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is a network which brings together regional and national partners
from Structural Funds programmes across the European Union.
Its aim is to improve the quality of Structural Funds programming
through exchange of experience. The network involves a structured
programme of applied research and debate, centred on bi-annual
conferences. For more Information on the IQ-Net network visit the IQ-Net Website. IQ-Net was launched in 1996 and is managed by the European Policies Research Centre (EPRC) at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The partner organisations are mainly regional or national managing authorities or programme secretariats. Following the enlargement eastwards of the European Union in 2004, the network is being expanded to include a selected number of partners from Central and Eastern European countries and regions. The network partners meet twice a year. Conferences are hosted by the partners on a rotation basis. Past conferences have taken place in Glasgow, Cardiff and New Lanark (UK), Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen and Saarbrücken (Germany), Fyrstad and Luleå (Sweden), Bordeaux and Strasbourg (France), Leoben and Semmering (Austria), Como and Artimino (Italy), Aalborg (Denmark), Grobbendonk (Flanders) and Oulu (Finland). IQ-Net enables programme managers and their partnerships to exchange experience and share good practice on specific themes relating to the design, delivery, management and evaluation of the Structural Funds programmes. Briefing papers are prepared by EPRC as the basis for discussion at each meeting, bringing together comparative experience from across the EU. In addition to regular progress updates on the programmes, thematic papers are also discussed at each conference. Recent papers covered: the programming priorities for 2004-06; the value added of the Structural Funds; publicity and communication in partners’ programmes; the mid-term evaluations of the 2000-06 programmes; the mainstreaming of the horizontal priorities; the information society; effective programme monitoring. Copies of these IQ-Net Reports are available on this site. The work of the network is also disseminated through the IQ-Net Bulletin. IQ-Net members currently comprise:
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