The Blue Economy businesses consulted in gathering Lessons Learned have had some success - with varying experiences - in attracting external funding and offer valuable fundraising lessons that can inform the development and implementation of the investment platform. For businesses consulted,...

The report Future of cohesion policy examines the main issues of debate around the cohesion policy in order to set up the political framework of discussion. Methodologically, this first report is based on an analysis of past debates, predominantly in regional EU fora. Desk-based research was...

The present Report offers ideas on how to shape the forthcoming period of Community support beyond the year 2020. The analysis builds on the report "The future of Cohesion policy - Report I" which reflected on the challenges and developments at the local and regional level, focusing mainly on...

The report Future of cohesion policy examines the main issues of debate around the cohesion policy in order to set up the political framework of discussion. Methodologically, this first report is based on an analysis of past debates, predominantly in regional EU fora. Desk-based research was...

The present Report offers ideas on how to shape the forthcoming period of Community support beyond the year 2020. The analysis builds on the report "The future of Cohesion policy - Report I" which reflected on the challenges and developments at the local and regional level, focusing mainly on...

This study explores the connection between two major areas of public interest: Public procurement and Cohesion policy, starting with an explanation of how and where procurement is applied in the context of Cohesion policy, then analysing the current situation in the EU, the transposition of...

This briefing note presents an analysis of how the Partnership Contracts for the funding period 2014-2020 can be implemented regarding issues of multilevel governance and how the flexibility in the EU Cohesion Policy can be guaranteed. The note examines the following: an analysis of the Draft...

The Committee of the Regions regularly publishes a monitoring report on the development of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC. The present report analyses the latest developments from 2013 and builds on the findings from the earlier EGTC Monitoring Reports of 2010, 2011 and...