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Effective cohesion policies to strengthen social integration in the EU

De Hoyos, Rafael E.; Rutkowski, Michał - 2026

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Effective cohesion policies to strengthen social integration in the EU

de Hoyos, Rafael; Rutkowski, Michal - 2026

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Heating up inequality? : socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion

Schwab, Thomas; Hagemann, Sara; Többen, Johannes; … - 2026

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Heating up inequality? : socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion

Schwab, Thomas; Hagemann, Sara; Többen, Johannes; … - 2026

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Counterfactual impact evaluation of cohesion policy 2014-2020 : impact on enterprises

Daminger, Alexander; Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus - 2026

This paper examines the impact of the European Union's Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 on enterprise dynamics at the NUTS-2 level. Using discrete eligibility thresholds at 75 and 90 percent of EU average GDP per capita, we implement sharp and fuzzy regression discontinuity designs to assess effects on...

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Heating up inequality? : socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion

Schwab, Thomas; Hagemann, Sara; Többen, Johannes; … - 2026

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Heating up inequality? : socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion

Schwab, Thomas; Hagemann, Sara; Többen, Johannes; … - 2026

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Counterfactual impact evaluation of cohesion policy 2014-2020 : regression discontinuity design

Daminger, Alexander; Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus - 2026

This paper evaluates EU Cohesion Policy interventions during 2014-2020 using regression discontinuity design (RDD), exploiting funding thresholds at 75 and 90 percent of EU average GDP per capita across 281 NUTS-2 regions. The analysis examines nominal and real GDP per capita growth, GDP per...

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Enhancing implementation success in Cohesion policy : a machine learning approach

Giua, Mara; Micocci, Francesca; Sonzogno, Giulia Valeria - 2026

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The role of non-profit organizations in territorial cohesion in cross-border regions

Potluka, Oto; Schubnell, Lina; Medeiros, Eduardo; … - 2026

Cross-border regions usually suffer from barriers hindering networking and creating contact among people. On a sample of 244 non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the Upper-Rhine region at the French, German, and Swiss borders, the research used partial least squares structural equation modeling...

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Endogenous Cohesion Policy

Petrakos, Giōrgos; Sotiriou, Alexandra; Alexiou, Stavroula - 2026

Cohesion Policy (CP) is the European Union's main instrument to address regional disparities and promote convergence. Yet, over the past two decades, spatial inequalities within the Union have widened, raising concerns about the effectiveness of CP and its ability to confront the structural...

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Depopulation processes in Spain : implementation of gravitational models to territorial cohesion

Mateos-Gámez, Asunción; Cuerdo-Mir, Miguel - 2026

Although there is no general theory that explains depopulation processes, this research has enabled the development of an innovative and adapted gravitational model at the interprovincial level in Spanish provinces experiencing depopulation. These model and results could be applied to other...

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Models that flow : smart specialization and its travel across Europe

Lien, Stine - 2026

Since its first appearance in 2007, the concept of Smart Specialization has spread across Europe and become a favorable strategy for regional development. Smart Specialization is thus considered a 'model that flows' and has been adopted across very different contexts. However, recent discourse...

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National plans, regional voices : cohesion policy in the next European Union budget

Darvas, Zsolt M.; Lappe, Marie-Sophie; Sangers, Bo; … - 2026

For the 2028-2034 European Union budget (Multiannual Financial Framework, MFF), the European Commission has proposed to integrate cohesion, agricultural, migration and security policies - until now, standalone budget components - into a single framework, structured around National and Regional...

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EU funds and TFP growth : how the impact changed over time and space

Aresu, Federico; Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2026

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EU funds and TFP growth : how the impact changed over time and space

Aresu, Federico; Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2024 - Prima edizione

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Four paths from a single crossroads : supporting the innovation development in the Visegrad Group

Klímová, Viktorie; Gašparíková, Romana; Žítek, … - 2026

This study examines how the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia support innovation in business within EU cohesion policy. Although these countries share a similar pre‑1989 history, they differ in their economic development and in how they implement cohesion policy. Existing studies...

