scholarly journals Preparation of Serbia for implementation of Chapter 22 in the field of regional policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Sonja Živojinović
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
The Eu

Regional policy is the EU's main instrument for investing in sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Member States are responsible for its implementation, which requires adequate administrative capacity and sound financial management. When Serbia becomes a member of the EU, it will have at its disposal many times more funds from the EU structural funds than the ones it currently receives, and for the use of which it must prepare before joining the Union. Member States must respect EU law when selecting and implementing projects, in areas related to regional policy and Structural Instruments. Member States must also establish the institutional framework, organizational arrangements and necessary organizational arrangements to prepare supporting documents. This implies the establishment of all structures at the national and regional level required by EU regulations and standards. This Chapter 22 has a double meaning: it is important in itself, because through the negotiations on this Chapter it must be proven that we are in the mood to establish good and sufficient capacities for the use of EU Cohesion Policy. At the same time, Serbia is thus preparing to be an equal participant in the Union's Cohesion Policy, as well as all other member states.

scholarly journals The main achievements of the EU structural funds 2007–2013 in the EU member states: efficiency analysis of transport sector

Equilibrium ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukáš Melecký
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

Research background: The European Union currently provides financial support to the Member States through various financial tools from European Structural and Investment Funds 2014–2020, and previously from the EU Structural Funds. In both terminologies, the funds represent the main instrument of EU Cohesion Policy to sustain territorial development, to increase competitiveness and to eliminate regional disparities. The overall impact of EU Funds depends on the structure of funding and absorption capacity of the country. Purpose of the article: The efficiency of funding across the EU Member States is a fundamental issue for EU development as a whole. The Author considers deter-mining the efficiency of EU Funds as an issue of high importance, and therefore this paper provides a contribution to the debate on the role of EU Cohesion Policy in the Member States. The paper focuses on territorial effects of relevant EU Funds in programming period 2007–2013 in infrastructure through efficiency analysis. Methods: Efficiency analysis is based on data at the country level, originating from ex-post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007–2013 and representing the input and output variables to analyse whether the goal of fostering growth in the target countries have been achieved with the funds provided, and whether or not more resources generated stronger growth effects in transport accessibility. The paper deals with comparative cross-country analysis, descriptive analysis of dataset and multiple-criteria approach of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the form of output-oriented BCC VRS model of efficiency and output-oriented APM VRS subsequently model of super-efficiency. Findings & Value added: The paper aims to test the factors of two inputs and five outputs, trying to elucidate the differences obtained by the Member States in effective use of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund in the transport sector. The paper determines if the countries have been more efficient in increasing their levels of competitive advantages linked with transport. Preliminary results reveal that most countries with a lower amount of funding achieve higher efficiency, especially countries in a group of so-called “old EU Member States”, i.e. group EU15.

scholarly journals The allocation of financial resources of the EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund during the period 2007–2013

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
W. Heijman ◽  
T. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Financial Resources ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Real ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Cohesion Fund ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Eu

The article describes a model to predict the allocation of the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund over the EU member states. By comparing the predicted allocation with the real allocation, it is possible to indicate which member states receive more and which countries receive less than the predicted share. The variables determining the predicted allocation are the GDP per capita and the size of the population.

scholarly journals Beyond the EU Structural Funds’ Absorption Rate: How Do Regions Really Perform?

