EU Cohesion Policy

Edited by Nicola Francesco Dotti, Independent Scholar, Brussels, Belgium, Ida Musiałkowska, Associate Professor of Economics and European Studies, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado, Professor of Urbanism and Urban Regeneration, Department of Urban and Spatial Planning, School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and Julia Walczyk, Independent Scholar, United Nations' University UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands

‘The stakes for the European Union are now higher than ever. If it is to survive and thrive, it needs well-functioning policies. Few policies can contribute as much to the European project as the Cohesion Policy. But it needs to work well to help deliver a more efficient, cohesive, and resilient Europe. This edited volume by Dotti, Musiałkowska, De Gregorio Hurtado, and Walczyk provides a welcome and timely multidisciplinary reflection about how to improve the policy and help the EU brave the many challenges it currently faces.’

• Contents:Foreword: EU Cohesion Policy an Interdisciplinary Approach xixPreface xxi1 Introduction to EU Cohesion Policy: A MultidisciplinaryApproach 1Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia DeGregorio Hurtado and Julia WalczykPART I DISCIPLINARY GENEALOGIES2 The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regionaleconomic development to the place-based approach 10Piotr Idczak, Ida Musiałkowska and Dagmara Kociuba3 Regional economic theories as drivers of the EU Cohesion Policy 30Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi and Christian Oberst4 A legal perspective on the origins and evolution of the EUCohesion Policy 47Serafin Pazos-Vidal5 The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy: insights into itsgenealogy, evolution, and future potential 65Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado6 Quality of life, Cohesion Policy, and the European social model 84Bryonny Goodwin-HawkinsPART II ASSESSING WHAT WORKS7 Evaluation experience from the EU Cohesion Policy 100Oto Potluka8 The economic impacts of Cohesion Policy 114Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua9 Financial engineering instruments: implementation,governance challenges and lessons learned 125Claudia Gloazzo10 Financial engineering instruments for urban investments 145Piotr Idczak11 The sub-regional dimension of European localdevelopment policies 161Alberto Bramanti and Paolo RossoPART III THE ‘WHEN’ AND ‘WHERE’ OF COHESIONPOLICY IMPLEMENTATION12 Smart specialisation strategy: a territorial governance perspective 180Sebastien Bourdin13 The environmental and sustainable development perspective 193Silvia Grandi and Federico Martellozzo14 A cross-border perspective on European local and regionaldevelopment policies 213Alberto Bramanti and Paula Tulppo15 Relationship between civil society and Cohesion Policy 229Oto Potluka16 Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy programmes: a geofinance and multilevel perspective 241Paula Tulppo and Silvia GrandiPART IV LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE CHALLENGES17 Future perspective: from multi-level to multi-layeredCohesion Policy 256Serafin Pazos-Vidal18 Partnerships in Cohesion Policy for smart, inclusiveand sustainable growth: an operational framework foreffective multi-level policy implementation 275Mattia Casula, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti19 Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe 292John Bachtler, Sebastien Bourdin and Martin Ferry20 Integrating EU climate action into Cohesion Policy:instruments, developments and challenges 311Ekaterina Domorenok21 Cooperate to survive: a new age of policies for cohesion 329Kai Böhme and Maria ToptsidouPART V CONCLUSIONS22 Lessons learnt and main messages 344Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia DeGregorio Hurtado and Julia WalczykIndex