Essays about: "European regional development fund"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words European regional development fund.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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]
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    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

  5. 4. The effect of the European structural and investment funds on net FDI inflows

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Cederholm; [2019]
    Keywords : European Union; European structural and investment funds; Foreign direct investment inflows; Cohesion fund; European agricultural and rural development fund; European regional development fund; European social fund; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on net FDI inflows of European member states in the period of 2005 to 2016. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research relating to if the EU funds are successful in attracting private investments, in the form of FDI inflows. READ MORE

  6. 5. European Innovation Policy through the European Regional Development Fund : A case study of East-Netherlands

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Ewout Dam; [2017]
    Keywords : Interreg; ERDF; regional development; innovation; innovation funding;

    Abstract : 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