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Eirini Aivazidou ◽  
Giovanni Cunico ◽  
Edoardo Mollona
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Rate ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Statistical Error ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Regional Strategies ◽  
Absorption Performance ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

Although the EU structural funds aim to alleviate disparities through supporting regional development, their impact on local economies and societies is considered as uneven. As existing studies explore the absorption rate of the EU share of contribution as a point-in-time indicator at the end of the policy cycle, evidence about regional co-finance and the factors dynamically affecting absorption performance is lacking. To that end, this paper aims to provide a new longitudinal investigation of the absorption time series and develop an original indicator, supported by a statistical error analysis, for offering a transparent view of the total funds’ absorption. The analysis highlights that undesired regional strategies due to low administrative capacity may increase the absorption rate, though without supporting regional growth. The proposed approach could further facilitate the equitable allocation of political accountability regarding the structural funds’ absorption to the EU and the regions. Overall, it is anticipated that this research will support the EU in monitoring actual regional performance for prompting local managing authorities to improve their administrative capacity.

scholarly journals R&D expenditure and thematic orientation of European investment in selected new EU member states / Výdaje na výzkum a vývoj a tematické zaměření evropských investic ve vybraných nových členských státech EU

Ergo ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Keyword(s):  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
New Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
European Investment ◽  
The Eu

Abstract During the programming period 2007-2013, the Structural Funds represented an important source of funds for research, development and innovation in the new member states of the EU. The article compares thematic focus of the EU Structural Funds support to this area (according to the categories of expenditure set by the EU legislation) in five countries with common historic experience - Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia. The aim is to identify different approaches of individual states to finance research and innovation from the EU funds, also related to the development and structure of R&D expenditure, analysed in the first part of the text. The states in question have selected diverse strategies to invest European resources in research and innovation, particularly concerning the proportion of investment in research infrastructures to investment in research, innovation and related activities in business sphere. According to this comparison with the other examined countries, the Czech Republic is characterized by the highest orientation at spending the EU funds on the construction of research infrastructure.

scholarly journals Sustainable Growth, Competitiveness and Employment

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bachtler ◽  
Irene McMaster
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Innovation Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Lisbon Agenda

AbstractThe relaunched “growth and jobs” agenda of the EU is reflected in the Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion. These have influenced the content of the new Structural Funds programmes, with increased importance accorded to innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurship. There is evidence of a more strategic approach to economic development and a stronger prioritisation of support. Whether this makes a difference to the Lisbon agenda depends on how the programme objectives are implemented as well as the broader regulatory and other changes required in National Reform Programmes. Convincing Member States of the importance of Cohesion policy also depends on the impact of the Funds being identifiable.

scholarly journals The C-inefficiency of the EU-VAT and what can be done about it

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sijbren Cnossen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Member States ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Common ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
The Eu

AbstractIt is widely agreed that in countries without major constraints on administrative capacity, a value-added tax (VAT) should tax all goods and services at a uniform rate. In these countries, VAT’s C-efficiency, that is, actual revenue over potential revenue, should be one if compliance is perfect. Under this approach, VAT’s C-inefficiency—the aggregate of the policy gap (exemptions, reduced rates, thresholds) and the compliance gap (revenue shortfalls due to laps in compliance and implementation)—is treated as a residual. This contribution shows that calculating VAT’s C-inefficiency independently of its C-efficiency produces a more telling benchmark, particularly of the policy gap. This is illustrated by an analysis of the revenues of the Dutch VAT, which, given the common VAT directive, should be representative of the VATs in other European Union Member States. The large policy gap, hovering around 0.50, forms the background for exploring three options to improve VAT’s performance: reforming the common directive, ceding VAT design to Member States, and introducing a common modern VAT which can be piggybacked by Member States.

scholarly journals AFTERMATH OF BREXIT FOR WALES

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Oleg Okhoshin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Systemic Crisis ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

After withdrawal of the UK from the EU its Celtic regions (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales) faced a deterioration in the conditions for their socio-economic development and began to demand from B. Johnson to revise the principles of interaction between central government and local authorities in favor of expanding devolution. In Wales, separatist tendencies have not reached the same magnitude as in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, an acute confrontation arose at the intergovernmental level – the M. Drakeford’s Labour government protests against B. Johnson’s regional policy. The most acute contradictions arose against the background of the application of the UK Internal Market Act 2020 and the inability of the British government to compensate the region for the loss of subsidies from the EU structural funds after Brexit. To put pressure on the central government, Labour Party in Wales organized a special commission in October 2021 to consider separating the region from the United Kingdom and transferring additional powers to the local authority. This fact indicates the growth of a deep systemic crisis in the country, which makes the regions doubt the ability of the central government to effectively use its instruments to cope with the consequences of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.