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Heterogeneous regional convergence in the European Union : club dynamics, structural breaks, and spatial spillovers

Mockevičienė, Greta; Butkus, Mindaugas - 2026

This study examines income convergence among EU NUTS-2 regions from 2000 to 2023 using a combination of Phillips-Sul (PS) club convergence methodology, β-convergence, and spatial econometric models. The results reveal that regional convergence in Europe is heterogeneous and nonlinear: four...

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Building traction for challenge-led innovation policy : the promise of local missions

Janssen, Matthijs; McCann, Philip; Stierna, Johan - 2026

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Cohesion or collusion? : EU funds in places with corrupt local institutions

Di Cataldo, Marco; Renzullo, Elena; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2026

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Cohesion or collusion? : EU funds in places with corrupt local institutions

Di Cataldo, Marco; Renzullo, Elena; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2025

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Cohesion or collusion? : EU funds in places with corrupt local institutions

Di Cataldo, Marco; Renzullo, Elena; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2025

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Spatial concentration of research and innovation funding : how do excellence and cohesion logics differ?

Santos, Anabela - 2026

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How do smart specialization strategies influence university-industry collaboration in cross-border regions?

Mascarenhas, Carla; Galvão, Anderson Rei; Mendes, Telma; … - 2026

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Citizen Participation for Better Cohesion Policy : Insights from 11 Pilot Initiatives

2026

This report shares insights from the 11 pilot initiatives of the project "Innovative Implementation of the Partnership Principle in EU Cohesion Policy", a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission's Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). The pilots involved...

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How does the recovery and resilience facility compare to the cohesion policy funds : the case of renewable energy

Nigohosyan, Daniel; Vutsova, Albena - 2026

This paper provides the first systematic, cross-country empirical comparison of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and Cohesion Policy funds (CPF) in the domain of renewable energy deployment. Covering 14 EU Member States, the analysis combines quantitative cross-country evidence on...

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Decentralized cooperation and regional development planning in Morocco : institutional misalignments and their implications for regional policy and territorial cohesion

Lamkies, Jamaa; Kehel, Mohammed - 2026

This article analyzes how the growing prominence of decentralized cooperation in Morocco interacts-or fails to interact-with the regional development planning instruments put in place under advanced regionalization. Drawing on contributions from the literatures on multi-level governance,...

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Viitorul cadru financiar multianual : adaptarea politicii de coeziune pentru a răspunde noilor provocări

2025

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Viitorul cadru financiar multianual: Adaptarea politicii de coeziune pentru a răspunde noilor provocări

2025

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Recenti sviluppi nella politica di coesione : fattori condizionanti ed effetti indotti

2025

In uno scenario europeo in cui le diseguaglianze regionali sono ancora pronunciate e l'incertezza politica ed economica è dominante, preoccupa la prospettiva che un rapido ritorno al rigore fiscale possa indebolire la coesione economica, sociale e territoriale dell'Unione Europea. Il volume...

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Unlocking smart specialisation : challenges and opportunities in regional innovation strategies

Papamichail, George - 2026

"Unlocking Smart Specialisation explores how European regions can design better strategies to grow, innovate and adapt in a rapidly changing world. George Papamichail examines the evolution of smart specialisation from an academic concept to a cornerstone of EU regional development, highlighting...

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25. Smart specialisation strategies

Foray, Dominique - 2026

This chapterpresents and develops the concept of smart specialisation strategies (S3) as a general approach to the problem of structural transformations of regional economies. It presents first the simple rules – prioritisation, operationalisation and entrepreneurial discovery – which form...

