Publications
Additional tools
2022
Brochures
Communications
- Synergies between ERDF programmes and Horizon Europe
- Flexible Assistance to Territories (FAST-CARE)
- New European Bauhaus territorial development model (NEB TDM) financial instrument
- Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities
- Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions
- Cohesion in Europe towards 2050: 8th Cohesion Report
Guides
- Communicating operations of strategic importance in 2021-2027: a practical toolbox
- Safeguarding EU-funded investments with Integrity Pacts - A decision-maker’s guide to collaborative public contracting monitoring
- Support kit for EU visibility: 2021-2027 brand book for managing authorities and project beneficiaries
- A practical guidebook detailing the three steps in the Integrity Pacts journey
Reports
- Eighth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion
- 8th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion - Highlights
Studies
- Evaluation of e-Cohesion 2014-2020
- Measuring the Quality of Government at the Sub-National Level
- Providing public transport in cross-border regions – Mapping of existing services and legal obstacles
Working Papers
Factsheets
- CARE: Cohesion’s action for refugees in Europe
- Factsheet – The 8th Cohesion Report: Cohesion in Europe towards 2050
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - French Guiana
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Guadeloupe
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Saint Martin
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Réunion
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Martinique
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Madeira
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Canary Islands
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Azores
- The European Structural and Investment Funds - Main achievements of the ESI Funds by end-2020
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions - Mayotte
2021
Brochures
- Updated version (2021) - Urban Agenda for the EU: Multi-level governance in action
- Ljubljana agreement
- Jaspers: Helping to improve people's lives
- Territorial Agenda 2030 - A future for all places
Communications
- The territorial just transition plans
- Closing the climate protection gap - Scoping policy and data gaps
Evaluations
- Evaluation of investments in Research and Technological Development (RTD) infrastructures and activities supported by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) in the period 2007-2013
- Analysis and assessment of the services and performance of JASPERS initiative 2014-2018
Evaluations Guidance Documents
- Performance, monitoring and evaluation of the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund in 2021-2027
- Cross-Regional Sequential Difference in Difference (CR-SEQDD)
Guidelines
- Guidelines on the closure of operational programmes adopted for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (2014-2020)
- Audit methodology for auditing financial instruments in the period 2014-2020
- Financial Instruments in ESIF Programmes 2014-2020
Guides
- Economic Appraisal Vademecum 2021-2027 - General Principles and Sector Applications
- Administrative Capacity Building Self-assessment Instrument for Managing Authorities of EU Funds under Cohesion Policy
- Youth for a just transition - A toolkit for youth participation in the just transition fund
Maps
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Sweden
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Bulgaria
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Luxembourg
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Poland
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Austria
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Malta
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Croatia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Denmark
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Slovakia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Latvia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Germany
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Portugal
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Hungary
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Lithuania
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Romania
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Greece
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Estonia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Finland
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Cyprus
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: EU27
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Slovenia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Italia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Belgium
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Netherlands
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: France
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Ireland
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Czechia
- Structural Funds 2021-2027 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Spain
Reports
- Strategic report 2021 on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Report - Citizens' awareness and perception of EU regional policy
- EU Border Regions: Living labs of European integration
- Final report on the audit of the functioning of the management and control systems in place to avoid conflict of interest in Czechia
- European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 2020 - Summary report of the programme annual implementation reports covering implementation in 2014-2019
- Annual Activity Report 2020
- Strategic Evaluation of the Bulgarian Centres of Competence and Centres of Excellence
- The importance of scientific domains for technological diversification in European regions
Studies
- Repositioning of the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region - Final report of the initial study on a new “brand identity” for EUSAIR
- Analysis of Cross-border obstacles between EU Member States and Enlargement Countries
- EU-Japan Joint Study on demographic trends and territorial policy responses
- Self-rule index for local authorities in the EU, Council of Europe and OECD countries, 1990-2020
- Study on the impact of COVID-19 on the Outermost Regions
- Regional impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the tourist sector
- Jaspers initiative in 2014-2020 - Mid-term evaluation
- European Emissions Trading System (ETS) – Calculations on the regional employment impact of ETS installations
- Digital Communication Strategy for EUSAIR (European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region)
- Study on prioritisation in Smart Specialisation Strategies in the EU
- Unlocking the crowdfunding potential for the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Support to SME initiative evaluation in the Member States
- Empirically Led Internationalisation of S3 - An Investigation Based on Micro-Data for the Country of Slovenia
- EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) facilitating the enlargement process of Western Balkans
- Identification of key elements for creating the touristic cross-border functional area at the Lithuanian – Polish border
- Study on peer learning tools for the administrative capacity building in the management of ERDF and the Cohesion Fund
- Assessment Study of the Urban Innovative Actions 2014-2020 - Final report
Working Papers
- Mapping the glass ceiling: The EU regions where women thrive and where they are held back
- Where does the EU cohesion policy produce its impact? Simulations with a regional dynamic general equilibrium model
Factsheets
Infographic
Data Protection
2020
Brochures
- Stories of European Cooperation - Slovakia, Austria & Hungary
- Stories of European Cooperation - Italy and its neighbours
- Stories of European Cooperation - The Outermost Regions
- Stories of European Cooperation - France, Spain, Portugal and UK - Cooperation across borders!
