Panorama Magazine | Number 47 (Autumn 2013)

Eco-innovation: EU regions spearhead moves towards the green economy

Summary:

The centrepiece is a feature on how EU regions are leading the way in the realm of eco-innovation. The EU's Structural and Investment Funds are promoting smart, sustainable growth through green, energy-efficient projects profiled in this article. There is also a selection of articles highlighting some of the main workshops and seminars at this Year's OPEN DAYS event, from the OPEN DAYS University's Master Class to relations between the EU and China & Japan.

Elsewhere in this issue you can find an overview of Macro-regional strategies, an update on the EU Structural Funds' work in disaster relief, and an explanation of the ex post evaluation process for the 2007-2013 period. You will also find the usual selection of news items and featured projects from across the EU.

Contents:

• EU disaster support to be faster and simpler
• Regional policy: A motor for growth in the current crisis
• Feature: Regions spearhead eco-innovation and smart, sustainable growth
• Open days university
• ERDF in the housing sector
• European grouping of territorial cooperation
• Capacity building
• China, Japan and the EU
• Macro-regional approach
• In your own words
• Maps: Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 2011. Change in the share of population at risk of poverty or exclusion, 2008-2011.
• News in brief
• Projects: Czech Republic, Spain and UK
• Ex post evaluation of cohesion policy, 2007-2013

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