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The multidimensional phenomenon of left behindness : a local approach

Perancho, Ricardo; Díaz Dapena, Alberto; Viñuela, Ana - 2025

Territorial inequalities have become a pressing challenge in Europe, fueling political debates and shaping political responses around the urban-rural dichotomy. In this paper, we present a novel approach by identifying left behind places at a municipal level (LAU2) across 11 European countries....

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

This study examines the evolution and the current status of the implementation of synergies between Horizon Europe and the Cohesion Policy funds for research and innovation activities. It provides insights into the main barriers and drivers for the uptake of these synergies, along with possible...

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

The original full study analyses the evolution and current implementation status of synergies between the Horizon Europe research and innovation funding programme (HE) and the funds and programmes underpinning the European Union's (EU) Cohesion Policy (CP). Synergies between the HE and CP...

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Exploring synergies between Horizon Europe and the EU cohesion policy

2025

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Support for smart villages in the CAP strategic plans : synthesis report (Preparatory Action on Smart Rural Areas in the 21st century - Bis)

2025

The purpose of the 'Support for Smart Villages in the CAP Strategic Plans' report carried out in the framework of the 2nd Preparatory Action - Smart areas in the 21th century - is to provide an overview on how Smart Villages concept has been programmed in the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plans (CAP...

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Preparatory action : smart rural areas in the 21st century : bis : final report (Smart Rural 27 Project)

2025

Smart Villages is a relatively new concept that was first formulated by the European Commission - at the initiation of the European Parliament through the EU Action for Smart Villages in 2017. The 1st Preparatory Action on Smart Rural Areas in the 21st Century (called Smart Rural 21 project,...

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Tracking the green transition in the European Union within the framework of EU cohesion policy : current results and future paths

Tijanić, Lela; Kersan-Škabić, Ines - 2025

Green transition is one of the priority areas in the European Union (EU), and thus also the focus of EU cohesion policy implementation during the 2021-2027 programming period, through "green growth". To establish adequate guidelines and achieve better outcomes, it is necessary to observe and...

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Demand-pull and technology-push environmental innovation : a policy mix analysis on EU ETS and EU Cohesion Policy

Scotti, Francesco; Flori, Andrea; Crescenzi, Riccardo; … - 2025

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Cohesion policy and domestic fiscal expenditure in Italian regions : a sectoral ex-post assessment of the additionality principle

Mazzola, Fabio; Gambina, Debora - 2025

The additionality principle of the European cohesion policy was verified ex-ante by the European Commission and was eliminated starting from the 2021-27 programming period. However, the cohesion treatment may have ex-post reduced, in some cases, national spending and the decision to eliminate...

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A modernised cohesion policy

2025

Unprecedented challenges require swift action. We need to modernise cohesion policy to boost Europe's competitiveness, defence and security, affordable housing, water resilience, and energy transition.

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A modernised cohesion policy

2025

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Smart specialisation strategies in the EU

2025

Smart specialisation is an EU policy approach, fully implemented from the 2014-2020 programming period onwards, wherein regions identify investment priorities and focus their EU regional innovation spending on them. The goal is to maximise competitive advantage and to build on the regions' own...

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Cohesion policy for place-based transformative innovation : lessons of Denmark, Finland and Andalusia (Spain)

2025

This policy brief presents one such initiative: a Peer2Peer study visit by the Andalusian delegation to their counterparts in Finland and Denmark. Facilitated by the Joint Research Centre and supported by the TAIEX-REGIO Peer2Peer instrument in collaboration with DG REGIO, the visit aimed to...

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Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures

2025

As one of the EU's key tools for participatory democracy, the European citizens' initiative (ECI) allows citizens to call directly on the European Commission to propose new laws in areas where the EU has competence. Since its launch, the ECI has given Europeans a stronger voice in shaping Union...