- New Leipzig Charter- The transformative power of cities for the common good
- Manifesto for young people by young people to shape the European cooperation policy
- Annual activity report 2019 - Highlights
Evaluations
- Ex post evaluation of major projects supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund between 2000 and 2013: Environment
- Executive summary of the Ex post evaluations of major projects in the transport and environmental sectors financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund between 2000 and 2013
- Staff working document: Ex post evaluation of major projects in transport financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund between 2000 and 2013
- Staff working document: Ex post evaluation of major projects in environment financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund between 2000 and 2013
Guidelines
- Communicating Cohesion policy in 2021-2027
- Guidance on the calculation of total eligible costs to apply for major projects in 2014-2020 (updated)
- Supporting sustainability transitions under the European Green Deal with cohesion policy. Toolkit for national and regional decision-makers
- List of programme specific indicators related to the cohesion policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Guides
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 75: Going Green and Digital in 2021
- Panorama 74: Latvia building bridges to strengthen regional growth
- Panorama 73: Emilia-Romagna in line for a smarter future
- Panorama 72: Hungary looks to a brighter future
- Panorama 71: Portugal’s agenda prioritises growth and sustainability
Reports
- Strategic report 2020 on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Report on a toolkit for national and regional decision-makers. Supporting sustainability transitions under the European Green Deal with cohesion policy
- Report on the Quality of life in European cities
- EU Cross-border cooperation survey (2020)
- Third Report on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies
- Implementation of the Commission Communication on a stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU's outermost regions
- Pilot Action - Regions in Industrial Transition: Capitalisation Phase
- Report on the activities of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for 2017 and 2018
Studies
- Synthesis study on DG REGIO communication actions
- A pilot project to collect, clean and assess the list of operations produced by cohesion policy programmes at national, regional level
- Foreign direct investment, global value chains and regional economic development in Europe
- Falling into the middle-income trap? A study on the risks for EU regions to be caught in a middle-income trap
- Cities in the World - A New Perspective on Urbanisation
- The use of technical assistance for administrative capacity building in the 2014-2020 period
- Test and update of regionalised ESIF payments 1989-2018
- Smart specialisation: beyond patents
- Exploring the impact of inter-regional linkages on regional diversification in Europe in the context of smart specialisation
- Study on National Policies and Cohesion
- Demographic and health outcomes by Degree of Urbanisation: perspectives from a new classification of urban areas
- Small and Medium Enterprises in the Upper Nitra region - Scope and challenges in a socially sensitive, low-carbon industrial transition
Working Papers
- The regional dimension of social progress in Europe: Presenting the new EU Social Progress Index
- The urban-rural divide in anti-EU vote: Social, demographic and economic factors affecting the vote for parties opposed to European integration
- Does cohesion policy reduce EU discontent and Euroscepticism?
