DE FINING COMMUNITY VALUE ADDE D: RE PORT ON WORKSHOP 2 Iain BE - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 … constructive!

DO TURKE Regional policies Objective 1 outside YS VOTE FOR XMAS?

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

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

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

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’