This study for the REGI Committee of the European Parliament assesses the evolution and implementation of the strategic coherence of Cohesion policy. Using a sample of 11 Member States, it compares the 2007-13 and 2014-20 programme periods.
The study finds that there have been overall improvements compared to the previous period, but it also highlights a series of EU and domestic challenges in ensuring a strategically coherent approach between different European Structural and Investment Funds and with other EU policies. The study can be downloaded here.