Transcript 1. Preliminary orientations for the future regional policy

1. Preliminary orientations for the future
regional policy
 In application of the principles of social and economic
cohesion, 3 major objectives arise :
 Outside least favoured regions, the aim is to anticipate
and promote socio-economic change
 The strengthening of regions supported by taking into
account existing economic, social and territorial
disparities
 All the regions could be eligible to objective 2
 A « menu » of thematic and territorial Community
priorities
 Thematic priorities could be directly inspired by the
political context
 Territorial priorities
 objective co-operation/integration
2. The possible place of territorial cohesion in
the future of structural funds
 Since the 2nd cohesion report, the territorial dimension
of cohesion is in the discussion for the preparation of the
future regional policy.
 Beyond GDP and unemployment disparities, 6 types of
territorial disparities between regions have been
identified.
 4 types of use of the « territorial cohesion » dimension in
the next SF period could be made (at technical level).
 Definition of territorial criteria for objective 2:
the Commission will identify criteria which :
• - could help the regions to define their priorities,
• - could be used by the Commission for allocating
financial resources
3. The place of territorial cohesion in the
architecture of the 3d report on cohesion
 It is the intention of the Commission to present several
aspects of territorial cohesion as formal proposal in the
3rd cohesion report.
 3 major inputs :
• - ESPON results
• - results from specific studies (insular regions,
mountains,..)
• - report from Sub-Committee for Territorial and Urban
Development on territorial cohesion.
3. The place of territorial cohesion in the
architecture of the 3d report on cohesion
 Territorial cohesion part will be splited in 3 chapters of
the 3CR :
• - description of a new context : in our case, recent
territorial transformations in the context of
enlargement) ;
• - situation and trends : in our case, new factors
determining competitiveness and deepening of disparities
at territorial level ;
• - improving the contribution of communities policies to
cohesion : in our case, analysis of the sectors, policy
impact assessment
4. ESPON challenges for the upcoming 3rd
report on cohesion
 ESPON programme important, as stated in the 2d
interim report on cohesion (January 2003)
The principal results should be available next August
Deliverables will only be relevant, if they :
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- are operational,
- cover the whole EU territory,
- occur at the lowest possible territorial level,
- are comparable.
 The elaboration of indicators of spatial differentiation at
enlarged European scale, which will be used to define the
criteria of allocating money (see above) will be one of
the basic needs from ESPON.