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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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DE FINING COMMUNITY VALUE ADDE D: RE PORT ON WORKSHOP 2

Iain BE GG South Bank University

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CONDUCT OF WORKSHOP

  • Around key questions
  • No set piece speeches
  • More than fifty interventions
  • Wide range of speakers
  • Lively and …

constructive!

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DO TURKE YS VOTE FOR XMAS?

Regional policies

  • utside

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’