The political backdrop of the present analysis is provided by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) proposal of a Code of conduct for the involvement of the local and regional authorities in the European Semester and by the territorial analyses of the 2018 Country Reports based on Country-specific...

The File Note focuses on public transport in metropolitan regions, one of the core competences of Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs). It starts with analysing the role of LRAs in green public transport and integrated urban planning. Then, specific urban planning aspects are considered:...

The political backdrop of this analysis is provided by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) proposal of a Code of conduct for the involvement of the local and regional authorities in the European Semester1 and by the territorial analyses of the 2017 Country Reports and 2016 Country-specific...

Within the context of the European Semester the EU Member States (MS) have delivered their National Reform Programmes (NRP) in April 20161. The programmes are based on the priorities defined by the European Commission (EC) in the Annual Growth Survey. According to the Committee of the Regions...

The overall objective of the study is a systematic analysis of problems faced by European border regions (and eventually other European regions) due to missing links in small scale infrastructures. This means that the study is limited to the physical transport infrastructure such as roads and...

Investment in the EU as a whole and in two-thirds of the Member States remains below the pre-crisis level, and at local and regional level there has been an alarming decline in public investment. The EU response is spearheaded by the Investment Plan for Europe with its main instrument being the...

Investment in the EU as a whole and in two-thirds of the Member States remains below the pre-crisis level, and at local and regional level there has been an alarming decline in public investment. The EU response is spearheaded by the Investment Plan for Europe with its main instrument being the...

The overall objective of the study is a systematic analysis of problems faced by European border regions (and eventually other European regions) due to missing links in small scale infrastructures. This means that the study is limited to the physical transport infrastructure such as roads and...

The present study deals with the growth potential of an integrated EU Urban Agenda. The objective of the study is to demonstrate the growth impact of the most pressing urban policies through business cases. The main policies which have been highlighted in the study are related to the main urban...