- Rail transport performance in Europe
- Convergence of EU regions redux - Recent trends in regional disparities
- Low carbon urban accessibility
Factsheets
- E-Schools project – Bringing croatian schools in the digital era
- Pilot on use of open data for greater efficiency and transparency in public procurement of EU-funded projects
- The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative in Poland
- The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative in Romania
- Cohesion Policy action against the coronavirus pandemic
- Pilot Action for authorities managing cohesion funds to involve citizens and promote transparency
- Strengthening of good governance and administrative capacity for cohesion policy - Pilot action in cooperation with the OECD
- EU coronavirus response for regions on EU external borders
- The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative in Slovenia
- Coronavirus: How EU Cohesion Policy supports research in tests, treatments and prevention
- Cohesion policy at the centre of a green and digital recovery
- The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative in Bulgaria
- The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative in Croatia
- Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Martinique (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Reunion Island (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Canary Islands (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - French Guiana (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Azores (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Guadeloupe (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Mayotte (2020)
- Major Projects: The EU largest investments for the benefit of regions and citizens
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Saint-Martin (2020)
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Madeira (2020)
- Interreg 30 years of cooperation across borders
- European Semester 2020: How Cohesion policy funds support Member States’ green reforms
- Pilot on good governance and capacity building for Cohesion Policy
2019
Brochures
- Europe’s jewels: mountains, islands and sparsely populated areas
- Urban Agenda for the EU – Multi-level governance in action
- Industrial transition: no regions left behind
- Explanatory Memo: European Urban Initiative-post 2020: article 104(5) CPR proposal and article 10 ERDF/CF proposal
Decisions
Evaluations
- Synthesis of the findings of the evaluations of European Structural and Investment Funds Programmes
- Ex Post Evaluation of the European Union Solidarity Fund 2002 - 2016
- Executive summary of the evaluation of the European union solidarity fund 2002-2017
Guidelines
- Communication monitoring and evaluation: Tips & tools
- Guidance for Member States on Article 46 - reporting on financial instruments and on Article 37(2)(c) - leverage effect
- Financial Instruments – Overview of changes in Title IV of the CPR following the Omnibus Regulation
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 70: Smart moves boost Danish business
- Panorama 69: Moravia-Silesia emerges from its industrial past
- Panorama 68: North-West Romania going in the right direction
Reports
- Strategic report 2019 on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Single bidding and non-competitive tendering
- Tackling fraud in EU cohesion spending: managing authorities need to strengthen detection, response and coordination
- Analysis of the potential of the development of rail container transport market in Poland
- Assess the potential for Investment Platforms supported by the Junker Plan in the Outermost Regions - Feasibility study
- Support for coal regions in transition - Expert study: Socio-economic analyses to improve the use of ESIF
- Second Report on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies
Studies
- Assessment of support to the development and implementation of smart specialisation strategies provided by the European Commission from 2010 to 2017
- Assessment Study of the Urban Agenda for the European Union (UAEU)
- Eurobarometer: Citizens' awareness and perception of EU Regional policy
- Preventing fraud and corruption in the European Structural and Investment Funds – taking stock of practices in the EU Member States
- Measuring the quality of Government at the subnational level and comparing results with previous studies
- City data from LFS and Big Data
Working Papers
- The great recession: main determinants of regional economic resilience in the EU
- The European Regional Competitiveness Index 2019
- Road transport performance in Europe
- Road accessibility in border regions
Factsheets
- ESI Funds: making the difference, everyday
- EUSF support to Austria
- EUSF support to Romania
- EUSF support to Italy
- Growing together: EU support to Hungary that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Lithuania that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Slovakia that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Slovenia that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Poland that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to member states that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Malta that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Cyprus that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Estonia that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Latvia that joined in 2004
- Growing together: EU support to Czechia that joined in 2004
- Cohesion policy in Poland: investment needs in 2021-2027 - Commission’s analysis
Infographic
- Citizens' awareness and perception of EU Regional policy
- Opolskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Mazovia: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Closure of operational program 2007-2013: Pomorskie
- Infrastructure and Environment: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Lodzkie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Innovative economy: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Eastern Poland: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Dolnoslaskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
2018
Brochures
- Good governance for Cohesion Policy - Administrative capacity building
- From rivalry to synergy: R&I; policy and Cohesion Policy
- The Role of Smart Specialisation in the EU Research & Innovation Policy Landscape
- TAIEX REGIO PEER 2 PEER - A new tool bringing together cohesion policy experts
Guidelines
