Panorama Magazine | Number 26 (Summer 2008)

EU Cohesion Policy 1988-2008: Investing in Europe's future

Summary:

This issue of Panorama Magazine is exclusively dedicated to the first 20 years of EU Cohesion Policy. On 24 June 1988, the Council agreed on a regulation which put existing
EU funds into the context of ‘economic and social cohesion’, a term which the Single European Act had introduced two years earlier. Since then, Cohesion Policy has become
one of the most important, influential and debated EU policies. The contributions look back into the policy’s origin, changes over time and impact over previous and current programming periods.

Contents:

• Foreword by Dirk Ahner
• Regions matter by Danuta Hubner
• Investing in people by Vladimir Spidla
• 1989-1993: From projects to programmes
• 1994-1999: Consolidation and doubling efforts
• 2000-2006: Making enlargement a success
• 2007-2013: Focus on growth and jobs
• Looking back to 1988: A debate between officials of the European Commission
• Endnotes