Achievements of Europe's regional policy 2004-2009 - Et2050.eu

2004-2009 Report
The Regional Policy Top 20:
A snapshot of key achievements
1. Improving the global competitiveness of Europe's regions and
cities with the successful launch of 335 sectoral and regional aid
programmes for 2007-2013
2. Integrating successfully the new Member States into the European
regional policy framework with a full use of available funding
3. Boosting investment in research, technological development and
innovation with €230 billion in funding, under the new strategic
approach for 2007-2013 aligned to Europe's top policy priority - the
Lisbon "Strategy for Growth and Jobs"
4. Helping the regions counter the economic crisis by providing a
stable source of financing to stimulate economic recovery, with
increased flexibility and simplified financial management
5. Leading the way with responses to the new challenges of
globalisation, climate change, energy supply and security and ageing
populations
6. Delivering a successful reform of regional policy to strengthen the
strategic dimension, to improve management and control of funds and
to ensure a clear link between resources and needs
7. Transforming cooperation between regions and countries across
Europe, by introducing Territorial Cooperation as a full Community
Objective and creating a legal instrument to facilitate partnerships with
the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
8. Creating the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region,
the first macro-regional strategy of its kind
9. Bringing forward the Green Paper on territorial cohesion to
enhance the development potential of all regions and the Union as a
whole
10. Increasing transparency with the publication of all beneficiaries of
the funds
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