With the inter-institutional negotiations on the Multinational Financial Framework still some distance from agreement, pressure is increasing on the Council and European Parliament to find a compromise that provides certainty on the EU’s contribution both to recovery and longer term objectives.

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Technical Assistance is an often overlooked but critical part of Cohesion Policy programmes. ‘Capacity building support’ would be a more appropriate term given the purpose of TA is to improve the quality of governance through leadership development, staff training, improvements in administrative efficiency, knowledge building and learning. Yet, while there are many good examples of TA use across the Member States, a new EPRC study for DG REGIO finds that the potential of TA is being insufficiently exploited.

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The massive economic, financial and social impact of the COVID-19 crisis presents a huge policy challenge at all levels of government. The EU agreed in April 2020 on a ‘road-map’ for a recovery to relaunch the EU economy.

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A new EPRC study on the Visibility and Communication of Cohesion Policy in Online Media has been published by the European Parliament

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The 40th anniversary EoRPA conference took place in Scotland House, Brussels on the 9th of October, 2019. Several guest speakers presented talks on regional policy in the current day and the some of the challenges it faces.

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Dr. Carlos Mendez was the keynote speaker at the second annual conference of the EU Horizon 2020 project RELOCAL

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The 45th IQ-Net conference in Bilbao focused on how Cohesion Policy contributes to the objective of Smarter Europe.

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Structural Funds in Scotland after Brexit

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Final conference of the COHESIFY project took place on 26 April 2018

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A new research paper by John Bachtler, Carlos Mendez and Fiona Wishlade examines future options for Cohesion policy after 2020.

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