Dr Sara Davies of EPRC was invited to speak to Thuringia's Land Ministry for the Economy, Technology and Employment in Erfurt, Germany on 6 March 2012.
She gave a presentation to around sixty representatives of Land ministries on the future of EU regional policies and on possible lessons from other European regions for economic development strategy-building and implementation in Thuringia.
Key issues discussed concerned European Commission proposals for the future of Cohesion policy, not least on Fund/thematic ring-fencing and on stronger results orientation via a performance framework, as well as possible reforms of the Regional Aid Guidelines from 2014.