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The European Community

The European Community. Environment Agricultural Competition- trade policies Economic and social coheison Public procurement. Economic and social cohesion. Promote harmonious development Reducing disparities between the levels of development (Article 158)

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The European Community

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  1. The European Community Environment Agricultural Competition- trade policies Economic and social coheison Public procurement

  2. Economic and social cohesion Promote harmonious development Reducing disparities between the levels of development (Article 158) Member States conduct their economic policies and coordinate to attain the objectives in Article 158

  3. Implementation of the Community´s policies and the internal market shall take into account the objectives and contribute to their achievement • The Community shall support the achievement through the Structural Funds ( Article 159)

  4. EU Policy Connections • Lisbon – Competitiveness and the knowledge economy • Employment and Social Policy – thematic programmes • CAP Reform from 2003 • Competition/State Aids • Sustainable Development • Equalities • Urban Policy and Spatial Planning?

  5. EU BUDGET 2000-2006 Pre-accession Enlargement 3.1% 8.3% Agricultural Policy 42.4% 30.3% Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund AverageAnnual Expenditure: 100.4 billion EURO

  6. Responsibilites of local and regional authorities Communityplanning/dev. Employer Local & regionalauthorities Serviceproducer Supervison 2

  7. The EU affects all fields of activity Communityplanning/dev. Employer Local & regionalauthorities Serviceproducer Supervison 3

  8. The effects 6th Framework programme on the environment-local level important Initiative on health strategy Env. friendly public procurement Initiative on spatial planning Community planning/dev The structural funds Habitat direktive”Natura 2000” The programs for transregional cooperation International marketing-regional competition-representative offices in Brussels 7

  9. Experience from Swedish municipalities, county couincils and regions • The structural funds have been of great importance- new cooperation patterns • The working methods are important- Program planning, SWOT analysis, partnership,evaluation etc • Municipalities and county couincils have been an important actor -Project development,co- financing, implementation • Valuable projects- local, regional and transnationel

  10. On going impact • Decentralisation processes- Good governance, tripartite contract • New regional development policy • New bodies for regional development built on cooperation between municipalities • Capacity building through training courses, project development etc • New investigation on division of power • New working processes with the –members, eu-institutions, government etc

  11. Coheison Policy ESPON R &D Interreg III B, C EU CDCR/CSD Nordic Couicil North Sea Baltic Sea NorthernPeriphery National Political Objective SME Culture Regional Development Program Environment Regional Growth program SF Infrastructure Community Planning

  12. The influence on EU decisions SALA&SFCC board committees experts Brussels office Sw. Delegationin CoR CoR The Commission The Parliament Sw. Gov/the Council Local and regional author-ities EU effects 9

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