Projects

The project involved research contributions to the OECD territorial review of the NORA region, involving the development of report sections on territorial cooperation in the region and chapters on fisheries and the environment.

The project involved research on the performance of EU Structural Funds in the UK, examining indicators for regional economic effects and qualitative measures of added value.

Theproject examined the types of innovation that occur in peripheral, sparsely populated areas. It used a broad definition of innovation, ranging from the commercialisation of research and development, to the introduction of new services, business models and ways of working. It focused on sectors where innovation is rooted in the natural resources or sparse population of peripheral areas (e.g. alternative energies; wildlife/landscape tourism; food processing and marketing; cultural industries; and the use of ICT in public service delivery). It also examined the kinds of interaction that are important for innovation in remote areas and considered how innovation is shaped by local strengths (e.g. natural resources) and by external demand and supply-side factors (e.g. regulatory frameworks, external markets, government and business decisions). It focused in particular on peripheral areas of the Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the UK.

The project involved research on Member State economic policies of most relevance to the European Community’s economic, social and territorial cohesion objectives and described how such policies are designed and implemented with a view to determining how and to what extent they contribute to the achievement of these objectives.

The project involved a study of administrative costs associacted with Cohesion policy implementation, focusing on the UK and Ireland as part of EU-wide research.

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 contributions to the OECD territorial review of the NORA region, specifically preparing submissions on territorial cooperation in the region and research on fisheries and environmental policy.

The project involved a comparative study of development policies implemented through a shared management model. The study included assessmment of international financial institutions and country examples, drawing lessons for Cohesion policy.

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.

The project involved research on the Multiannual Financial Framework, covering a range of EU policies and particularly EU Cohesion policy, analysing the allocation of funding by Member State and the implications for Cyprus from proposals for the 2011-13 reforms.