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CONDUCT OF WORKSHOP
- Around key questions
- No set piece speeches
- More than fifty interventions
- Wide range of speakers
- Lively and …
DE FINING COMMUNITY VALUE ADDE D: RE PORT ON WORKSHOP 2 Iain BE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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DE FINING COMMUNITY VALUE ADDE D: RE PORT ON WORKSHOP 2 Iain BE GG South Bank University CONDUCT OF WORKSHOP Around key questions No set piece speeches More than fifty interventions Wide range of speakers Lively and
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SLIDE 3
DO TURKE YS VOTE FOR XMAS?
Regional policies
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Objective 1
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SHOULD THE RE BE A POLICY IN ADDITION TO OBJE CTIVE 1?
- Unanimity that there should be
– even from the Finance Ministries
- Some concern about breadth of aims...
- …
but long list of reasons to continue
- Seen as having strong political salience
– To ensure that citizens support cohesion – To balance other Community policies
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E U LE VE L ADDE D VALUE : FOUR ‘C’S
- Coherence in approaches
– Within and between Member States
- Continuity
– Long-run nature of programmes – Importance of assured funding
- Competitiveness
– Both at regional level and E U overall
- Cohesion as an E
U political imperative
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ADVANTAGE S OF COMMUNITY APPROACH
- Facilitates exchange of experience
- E
ncourages innovation by:
– Learning from others – E ncouraging experimentation
- Programmatic approach vital
- Avoids risks of loss of impetus
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MODALITIE S AND PROCE DURE S
- Qualified support for trilateralism
– Region-E C link important for some
- Thematic/ Territorial focus left open
– Preference for regions over narrow zones – Choices from ‘menu’ best left to regions – But need for connection to Community aims:
- Not just ‘problems’ - the Lisbon strategy
- New areas of concern, e.g. social integration
- No clear view on ‘who chooses’