The AER and EU Cohesion policy: assessing the present and anticipating for the future

Reform agenda :

• November 2010:The European Commission publishes its 5th report on economic, social and territorial cohesion in Europe
• 31/01-01/02 2011: Cohesion forum and end of the consultation

• June 2011: EC published its proposals of Multiannual Financial Framework

• 6 October 2011: The European Commission proposed to the Council and the Parliament a series of framework regulation for all structural funds.

• End 2012: End of inter-institutional negotiations and adoption of the regulations

• 2013: Preparation and negotiations of the Operational Programme and the Partnership agreements.

• 2014: Start of the programmes

• AER Recommendations for the future cohesion policy 2013+
  AER official position on future cohesion policy, based on several declarations adopted since 2007 and on the reflection work carried out by the AER Task Force on cohesion policy.

• Open Letter to José Manuel Barroso on EU Budget
  On 23rd October 2009, AER reacted to an EC internal working paper, proposing “a budget reform agenda for the EU. This draft communication raised concerns at AER, expressed in the open letter below.

• AER contribution to the EC Green paper on territorial cohesion, 26 February 2009
  

• The AER study on future regional policy 2014+ was published in January 2008.
  Outcome of a consultation to which 60 Regions from over 22 European Countries, participated.