- Guidance for Member States on the Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion to be reported by audit authorities and on the treatment of errors detected by audit authorities in view of establishing and reporting reliable total residual error rates
- Tell the story of your project: guidance for beneficiaries
- Citizens’ summaries of annual implementation reports - tips & tricks
- Guidance for Member States on Performance framework , review and reserve
- Questions & Answers on Annual Implementation Reports
- Public Procurement - Guidance for practitioners (2018)
Guides
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 67: Success stories across our regions and borders
- Panorama 66: Lithuania, building a smarter future
- Panorama 65 - Cohesion Policy: powering ahead to a smarter future
- Panorama 64: Cohesion Policy: 30 years investing in the future of European Regions
Regional Focus
Reports
- European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 - 2018 Summary report of the programme annual implementation reports covering implementation in 2014-2017
- Strategic report 2018 on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Expert analysis on geographical specificities: Mountains, Islands and Sparsely Populated Areas
- Assessment of unit costs (standard prices) of rail projects (CAPital EXpenditure)
- Support to public consultation on cohesion policy - Final report
- Ex post evaluation of major projects supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund between 2000 and 2013
- Smart Specialisation Strategies - 2017 Survey Results
- Working together for the local integration of migrants
- Comprehensive analysis of the existing cross-border rail transport connections and missing links on the internal EU borders
- EU-CELAC Cooperation on Territorial Cohesion - EU-ARGENTINA Regional Policy Cooperation on Multi-Level Governance Systems
Studies
- Climate change adaptation of major infrastructure projects
- Study on complaints-handling systems
- New assessment of ESIF administrative costs and burden
- Border Region Data collection
- Feasibility study for a potential use of Budget Support to deliver ESI Funds
- Development of a system of common indicators for European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund interventions after 2020 - Part I – Thematic Objective 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Effective and efficient delivery of ESI Funds investments – Exploring alternative delivery mechanisms
- Use and intended use of simplified cost options in European Social Fund (ESF), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund (CF) and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
- CLLD under ERDF/ESF in the EU: A stock-taking of its implementation
- Study on the coordination and harmonisation of ESI Funds and other EU instruments
- Analysis of ERDF support for inclusive growth in the 2014-2020 programming period
- Assessment of the application of EGTC regulation
- Assessing the performance of integrated territorial and urban strategies
Working Papers
- The geography of EU discontent
- A walk to the park? Assessing access to green areas in Europe's cities
Factsheets
- The European Structural and Investment Funds at work: Already €405 billion invested in the EU real economy since 2014
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - La Reunion
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Canary Islands
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Madeira
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Martinique
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Azores
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Mayotte
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Guadeloupe
- The Juncker plan at work in the outermost regions
- The outermost regions, a lasting support from the EU
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - French Guiana
- The new EU strategy for the outermost regions, one year on - Saint-Martin
- Cohesion policy: investing in the future of European regions
- Cohesion policy: investing in the future of European regions - Interreg
- The EU as a major Investor
- Estonia - a new Cohesion Policy for the future
- Communicating with Young People
- Outermost Regions: The commission's proposals for the next EU Budget for 2021-2027
- Simplification Handbook - 80 simplification measures in cohesion policy 2021-2027
- European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (2018)
- Commission initiatives helping Member States make the best use of EU funds
- EU solidarity at work: Commission offers financial aid to Greece following natural disasters
- EU solidarity at work: Commission offers financial aid to Bulgaria following natural disasters
- Strengthening good governance and administrative capacity for Cohesion Policy
- Commission and OECD present report on the local integration of migrants
- Pilot action: Regions in Industrial Transition
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Portugal
- EU Solidarity Fund: Determination of aid amounts
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Greece
- Factsheet - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Spain
- European Union Solidarity Fund - France
Infographic
- Zachodniopomorskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Closure of operational program 2007-2013: Malopolskie
- Warminsko-Mazurskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Slaskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Closure of operational program 2007-2013: Wielkopolskie
- Podlaskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Kujawsko-Pomorskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Swietokrzyskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Lubuskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Podkarpackie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- Lubelskie: closure of operational program 2007-2013
- EU solidarity at work: Commission offers financial aid to Poland following natural disasters
- EU solidarity at work: Commission offers financial aid to Lithuania following natural disasters
2017
Brochures
- EU Competency framework for management and implementation of the ERDF and Cohesion Fund
- RegioStars: ten years of success stories
- Regiostars 2017: presentation of the finalists
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world
- European Cross-Border Cooperation on Health: Theory and Practice
