| Regional development and policy in Europe |
| This research programme has been at the core of EPRC research for over one quarter of a century. It focuses on monitoring, analysing and understanding developments in national regional policies within the EU and beyond, with a view to drawing out comparative policy conclusions.
Much of the research under this programme is funded by the EoRPA consortium which began in 1978. EoRPA-funded research reviews policy developments in the EU Member States and Norway on an ongoing and structured basis and feeds into detailed comparative research papers which are discussed each year at the annual meeting of the consortium. Building on this research base, a wide range of other research projects have been undertaken – some on specific aspects of national regional policy (eg area designation systems or policy delivery mechanisms), others on benchmarking national regional policy experiences in a given country against developments elsewhere in Europe (often as part of policy reviews or the development of new legislation) and a number on the impact of EU policy frameworks (in particular, the regional aid guidelines) on national regional policy. |
| Current/recent projects (click here for a full list of related projects or click project title for more information) |
| 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 and Norway (Ongoing) |
| WP11 Ex Post Evaluation of Management and implementation Systems of ERDF, Objective 1 and 2, 2000-06 DG Regio, European Commission (2008/2009) |
| 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) |
| The Use of Evaluation in Structural Funds management - a comparative perspective Polish Better Government (Sprawne Panstwo) programme (2007/2008) |
| A Comparative Analysis of EU Funding and Policy Support Structures Scotland Europa (Scottish Enterprise) (2007) |
| 2007 OECD Territorial Review: Norway OECD (2007) |
| The Ex Ante Evaluation of IPA Operational Programmes for Croatia The Republic of Croatia (2007) |
| Gender Equality in local economic development in Scotland, Case Study for the international project W.IN D. – Women in Development Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department for Rights and Equal Opportunities (2007) |
| Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe, Second International Conference The Ministry of Finance in Latvia, Scottish Executive, the Ministry of the Interior in Finland, the British Council Latvia, the European Commission, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde (2005) |
| Regions for all Ages: the Implications of Demographic Ageing for Regional Policy Consortium including: The European Older People’s Platform (AGE), Age Concern England (ACE), Northern Ireland Executive (Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister), North West Regional Assembly (NWRA), Scottish Enterprise (2005) |
| Innovative Business Aids IPI, Istituto per la Promozione Industriale (2004-2005) |
| Synthesis of the Mid-term Evaluations of INTERREG III programmes: Implications for current and future INTERREG programming INTERACT Secretariat, Vienna (2004) |
| Selected Publications (click here for a full list of Regional development and policy in Europe Publications) |
| Davies S, Kah S and Woods C (Forthcoming) Regional dimensions of the financial and economic crisis in Rivista giuridica del Mezzogiorno,
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| Bachtler J (Forthcoming) Place-Based Policy and Regional Development in Europe in Horizons,
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| Davies S, Michie R and Vironen H (Forthcoming) Can peripheral regions innovate? in Danson M and de Souza P (Eds) Peripherality, Marginality and Border Issues in Northern Europe Routledge / Regional Studies Association, . |
| Bachtler J and Davies S (Forthcoming) The Geography of The Crisis in Western Europe: National and Regional Impacts and Policy Responses in Gorzelal G and Goh Ch (Eds) Financial Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe - from Similarity to Diversity SCHOLAR, Warsaw. |
| Gorzelak G, Bachtler J and Smetkowski M (editors) (Forthcoming) Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Development Processes and Policy Challenges, Routledge, . |
| Yuill D (2009) New Policy Frameworks, New Policy Approaches: Recent Regional Policy Developments in Europe, Presentation to the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Oslo, Norway 5 February 2009. |
| Yuill D (2009) The Future of Peaks in the Delta: Relevant European Experience, Presentation to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands 2 March 2009. |
| Yuill D, Ferry M and Vironen H (2009) Nuovi quadric e nuovi approcci: sviluppo recenti delle politiche regionali degli Stati Membri dell'UE in Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno,
23(1/2009), . |
| Yuill D and Ferry M (2009) Regional Policy under Crisis Conditions: Recent Developments in Europe and Poland, Paper to Regional Policy Seminar, Ministry of Regional Development, Warsaw, Poland 14 December 2009. |
| Wishlade F (2009) Crisis, what crisis? Business as usual for EU Competition Policy and Regional Aid Control, Paper to the 30th Meeting of the European Regional Policy Research Consortium (EoRPA), Ross Priory, Loch Lomondside, Scotland 4-6 October 2009. |
