full respect of the Community Strategic Orientations on the subject of cohesion ... It is necessary, however, to reflect upon the efficaciousness of the action of...

This study provides a critical and detailed analysis of the EU Cohesion policy instruments over the last two programming periods, 2000-2006 and 2007-2013. Through the production of eight regional case studies complemented by a review of secondary sources, the report offers some insight into the...

The purpose of this report is to study, from both the theoretical and the empirical point of view, the extent to which regional policy can reduce the disparities in economic activity levels that arise between regions belonging to an integrated trade area as the European Union.