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Territorial Challenges and Cooperation in a Wider Europe

This open seminar discusses the agenda of cohesion policy, territorial cohesion, and the role of ESPON in addressing the future challenges of EU regions. It also explores the implications and components of territorial cohesion, as well as the milestones and role of ESPON in measuring the impact of policies on regions and territories.

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Territorial Challenges and Cooperation in a Wider Europe

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  1. EU Cohesion Policy DevelopmentESPON 2013 Programme Open Seminar Territorial Challenges and Cooperation in a Wider EuropePortorož, 2 June 2008DG REGIO

  2. Content • The agenda of cohesion policy • Territorial cohesion • The role of ESPON

  3. The agenda of cohesion policy • Reinforcing the integrated approach • Internal and external coherence of the policy • Coordination of structural funds • Regional and local dimensions • Results oriented • Addressing the future challenges of EU regions • Globalisation • Climate change • Energy prices • Demography • Social inequalities • Territorial cohesion

  4. Territorial cohesion • What are the implications? • Need to have a common understanding • A policy of sustainable development resting on making the best value of a diversity of opportunities and potentials. • What is territorial cohesion? • High diversity in the understanding of the concept • A policy which makes the best value of a diversity of opportunities and potentials • What should be its main components? • Multi-level, cross-sectoral, approach… • Taking into account the specificities of EU territories and… • …recognising that space is an asset

  5. Milestones • These elements will be developed in a series of key documents • 5th progress report • Regions 2020 • Study on the future content and management of cohesion policy • Green Paper on territorial cohesion • 5th Cohesion Report • And within the context of the ongoing budget review

  6. The role of ESPON (Picked up within a long list): • Refine and improve our measurement capacities • Better understanding of how the challenges we face in the future will affect EU regions • Assess the impact of policies on regions and territories • Provide policy makers the knowledge on the development of the European territory

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  8. 1. Concentration on the regions: policy targets • Over ¼ of population lives in regions below 75% of EU average GDP • 14 Member States have GDP below 90% of average (34% of population)

  9. 1. Concentration on the regions: basic principles of EU Regional Policy • Regional approach – 268 (NUTS 2) regions > average: ca. 16 000 km sq. – 1.8 million population • Not income transfers – support for programmes

  10. 1. Concentration on the regions: basic principles of EU Regional Policy • Concentration of EU budgetary resources • 81.5% Convergence regions (32% of population); up from 69% • 16.0% Competitiveness regions • 2.5% Territorial co-operation

  11. Convergence objective (Regions > 75% in EU25) Objective 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' • Geographical Eligibility for Structural Funds Support 2007-2013 Geographical Eligibility for Structural Funds Support 2007-2013 Objective 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Phasing-in regions, "naturally" above 75%

  12. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: what is the Lisbon agenda? • Originally adopted in March 2000 (Gothenburg update in 2001) • Aims to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world… • Updated in 2005 : the growth and jobs agenda • Two quantitative targets: employment rate of 70% by 2010, R&D 3% of GDP… • Since 2005, reinforced governance: detailed annual reporting; peer pressure

  13. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: process • COHESION POLICY • LISBON AGENDA Community Strategic Guidelines Integrated Guidelines National Strategies (NSRFs) National Reform Programmes National and Regional programmes Annual Progress Report

  14. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: substance (CSG) • Making Europe and its regions a more attractive place to invest and work: • expand and improve transport infrastructures • improve the environmental contribution to growth and jobs • address the intensive use of traditional energy sources

  15. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: substance (CSG) 2. Knowledge and innovation for growth: • increase and improve investment in RTD • facilitate innovation and promote entrepreneurship • promote the information society for all • improve access to finance

  16. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: substance (CSG) 3. More and better jobs • attract and retain more people in employment and modernise social protection systems • improve adaptability of workers and enterprises and the flexibility of the labour market • increase investment in human capital through better education and skills • administrative capacity • health and the labour force

  17. 2. Concentration on the Lisbon agenda: new instruments • Closer co-operation with International Financial Institutions (IFIs): • JASPERS: a new technical assistance/evaluation partnership with EIB and EBRD for large projects • JEREMIE: finance for business development for micro to medium enterprises through European Investment Fund. Loans for the first time. • JESSICA: financial engineering for sustainable urban development with EIB, CEB and other IFIs • And to develop better cooperation between regions • European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation: legal basis to implement joint programmes

  18. A policy that works: GDP trends in the regions? • All EU15 Objective 1 regions: GDP per head up from 63% to 70% of EU15 average • gap relative to EU15 reduced by one sixth 1988-2001. • Ireland: GDP 64% of EU15 average in 1988 and 121% in 2003. Growth of 8% per year since 1995

  19. A policy that works: impact assessment Increase in GDP levels attributable to regional policy: • 1989-1999: • 10.0% in Greece and 8.5% in Portugal • 3.7% in Ireland and 3.1% in Spain • 2000-2006: • 6.0% for Greece and Portugal • 4.0% in German Länder and 2.4% in Spain • 2007-2013: preliminary estimates suggest: • 8.0% for Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia • 6.0% for Bulgaria, Poland and Romania • 3.0% in Greece and 1.5% in Spain, German Länder and Mezzogiorno

  20. A policy that works: other impacts • Internal market: trade between cohesion countries and rest of EU doubled in last decade (¼ of Objective 1 expenditures return as imports – particularly in Greece – 42% - and Portugal – 35%) • €43 billion of Cohesion funding invested in transport in Objective 1 regions in the period 2000-2006

  21. Outlook • Reform Treaty before EP elections in 2009 • Budgetary review for post-2013: 2008-09

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