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Workshop Report: Defining Community Value Added

This report summarizes the discussions and key findings from Workshop 2 conducted by Iain Begg at South Bank University. The workshop focused on regional policies outside of Objective 1 and whether there should be a policy in addition to Objective 1. It also examined the EU level added value and advantages of the community approach. The report provides insights on modalities and procedures for implementing these policies.

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Workshop Report: Defining Community Value Added

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  1. DEFINING COMMUNITY VALUE ADDED: REPORT ON WORKSHOP 2 Iain BEGG South Bank University

  2. CONDUCT OF WORKSHOP • Around key questions • No set piece speeches • More than fifty interventions • Wide range of speakers • Lively and … constructive!

  3. DO TURKEYS VOTE FOR XMAS? Regional policies outside Objective 1

  4. SHOULD THERE BE A POLICY IN ADDITION TO OBJECTIVE 1? • Unanimity that there should be • even from the Finance Ministries • Some concern about breadth of aims... • …but long list of reasons to continue • Seen as having strong political salience • To ensure that citizens support cohesion • To balance other Community policies

  5. EU LEVEL ADDED VALUE: FOUR ‘C’S • Coherence in approaches • Within and between Member States • Continuity • Long-run nature of programmes • Importance of assured funding • Competitiveness • Both at regional level and EU overall • Cohesion as an EU political imperative

  6. ADVANTAGES OF COMMUNITY APPROACH • Facilitates exchange of experience • Encourages innovation by: • Learning from others • Encouraging experimentation • Programmatic approach vital • Avoids risks of loss of impetus

  7. MODALITIES AND PROCEDURES • Qualified support for trilateralism • Region-EC link important for some • Thematic/Territorial focus left open • Preference for regions over narrow zones • Choices from ‘menu’ best left to regions • But need for connection to Community aims: • Not just ‘problems’ - the Lisbon strategy • New areas of concern, e.g. social integration • No clear view on ‘who chooses’

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