John Bachtler
Professor of European Policy Studies
Director, European Policies Research Centre
Tel: +44 141 548 3339
Fax: +44 141 548 4898
e-mail: john.bachtler@strath.ac.uk |
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| Languages |
| English (mother tongue); German (fluent); French (working knowledge) |
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| Expertise |
| Research on regional and industrial development in Europe, encompassing the regional policies of Member States and Candidate Countries and the structural and cohesion policies of the European Union. Director of comparative research programme on implementation of Structural Funds in Objective 1 and 2 regions (IQ-Net). Publication of books, chapters, articles and research papers on regional development and regional policy as well as on policies for the service sector, multinational location factors, inward investment policies in Europe, reform of the Structural Funds and EU enlargement. |
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| Appointments |
| Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Federal Institute for Spatial Planning, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany (2005-present). Member of the Scientific Steering Committee, EU Regional Competitiveness Study, Milan (2004-05). Panel Member, Economic & Social Committee, Priority Networks Competition 'Citizens, Localities & Nation States: The European Future' (2002-03). Member, Scottish-Nordic Governmental Liaison Group. Member, West European Study Group, Akademie für Raumforschung und Raumordung and DATAR, Germany/France (2001-03). Member, Scottish Executive Future of Regional Policy Group (2003). Adviser to the Scottish Parliament European Committee and the Enterprise & Lifelong Learning Committee (1999-2000). Expert to: the OECD Territorial Development Service, World Bank Monitoring Project in Poland, EC Advisory Group on Structural Funds, the Swedish Ministry of Industry 'Agenda 2000' Review Committee, the Economic & Social Committee of the EC, the OECD Working Group on Regional Policy, the Polish Task Forces for Structural Policies and Regional Development, the EU Delegation to the Czech Republic, the Know-How Fund Regional Development Mission to Poland, the Scotland Europa Regional Policy Forum and the EU MEANS Working Group on Policy Evaluation. |
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| Selected Projects (click here for a full list of projects or click project title for more information) |
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IQ-Net - Improving the Quality of Structural Fund Programming through Exchange of Experience The membership of IQ-Net in Phase 5 is composed of regional and national authorities responsible for managing and implementing European Structural Funds. It is intended that the membership should be representative of a broad range of Member States, programmes and approaches to programme management. (2011-2013 current phase) |
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EoRPA (European Regional Policy Research Consortium): Regional Policy in the EU Member States and Norway - A Comparative Assessment Regional policy departments in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland (Ongoing) |
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European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life ESPON (2010-2012) |
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Sustainable Regional and Rural Development: Delivering Coherence and Added Value in Europe DG Regio, European Commission (2008/2009) |
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WP11 Ex Post Evaluation of Management and implementation Systems of ERDF, Objective 1 and 2, 2000-06 DG Regio, European Commission (2008/2009) |
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The potential for regional policy instruments, 2007-2013, to contribute to the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives for growth, jobs and sustainable development. DG Regio, European Commission (2007/2008) |
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The Ex Ante Evaluation of IPA Operational Programmes for Croatia The Republic of Croatia (2007) |
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A Comparative Analysis of EU Funding and Policy Support Structures Scotland Europa (Scottish Enterprise) (2007) |
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The European Added Value of Cohesion Policy Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (2007) |
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The Impact of Structural Funds Programmes in Scotland 1994-2006 Scottish Parliament’s Enterprise and Culture Committee (2006-2007) |
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The Ex-ante Evaluation of the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 NPP Managing Authority (2006) |
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Contribution to the Ex ante Evaluation of the 2007-13 Stuctural Funds Programme for Wales National Assembly for Wales (2006) |
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| Selected Publications (click here for a full list of publications) |
Bachtler J (Forthcoming) Place-Based Policy and Regional Development in Europe in Horizons.
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Gorzelak G, Bachtler J and Smetkowski M (editors) (Forthcoming) Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Development Processes and Policy Challenges, Routledge, .
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Bachtler J, Mendez C and Wishlade F (Forthcoming) European Integration and EU Cohesion Policy: Budgetary Politics and Policy Dynamics, Ashgate, Aldershot.
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 Mendez C and Bachtler J (2011) Administrative Reform and Unintended Consequences: An Assessment of the EU Cohesion Policy 'Audit Explosion' in Journal of European Public Policy,
Vol. 18: 5, 745-764.
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Mendez C, Bachtler J and Wishlade F (2011) A Budget and Cohesion Policy for Europe 2020: Let the Negotiations Begin, European Policy Research Papers, ,
No. 81, Glasgow.
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Mendez C, Bachtler J and Wishlade F (2011) Setting the stage for the reform of Cohesion policy after 2013, European Policy Research Papers, ,
No 77, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
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Mendez C, Bachtler J and Wishlade F (2011) Visions and Options for Cohesion Policy after 2013, Report to European Parliament, , Brussels.
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Bachtler J, Mendez C and Wishlade F (2010) Challenges, Consultations and Concepts: Preparing for the Cohesion Policy Debate, European Policy Research Papers, ,
No 74, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
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Mendez C, Kah S and Bachtler J (2010) Taking stock of programme progress: implementation of the Lisbon Agenda and lessons for Europe 2020, IQ-Net Thematic Paper, ,
27(2), Glasgow.
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Bachtler J and Mendez C (2010) The Reform of Cohesion Policy after 2013: More Concentration, Greater Performance and Better Governance?, IQ-Net Thematic Paper , ,
26(2), Glasgow.
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Bachtler J, Davies S, Ferry M, Gross F and McMaster I (2010) Regional Policy and Recovery from the Economic Crisis: Annual Review of Regional Policy in Europe, Paper to the 31st Meeting of EoRPA, , University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
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