Essays about: "erdf"
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1. Is the EU Structural Fund Creating Economic Growth? : A Policy Analysis of the European Regional Development Fund - ERDF
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The European Union uses a considered amount of the member states´ resources in the structural and cohesion funds to equalise income differences in the union and to induce growth to get economic cohesion between regions. An interesting and disputed question is if the funds are used in an effective way and if they reach their goals of economic growth. READ MORE
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2. Breaking bread across borders: a case study on the efficiency of the interregional educational network between France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Cross-border cooperation is growing mostly thanks to incentives in the form of funding under the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) and its Interreg programme also called European Territorial Cooperation (ETC). This funding and support under EU cohesion policy, aims at reducing the economic, social and territorial disparities between the EU regions rather than between EU countries. READ MORE
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3. Contributions from the European Union to the development of Brainport Eindhoven : A case study on the contribution of the projects from development programmes and initiatives to the development of the innovation system of Brainport.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : In the Brainport region, many different projects take place in the framework of EU co-financed programmes and initiatives. Between the different programmes and initiatives, these projects all have a different way to contribute to this development. Firstly, all projects contribute to the activities of organisations in the region. READ MORE
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4. European Innovation Policy through the European Regional Development Fund : A case study of East-Netherlands
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : In this study is analysed how the ERDF (European Regional Development Funding) in East-Netherlands approaches innovation and how this approach is shaped and complemented byEuropean, national and regional policy. This is done by analysing how the targeted interventionapproach and the institutional approach are used in the ERDF and adjacent policies. READ MORE
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5. Innovative Milieu, theoretical approach and policy concept : A comparative study surrounding the use of the European Regional Development Fund in Sweden.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : The thesis seeks to study through a qualitative text analysis how strategic policy concepts from three different policy documents concerning the use of the European Regional Development Fund can be said to align with two theoretical concepts from the field of regional development. Furthermore this paper aims to analyse how the theoretical- and policy-concepts are operationalized in the project that received funding in accordance with the policy concepts in one of the policy documents. READ MORE
