Panorama Magazine | Number 56 (Spring 2016)

Coordinated efforts to safeguard funding. Boost for EU investment

Summary:

The Spring 2016 edition of Panorama features several articles which detail various types of support provided by the European Commission to help Member States make the best possible use of Cohesion Policy funding and to address problems with implementation.

The issue takes a look at the results of the survey 'Overcoming obstacles in border regions' and at the key findings from a recently published survey on perceptions of quality of life in European cities. It also explains the synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and profile the work of the IQ-NET Network. The In Your Own Words section features contributions from Greece, France and United Kingdom.

Contents:

• Overcoming barriers in border regions
• A make-over for Turin's urban spaces
• European structural and investment funds and the European fund for strategic investments
• The EUSALP is aiming high
• Task force promotes better use of EU funding
• Have you found the expertise you are looking for?
• Integrity pacts reinforce the fight against fraud and corruption
• In your own words
• Survey paints positive picture of European urban life
• European cohesion policy in Spain
• Figuring out social progress
• The world cities project
• Keeping track of rail passengers services
• A walk in the park
• News (in brief)
• Happy anniversary IQ-NET!
• Examples of projects from Spain, UK, Greece, Latvia/Lithuania and Slovenia/Croatia

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