Environmental assessment of the EU Structural Funds: the German Objective 1 regional development plan and Berlin operational programme

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

The Alternatives to a Bite or a Bark: After Launching Article 7 TEU Against the Hungarian Government

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Gábor Halmai
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
A Value ◽  
Political Function ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Naming And Shaming ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Eu

On 12 September the European Parliament—for the first time ever—launched Art 7 TEU proceedings against Hungary. The decision was based on a report denouncing various violations of EU values by Viktor Orbán’s government. But triggering Art 7 TEU came too late, and meant also too little, because besides the important political function of naming and shaming Hungary as a violator of EU values, the chances of reaching the corrective arm of the procedure are extremely low. Hence, the chapter argues, instead of Art 7 alternative means from the toolkits of the EU may be more effective. Infringement actions as alternatives have not really worked so far in the case of Hungary, but cutting off EU structural funds for regional development or other forms of assistance as a value conditionality approach has not really been tried as yet.

Academic engagement with small business and entrepreneurship: Towards a landscape of practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 095042222110344
Author(s):  
Oswald Jones
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Academic engagement with small business and entrepreneurship was facilitated by the availability of European Union (EU) funding, which also stimulated the emergence of a small business and entrepreneurship (SBE) ‘community of practice’. Gradually, the SBE community developed into a ‘landscape of practice’ as small business research moved towards maturity. Furthermore, the SBE landscape of practice has coalesced around three core concepts: entrepreneurial learning, social networks and social capital. EU funding was the catalyst for many SBE academics in the UK to engage with practitioners involved with starting and managing their own businesses. The UK’s exit from the EU will inevitably mean that universities will no longer have access to EU Structural Funds. This has major implications for the UK SBE community’s engagement with practice as well as for entrepreneurs and business owners who have benefitted from a range of programmes designed to improve the performance of smaller firms.

scholarly journals DANE Mechanizm i obszary wsparcia rozwoju współpracy transgranicznej oraz ochrony dziedzictwa i krajobrazu kulturowego w ramach programu „Interreg Polska – Słowacja”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020(41) (3) ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Jan Pochwała ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Border Effect ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

In order to support the development of Polish and Slovak border regions, after the accession of both countries to the EU, the “Interreg Poland – Slovakia” Program was implemented. One of the priorities of the Program is the protection and use of the common Polish-Slovak cultural and natural heritage for the development of cross-border cooperation. As part of Interreg since 2004, EU-Structural Funds have co-financed joint Polish-Slovak projects implemented in selected counties/poviat located in the following voivodeships/provinces: Śląskie, Małopolskie, Podkarpackie (on the Polish side) and Žilinskom kraji, Prešovskom kraji and Košickým kraji (on the Slovak side). The next editions of Interreg are becoming increasingly popular in Poland and Slovakia including its recognition by experts as well as the implementation of a cross-border effect.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS PROJECTS IN LATVIA

2019 ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Ilga Vasiļjeva
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
Project Proposal ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Management Problems ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

The role of the EU Structural Funds in the national economy of Latvia is significant, yet document management problems in the projects funded by the EU Structural Funds have been little researched. In the period 2007-2019, a gradual transition to electronic project document management occurred in Latvia. The present research performed a comparative analysis of tender documents submitted for ERDF calls for project proposals for the programming periods of 2007–2013 and 2014–2020. The research found that the range of tender documents for ERDF calls for project proposals to be submitted by organisations is strictly regulated in a particular period, yet there are general instructions on how to prepare documents in accordance with the relevant legal framework of the Republic of Latvia. Organisations have to create document management systems to enhance the preparation and management of ERDF project proposal documents.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF STATE AID TO BUSINESS BY MULTICRITERIA METHODS

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romualdas Ginevičius ◽  
Valentinas Podvezko ◽  
Šarūnas Bruzgė
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Great Part ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Multiple Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Objective View ◽  
State Subsidies ◽  
The Eu

One of the forms of state intervention in market development is state aid (subsidies) to private sector enterprises. Over the period of 2004–2006, a great part of the EU aid was granted to business in Lithuania through the EU structural funds. State aid is a complicated phenomenon. It may have several aims, with none of them being dominant. The effects of this aid may also be varied and hardly described by a single criterion or indicator. Therefore, multiple criteria evaluation methods can be used to compare the aid to various businesses and to determine its effect on their development objectively. The analysis of state subsidies to enterprises based on these methods allowed us to state that the aid had the greatest effect on the development of projects in the areas of production, research, experiments and education. The most influencing factor is aid intensity (the more intensive the aid, the greater the effect), while the best ratios of investments to the effect obtained was found in the area of educational projects, followed by research, experimental and production projects. The aid to enterprises providing services was the least effective. The results obtained in multicriteria evaluation of state aid to business show that these methods are well suited to the analysis of this phenomenon, providing an objective view of the picture.

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