Projects

The project comprised the on-going evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme, including a review of progress, the impact of the economic crisis on the programme area and programmme and develop options and recommendations to further promote the effective and efficient management and implementation of the programme.

The project involved research on the concept of place-based policymaking and its application to regional and territorial development policies in practice. The study also involved the assessment of economic development policies in Switzerland the relevance of place-based concept.

This study involved an ex post evaulation of the management and implementation systems for the ERDF in Objective 1 and 2 programmes in 2000-6, across 25 EU Member States.

The project involved research on knowledge exchange networks to support learning and exchange of experience in the field of regional development and the provision of guidance to the Management Organisation Unit in Greece on the appropriate methodology for setting up an internal network dealing with the implementation of regional policy in Greece.

The project involved a comparative assessment of support structures for attracting EU funding in Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Emilia Romagna (Italy), and Nordrhein Westfalen (Germany). Against a backdrop of declining receipts for Scotland from EU Structural Funds, the question is whether Scotland could better exploit some of the other sources of EU funding, notably: the EU Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP); the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP); the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP); Trans-European Networks (TEN-T and TEN-E); and the Community Initiative, formerly known as Interreg, which in 2007-13 is part of the new Territorial Cooperation Objective.

The project was part of the study 'W.IN.D. - Women In Development', which examined the identification and dissemination of effective ways to promote gender equality in local economic development. EPRC research involved elaborating a case study on Scotland to identify and analyse: (i) practical experiences with strategies to support the participation of women in local development processes, and (ii) practical experiences with strategies to support the introduction of the principle of gender mainstreaming into local development processes.

The project involved research on the operation and impacts of the main Structural Funds programmes (excluding Community Initiatives) in Scotland in the period 1994-2006. The specific objectives were: to assess the overall effects of the 1994-99 and 2000-06 programmes; (b) to provide detailed analyses of a small number of Structural Funds projects; and (c) to identify examples of good practice and value-for-money.

The project involved research to inform a strategic approach to the Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland Cross-Border Territorial Cooperation Programme 2007-2013’ on behalf of Scottish Programme Partners. The aim of the study was to suggest models that would maximise awareness of, and access to, the Cross- Border Programme.

The project comprised the ex ante evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) 2007-2013 for the NPP Managing Authority. Objectives The aim of the ex ante evaluation was to provide an external perspective on the preparation of the new Programme with a view to improving and strengthening the final quality of the Programme and optimising the allocation of resources. The objectives were: to appraise the socio-economic analysis and the relevance of the strategy to the needs identified; to evaluate the rationale of the strategy and its consistency; to appraise the internal and external coherence of the strategy; to evaluate the expected results and impacts; and to appraise the proposed implementation system. The evaluation has been undertaken, as recommended by DG REGIO, through ‘an iterative and interactive process’.

The IQ-Net project involves comparative research and knowledge exchange on the management and implementation of EU Structural Funds programmes. Funded by national and regional authorities from across the EU, the project investigates how EU Cohesion policy is implemented on the ground, and facilitates policy learning and exchaneg of experience on themes relating to programme design, management and delivery.

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