Panorama Magazine | Number 53 (Summer 2015)

Europe Goes Digital

Summary:

The lead article of this Summer edition of Panorama celebrates 25 years of the Interreg programme with an overview of 20 of its most successful projects, as well as a schedule of special anniversary events and an interview with Iskra Mihaylova MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s REGI Committee. Another main article shows how Cohesion Policy will help fund the building blocks of the recently announced Digital Single Market, from broadband connectivity to Open Data and e-government services.

In a series of interviews with regional authorities they speak to the chairman of Övre Norrland and the president of Galicia about their regions' experiences with Cohesion Policy, and the In Your Own Words section features contributions from six regions across the continent.

Elsewhere the issue previews the attractions to be found at this year's OPEN DAYS event and the launch of the European Smart Specialisation Platform on Energy.

You will also find the usual selection of news items and featured projects from across the EU.

Contents:

• Cohesion policy takes centre stage in delivering Europe's digital single market
• Sweden - Ovre Norrland: A sparsely populated, but innovative region
• Spain - Focus for Galacia shifts from convergence to competitiveness
• Evaluating cohesion policy funding - what today's economists can tell us
• In your own words
• EIB committed to supporting EU regional development
• Interreg turns 25 - Panorama celebrates it's key achievements
• News in brief
• Open days
• Maps: EU ad USA Human Development Index 2014
• Smart specialisation platform on energy launched
• Projects: Belgium, France, Lithuania, Poland and United Kingdom

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