Panorama Magazine | Number 52 (Spring 2015)

Lending a hand to deliver cohesion policy

Summary:

In the Spring edition of Panorama the lead articles outline the Commission's plans for smarter investment and more effective implementation. The first article describes the work of the newly created Task Force for Better Implementation, which aims to help countries with below average absorption rates, while the second article concerns the launch of the fi-compass advisory service and how it fits in with President Juncker's Investment Plan.The issue sees a series of pieces of how individual countries have developed their Operational Programmes, with looks at Slovenia and Germany, and specific regions in France and Poland.

Elsewhere the issue features the EU's investment activities in other parts of the globe, from cooperation with various countries in Latin America to more direct involvement in the EU's Outermost Regions, on the occasion of Commissioner Creţu's visit to Guadeloupe.

They also take a moment to look back at the historical origins of the ERDF on the occasion of its 40^th anniversary this spring, and hear the personal views of a former Commission Spokesperson for Regional Policy.

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

Contents:

• Implementation task force
• Romania celebrates structural fund success stories
• The investment plan for Europe
• Slovenia
• Germany
• Nord-pas de Calais, France
• Lower Silesia, Poland
• The ERDF celebrates 40 years
• Cretu gets out and about
• Maps: Europe 2020 Index 2012
• EU support to outermost regions
• Extending Europe's regional development experience to Latin America
• Speaking out for regional policy
• Evaluation plans
• News in brief
• Projects: Estonia, Sweden, Hungary and Slovenia

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