REPORTS
RECENT CONFERENCES (INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION)

REPORTS

pdfRegional Policy, Territorial Cooperation and the Future of Nordic-Scottish Cooperation. Paper to Highlands and Islands Enterprise (2005)
John Bachtler and Irene McMaster

This paper was prepared by EPRC for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to support the Second International Conference ‘Benchmarking Regional Policy in Europe’ held in Riga on 24-26 April 2005. It provide a synthesis of the key messages from the Conference, supplemented by intelligence from the research about countries sharing policy concerns/positions with HIE, and a review of the evolving debate on territorial co-operation and the discussions at the Riga Conference on future co-operation programmes, as well as options for the practical development of future Nordic-Scottish co-operation.

pdf Transnational Nordic-Scottish Cooperation: Lessons for Policy and Practice (2003)
Kai Böhme and Pétur Ingi Haraldsson (Nordregio), Laura Polverari and François Josserand (EPRC)

The aims of this study were to analyse experiences from inter-regional co-operation projects under the previous North Sea and Northern Periphery programmes, disseminate learning from projects, highlight practical results achieved and identify policy lessons on effective project co-operation for the new programmes.

RECENT CONFERENCES (INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION)

  • Regional Policy Open Days
    28-29 September 2004, Brussels, Belgium

    DG Regio of the Commission and the Committee of the Regions (CoR) jointly organised a number of 'Open Days' on the theme of 'The Practice and Reform of Regional Policy'. Some ten offices of Europe's cities and regions were partners for the event, which consisted of a series of Regional Management workshops, conferences, exhibitions on exchange of best practice and discussions on the changes in regional policy expected post -2006. Summaries of the seminars will appear on the Open Days website.

  • Interreg IIIC Information Day
    28 April 2004, Glasgow, UK

    EPRC was represented by François Josserand at the Interreg IIIC Information Day, organised by the Interreg IIIC West Zone Secretariat, together with the Scottish Executive and hosted by the West of Scotland European Consortium. François' presentation focused on 'Practical lessons learned from Interreg – Project(s) showcase’, based on the recent EPRC-Nordregio study on Trans-National Nordic-Scottish Co-operation in Interreg IIB North Sea and Article 10 Northern Periphery projects.
    The presentation can be downloaded here:     ppoint
  • Trans-national Nordic-Scottish Cooperation: Lessons for Policy and Practice
    17 February 2004, Brussels, Belgium

    This seminar was organised by the Nordic-Scottish Cooperation Liaison Group. Documentation is available below.

    Seminar presentations
    pdf
    		 Opening of the Conference - Regional Cooperation in time of Globalisation
    Mr Baldur Pétursson, Chairman of the Nordic-Scottish Cooperation Liaison Group
    pdf Trans-national Nordic-Scottish Cooperation - The Report
    Mr Kai Böhme, Nordregio

    pdf

    		Mr François Josserand, EPRC
    pdf
    		 Trans-national Nordic-Scottish Cooperation - Lessons for Policy and Practice
    Professor John Bachtler, EPRC

    pdf

    		 Nordic-Scottish Cooperation - View from Brussels
    Ms. Sarah English, Executive, Policy Coordination and Development, Scotland Europa, Brussels
    Seminar materials
    pdf
    		 Seminar agenda
  • The Future of Regional Aid
    27 October 2003, Brussels, Belgium

    Documentation from this closed seminar is available below.

    Seminar presentations (slides)
    ppoint An Assessment of Regional State Aid
    Professor P Nicolaides, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, Netherlands (Powerpoint presentation)
    ppoint The Scope for Supporting Employment in Permanent Disadvantaged Regions
    Ingrid Hoff, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Norway (Powerpoint presentation)
    ppoint State Aid and Regional Policy
    Paul Hadley, DTI, UK (Powerpoint presentation)
    ppoint Cohesion Policy 2007-2014
    Eddy Hartog, Head of Unit Coordination, DG Regio, European Commission (Powerpoint presentation)
    ppoint Regional Aid - The German Perspective
    Dr Claus-Michael Happe, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany (Powerpoint presentation)
    pdf Regional Aid and Accessibility
    Klaus Spiekermann, Spiekermann & Wegener, Urban and Regional Research, Dortmund, Germany (Pdf file)
    pdf Presentation of general views and of implications for peripheral locations
    Arve Skjerpen, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway (Pdf file)
    Seminar papers (text)
    pdf Area Designation under the Regional Aid Guidelines: Past Experiences and Future Options
    Douglas Yuill and Fiona Wishlade, EPRC, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (Pdf file)
    The Scope for Supporting Employment in Permanent Disadvantaged Regions
    Ingrid Hoff, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Norway (Word document)
    Regional Aid Instruments
    Hallgeir Aalbu, Nordregio, Stockholm, Sweden (Word document)
  • Fourth Nordic-Scottish high level conference on regional policy matters
    6-9 September 2003, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

    As part of the Nordic-Scottish Co-operation on Regional Policy and Sustainable Development, this conference aimed to bring together Nordic and Scottish senior officials and private sector interests from central, regional and local levels in order to identify actions which address common challenges, especially of peripherality and sparse population in a European context. The objective of the conference was to further develop opportunities and arrangements for Nordic-Scottish Co-operation. Visit the conference Website, including documentation, summary and conclusions, here.


 

 

 

 
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