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Evidence-based policy or beauty contest? : an LLM-based meta-analysis of EU cohesion policy evaluations

Asatryan, Zareh; Birkholz, Carlo; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2025

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Evidence-based policy or beauty contest? : an LLM-based meta-analysis of EU cohesion policy evaluations

Asatryan, Zareh; Birkholz, Carlo; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2024

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The clash of the policies : the joint effect of EU Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy on the public support for European integration

Radojičić, Nikola - 2025

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Strengthening Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) through network analysis : policy insights from a decade of innovation projects in Aragón

Rodríguez Ochoa, David; Arranz, Nieves; Arroyabe, M. F. - 2025

This paper applies a multi-level social network analysis to examine Aragón's innovation ecosystem, focusing on a decade of competitive public projects (2014-2023) aligned with the region's Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) 2021-2027. By mapping and weighting the participation of regional...

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The future of EU cohesion policy : drawing lessons from the past

2025

This review provides ideas to contribute to the ongoing discussion on the next cohesion policy period starting in 2028. It brings together results from our published audits, reviews and opinions on different aspects of the implementation of cohesion policy. It compares these findings with our...

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Reshaping the economy? : local reallocation effects of place-based policies

Fritz, Sarah; Van der List, Catherine - 2025

We study the effects of place-based policies on aggregate productivity using administrative data on projects co-financed by the EU in Italy linked to balance sheet data. We exploit quasi-experimental variation in funding for a large place-based policy stemming from measurement error in regional...

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Reshaping the economy? : local reallocation effects of place-based policies

Fritz, Sarah; Van der List, Catherine - 2025

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The updated RHOMOLO impact assessment of the 2014-2020 European cohesion policy (including REACT-EU)

2025 - 1st edition

We analyse the macroeconomic impact of the European cohesion policy investments deployed during the 2014-2020 programming period on the basis of simulations carried out with the spatial dynamic general equilibrium model called RHOMOLO. We use the latest data on actual expenditures including the...

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Challenges for cohesion : looking ahead to 2035 : final report

2025 - 1st edition

The study delves into the future landscape of EU Cohesion Policy, set against the backdrop of three challenges: globalisation and technological advancements, shifting demographic trends, and the transition to a climate-neutral economy. To assess the impacts of these challenges on various EU...

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Study on national policies and cohesion : final report

2025 - 1st edition

The "Study on National Policies and Cohesion" report presents an analysis of nationally-funded policy measures aimed at enhancing territorial cohesion across the EU. Coordinated by DG REGIO and implemented by a consortium led by Technopolis-Group, CSIL, and Opix, the study addresses the lack of...

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Study to support the mid-term evaluation of cohesion policy programmes 2021-2027 financed by the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and JTF : final report

2025 - 1st edition

This study was performed from January to September 2024 by a consortium that includes t33 srl, Spatial Foresight and ÖIR. The study supports the European Commission in complying with the provisions of Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) Article 45: 'The Commission shall carry out a mid-term...

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Forging a sustainable future together : cohesion policy at its defining moment

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2025

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Europe for everyone, by everyone : an agenda for change for the European Committee of the Regions : achievements 2022 - 2025 of the European Committee of the Regions under the Presidency of Vasco Alves Cordeiro

2025

Cities and regions around the world are crucial stakeholders in implementing the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a key force in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, local and regional authorities should be better included in the governance of these processes...

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2025

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Bridging gaps : EU cohesion policy : Ireland

2025

Cohesion Policy in Ireland has been instrumental in addressing regional disparities, fostering innovation, and promoting a greener, low-carbon economy. With two regional programmes in place, the focus has been on enhancing research excellence, skills development, energy efficiency measures, and...

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Bridging gaps : EU cohesion policy : Ireland

2025

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Bridging gaps : EU cohesion policy : Malta

2025

Malta's Cohesion Policy has yielded transformative results across two programmes, addressing significant challenges while fostering economic growth and sustainability. With a focus on research and innovation, sustainable water and waste management, energy efficiency and renewable energy,...

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Bridging gaps : EU cohesion policy : Malta

2025

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