The regional policy is a key element of the EU 2007-2013 strategy for economicgrowth and jobs and innovation is placed in the middle of all these efforts. This way, it isoffered an important support to innovation within different regions and member states. TheEU regional policy must respond to...

Regional policy puts into practice the solidarity between the people and the countries of Europe and sustains the achievement of one of the fundamental objectives: the strengthening of the EU’s economic and social cohesion by reducing developmental; disparities between its regions. For the...

In 2006, the Commission of the European Communities encouraged the incorporation of sustainable urban development in the Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013. These proposals seem to be based on the cities involvement in the framework of the Structural Funds and other European programs. The purpose is...

Regional convergence is a key objective of cohesion and balanced development at regional level. The existences of regional imbalances do nothing only delay the achievement this objective, requiring the emergence of viable and appropriate measures of the new European context. This article aims to...

This article aims to analyze and synthetically interpret the main theoretical contributions of regional development and their representatives, who had a significant scientific contribution, succeeding to print this approach to economic problems a transdisciplinary character. It also aims to...

This study has as general objective to evaluate regional disparities and the territorial convergence process under the impact of the cohesion policy, in the context of European Union integration. The specific objectives to which the research included in this work focused are the following:...

The evaluation process is a basic element of modern public sector management practice. If this process is well conducted, it can contribute to improved public interventions, increased transparency, accountability and cost-effectiveness. In the European Union, old Member States have a relatively...

The general objective of this study is to evaluate regional disparities and the territorial convergence under the impact of the cohesion policy, in the context of the European Union integration. The specific objectives on which the research included in this work focused are the following:...

A key objective of regional development policy is to reduce disparities between regions and to ensure a relatively balanced level of development. To achieve this goal studies and social and economic analysis based on certain techniques and methods of evaluation are necessary. In scientific...