Essays about: "Cohesion fund"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Cohesion fund.

1. 1. TRANSLATION OF THE EU’S COHESION POLICY INTO REGIONAL PRACTICE - An interview study of the regional management of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in West Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Karolina Kraft; [2022-06-23]
   Keywords : EU; Cohesion Policy; Structural Funds; European Social Fund Plus ESF ; subnational actors; Multi-level governance; social cohesion;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse how different subnational actors interact in and influence the regional management of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), and what challenges there are in effectively implementing the ESF+ at the subnational level. Previous research has established that the effectiveness of the EU’s Structural Funds, of which the ESF+ is a part, in general varies greatly between different European regions. READ MORE

3. 2. The National Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy: A Policy Instrument Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maria Ricksten; [2020]
   Keywords : European Social Fund; cohesion policy implementation; policy instruments; gender mainstreaming; public administration; Europeanization; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The EU cohesion policy is a key policy area of the Union which aims for sustainable development and socioeconomic growth in the regions of the Member States. However, in the current structure of the multi-level governance system, the EU is much reliant on the capacity of the national public administrations to execute and implement the cohesion policy and thereby achieve the intended EU policy objectives of regional development and socioeconomic growth. READ MORE

4. 3. The effect of the European structural and investment funds on regional financial interest

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik Cederholm; [2020]
   Keywords : European Union; EU; European structural and investment funds; Cohesion policy; EU regional policy; M A; Merger and acquisition; Foreign direct investment; Private investments; European regional development fund; European social fund; European agricultural fund for rural development; Cohesion fund; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on financial interest in EU regions for the period 2006 to 2014. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research into the EU funds’ success at attracting financial interest in the form of private investment to EU regions. READ MORE

5. 4. Is the EU Structural Fund Creating Economic Growth? : A Policy Analysis of the European Regional Development Fund - ERDF

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Jonas Hallström; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : 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

6. 5. Of Funds and Values: The Rule of Law conditionality: A politicization of the European Union Cohesion Policy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Erlend Malmer; [2019]
   Keywords : European Union; EU budget; Cohesion Policy; European Structural and Investment fund; Politicization; Conditionality; Rule of Law; Illiberalism; European Studies; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This research looks at if the Cohesion Policy is politicized, by looking at the newly proposed Rule of Law conditionality attached to funding, and what this signifies for European Integration. As the conditionality adds to the fold of an ever-increasing amount of internal EU conditionality attached to EU funding since 2014, this paper re-tools Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier’s external incentive model, and finds that there is a politicization of the Cohesion Policy. READ MORE