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EU Cohesion Policy Conference: Riga, Latvia, Feb 2015 |
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Datum:
03.09.2014 18:12 |
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Dear list members,
The Regional Studies
Association is very pleased to announce the 2nd
EU Cohesion Policy Conference and its Call for Papers.
Please feel free
to forward to anyone interested and suitable to attend this
high profile and free event.
Best wishes,
Daniela
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
CHALLENGES
FOR THE NEW COHESION POLICY IN 2014-2020:
AN
ACADEMIC AND POLICY DEBATE
SECOND
EU COHESION POLICY CONFERENCE
4th
-6th FEBRUARY 2015, RIGA, LATVIA
In 2013, the budgetary
and regulatory reform of Cohesion policy for 2014-20 was
finally agreed following the most extensive process of
reflection, consultation and analysis in the history of the
policy. The cornerstones of the reformed policy are a more
strategic use of the renamed European Structural and
Investment Funds (ESIF), concentration of spending on the
objectives of Europe 2020, improved performance and
achievement of results, better governance, and more
attention to urban and local development. However, as the
recently published Sixth Cohesion Report makes clear, the
new ESIF programmes face a difficult task, with increasing
regional and urban disparities and cuts in government
spending.
Against this
background, the Second EU Cohesion Policy Conference
organised by the RSA and DG Regio, together with the Latvian
Presidency of the Council of the European Union, aims to
take stock of the challenges and opportunities for Cohesion
policy in 2014-20. It will bring together a limited number
of participants from academia, the European institutions and
Member State authorities to debate where Cohesion policy is
going and how its contribution to growth and jobs can be
maximised.
Papers
are invited on the following questions and themes which will
form the basis for workshop sessions, panel debates and
discussion groups at the Conference.
1. Economic
geography and Cohesion policy: how are the economic and
social challenges for European Structural & Investment
Funds changing?
·
the
implications of the crisis for regional and urban
disparities and convergence in Europe
·
the
contributions and limits of Cohesion policy in dealing with
the crisis and its legacy
·
the
regional dimensions of Europe 2020 and the scope for the
Funds to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
·
the
role of the funds in addressing youth unemployment
2. Institutions
and governance: what can Cohesion policy do to strengthen
public administration and effective management of the
Funds?
·
administrative
reform, capacity-building and Cohesion policy
·
strategic
management and delivery of Cohesion policy programmes
·
integration
of Funds and policy outcomes
·
the
scope for conditionalities to improve the policy environment
for the Funds
3. Performance
and results: how can Cohesion policy resources be used
most effectively and efficiently?
·
the
achievements of Structural and
Cohesion Funds in 2007-13
·
the
contribution of performance frameworks to transparency and
accountability
·
improving
methods for Cohesion policy evaluation
4. Instruments:
what kind of Cohesion policy interventions make a
difference?
·
the
role of financial instruments in improving access to finance
in less-developed regions
·
the
use of integrated investments to promote sustainable urban
development
·
lessons
from local and community development for 2014-20
·
improving
the visibility of results from European Territorial
Cooperation programmes and projects
5. EU
economic governance and Cohesion policy: what are the
implications of governance reforms for Cohesion policy
·
the
relationships between Cohesion policy and EU macroeconomic
governance objectives
·
inter-institutional
relations in economic governance and Cohesion policy
·
scenarios
for economic and monetary union and implications for
Cohesion policy
Submission
of papers
Please
submit proposals for papers in the form of a 500-word
abstract through the Regional Studies Association online
portal
(https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge/Meetings/Meeting?ID=120)
by 31 October 2014. Given the purpose and
audience of the conference, the abstracts should demonstrate
policy implications or lessons insofar as possible.
Proposers
will be notified of the selected papers by 30 November 2014,
with the expectation of a full paper being submitted by 11
January 2015.
Conference
organisation
It
should be noted that the organisation of the Conference is
being managed jointly by the RSA, DG Regio and the Latvian
EU Presidency.
Academic
organiser: Professor John Bachtler, European Policies
Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, UK
RSA
organiser: Daniela Carl, Email [log in to unmask]
Contact
Please
contact Elizabeth Mitchell at [log in to unmask] for
further details and questions regarding this event or visit
the conference’s website at http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/conference/challenges-for-the-new-cohesion-policy-in-2014-2020-an-academic-and-policy
Best
wishes
Daniela
Daniela Carl
Development Manager
Regional Studies
Association
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