EVALUATING THE CHANGES IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF LITHUANIAN COUNTIES BY MULTIPLE CRITERIA METHODS

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romualdas Ginevičius ◽  
Valentinas Podvezko
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
National Programmes ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Eu

Under the conditions of the country's economy restructurization, the differences between economic and social development of various regions are becoming more prominent. To smooth these differences, a number of scientific and practical problems associated with the concepts of a region, regional policy and its aims, determination of the boundaries of a region and evaluation of its development, etc., should be thoroughly investigated. To solve such complicated problems, multicriteria evaluation methods have been recently used, which could take into consideration the major aspects of economic and social development of the regions, including the environmental problems, as well as multidimensional character of the criteria, different directions of their changing and significances. Quantitative evaluation of social and economic region's development allows us to determine the changes, taking place in this development. This, in turn, shows the effectiveness of the EU structural funds, national programmes and other facilities used in conducting the regional policy. Santrauka Šalies ūkiui iš esmės restruktūrizuojantis ir persitvarkant padidėja ekonominės ir socialinės plėtros skirtumai tarp regionų (apskričių). Juos mažinant susiduriama su daugeliu mokslui ir praktikai aktualių, spręstinų klausimų, tokių kaip regiono, regioninės politikos samprata ir tikslai, jų ribų nustatymas, plėtros supratimas, įvertinimas ir t. t. Tokiems uždaviniams spręsti pastaraisiais metais sėkmingai taikomi daugiakriterinio vertinimo būdai. Jie leidžia įvertinti visus svarbiausius regionų ekonominės ir socialinės plėtros (RESP) aspektus, taip pat ir aplinkosauginius, įvertinti rodiklių daugiadimensiškumą, nevienodą kitimo kryptį bei reikšmingumą. Galimybė kiekybiškai įvertinti RESP leidžia nustatyti šios plėtros kaitą. Būtent ji parodo, koks yra Europos struktūrinių fondų, nacionalinių programų, kitų priemonių, skirtų regioninei politikai įgyvendinti, efektyvumas.

scholarly journals The Use Of EU Structural Funds By Enterprises In The Lodz Region

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dorożyński ◽  
Janusz Świerkocki ◽  
Wojciech Urbaniak
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Direct Study ◽  
Limited Scale ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Eu

The issue of how to stimulate economic growth and development remains an open question. The EU structural funds are meant to help solve the problem at the regional level within the framework of the cohesion policy. Only some of these funds are used to directly subsidize businesses that are the engines of growth in a market economy. This paper aims to evaluate whether structural funds have played a positive and significant role in the development of enterprises in a region which does not belong to the economic leaders in Poland. It is based on the results of a direct study, statistical data and evaluation reports, as well as on the economic literature. The direct study was conducted in 2011. It focused on micro-economic projects supported by EU funds in the Lodz region. Interviews were conducted with representatives of 80 enterprises, which had completed at least one such a project. We conclude that the subsidies from structural funds have positively stimulated the modernization of the companies, albeit on a limited scale.

scholarly journals The agricultural land problems in Bulgaria and implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 189-193
Author(s):  
I. Yanakieva
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Eu

The paper deals with agricultural land problems in Bulgaria that will impede the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the assimilation of financial resources from the EU Structural Funds. Some of the major problems are: the unfinished process of identification of land ownership and division of ownership on the restituted land between heirs, the lack of land property documents for others owners, the lack of experience in subsidizing agriculture, the lack of an adequate administrative capacity for implementation of the CAP and the post-implementation control, delay in creation of the Integrated System for Administrative Control, etc.

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