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9th Report on economic, social and territorial cohesion

Regional policy

As required by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this report will assess the progress towards achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU. It will assess to what extent regional disparities have been reduced and how national and EU policies have contributed to these changes.

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European Disability Forum, 18 Dec 2023

Measuring progress in reducing economic, social and regional disparities must take into account whether the EUs efforts to bridge the gaps between different Member States and regions is being felt by all in society. The European Disability Forum would therefore like to draw attention to the fact…

Peripheral Maritime Regions demand stronger regional control over EU cohesion policy

Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe (CRPM), 26 Dec 2023

The organization wants regional authorities to have priority in programming and implementation of cohesion policy, following the subsidiarity principle. They emphasize the need to address excessive bureaucratic burden caused by absence of proportionality principle in governance and control systems.
This would give their 150 member regions greater autonomy and reduce administrative compliance costs.

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European Association of Public Banks and Funding agencies AISBL, 28 Dec 2023

Ladies and Gentlemen of the European Commission, Please find attached the comments on Reducing disparities in the EU feeding into the 9th Cohesion report. Best regards, The EAPB Secretariat.

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European Regions Research and Innovation Network, 15 Dec 2023

While the EU as a whole continues to converge, subnational disparities and innovation divide persist. This points to the importance of focusing on regional and local levels and the innovation dimension in the debate about cohesion. Council conclusions on the role of R&I in policymaking from…

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Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, 28 Dec 2023

Koheesiopolitiikan rahoituksen ohjaaminen kuuluu alue- ja paikallistasolle (place-based policy) ja sen tulee olla kansallista rahoitusta täydentävää. Kasvua ja sosiaalista yhteenkuuluvuutta edistävät konkreettiset toimet tapahtuvat kunnissa ja alueilla ja tuovat yhteen laajan joukon eri tahoja…

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FLYING WHALES, 22 Dec 2023

LUnion Européenne et sa politique de cohésion constituent des vecteurs forts de développement des territoires européens et de réduction des disparités en son sein. Ces dernières années, les différents rapports sur la cohésion ont démontré limpact positif de ces politiques sur la réduction des…

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LEADER Egyesületek Szövetsége, 26 Dec 2023

A major shortcoming of the cohesion reports is that they do not address at all the intervention instruments that can be optimised for territorial scales and specificities. It does not assess the effectiveness of the intervention instruments, nor does it suggest what requirements each instrument…

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Varsinais-Suomen liitto, 21 Dec 2023

The Regional Council of Southwest Finland is a regional authority that serves Finland's third largest region and has approximately 490,000 inhabitants. We are responsible for the regional development and planning, as well as for the general development of the area and the representation of the…