- Thematic Smart Specialisation - Interregional cooperation to increase innovation investment across EU borders
- EU Invest - projects funded by Regional Policy
- Smart Stories
Communications
- A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU's outermost regions
- My region, My Europe, Our future: The seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion
- Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions
- Strengthening Innovation in Europe's regions - Strategies for resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth
- Ex-post verification of additionality 2007-2013
Guidelines
- User guidelines for the EU Competency Framework and Self-Assessment Tool
- Guidance for Member States on Article 38(4) CPR - Implementation options for financial instruments by or under the responsibility of the managing authority
- Decommitment methodology (n+3) and process in 2014 - 2020
- Guidance on State aid in European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds Financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period
- Questions & Answers on e-Cohesion
- Application of State Aid Rules to national and regional funding schemes that offer alternative support to SME Instrument project proposals with a Horizon 2020 'Seal of Excellence'
- Guidance on sampling methods for audit authorities - Programming periods 2007-2013 and 2014-2020
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 63 - The Outermost Regions: joining forces across the EU
- Panorama 62: Boosting innovation across the regions
- Panorama 61: Cohesion Policy looks to the future
- Panorama 60: Bulgaria and Romania celebrate 10 years in the EU
Presentations
Reports
- European Union Solidarity Fund Annual Report 2016
- Strategic report 2017 on the implementation of European Structural and Investment Funds
- Report from the Commission to the Council on the Urban Agenda for the EU
- Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions
- 7th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion
- 7th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion - Highlights
- Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth
- Expert group report on transport accessibility for the EU Outermost Regions
- Expert group report on digital accessibility and ICT for the EU Outermost Regions
- ESIF Simplification: HLG proposal for policymakers for post-2020
- Expert group report on energy for the EU Outermost Regions
- Expert group report on green and circular economy in the Outermost Regions
- Competitiveness in low-income and low-growth regions - The lagging regions report
- World Cities 2014 - 2016: Final Report
Studies
- Macro-regional strategies and their links with cohesion policy
- Integrated territorial and urban strategies: how are ESIF adding value in 2014-2020?
- Improving the take-up and effectiveness of financial instruments
- Use of new provisions on simplification during the early implementation phase of ESIF
- Easing legal and administrative obstacles in EU border regions
- Quantification of the effects of legal and administrative border obstacles in land border regions
- The Value added of Ex ante conditionalities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI funds)
Working Papers
- Assessing the quality of government at the regional level using public procurement data
- Passenger rail accessibility in Europe's border areas
- Why Regional Development matters for Europe's Economic Future
- The Impact of Cohesion and Rural Development Policies 2007-2013: Model Simulations with QUEST III
- The EU Regional Competitiveness Index 2016
Factsheets
- The European Structural and Investment Funds at work
- What is an EU macro-regional strategy?
- Key recommendations of the High Level Group on Simplification for the post 2020 Cohesion Policy
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Saint-Martin
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Guadeloupe
- Factsheet - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
- Cohesion policy at work, delivering in all EU regions
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Martinique
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Canary Islands
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - A privileged, renewed and strengthened partnership
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Azores
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Reunion Island
- Factsheet - Seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - French Guiana
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Madeira
- The Outermost Regions: European lands In the world - Mayotte
- Overcoming obstacles in border regions - Train and qualify in your country, work in another
- Overcoming Obstacles in Border Regions - Over the border for work, back in time for supper (Denmark-Sweden)
- Overcoming obstacles in border regions - Responding to emergency across the border
- Overcoming obstacles in border regions - Affordable tickets for local travel across the border
- Overcoming obstacles in border regions - When the nearest hospital happens to be abroad
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Austria
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in United Kingdom
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Czech Republic
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Greece
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Europe's regions
- Smart Specialisation - Pilot actions
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Cyprus
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Germany
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Luxembourg
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Slovakia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Hungary
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Ireland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Sweden
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Belgium
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Denmark
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Estonia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Croatia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Portugal
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Spain
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Finland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Poland
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in the Netherlands
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Malta
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Bulgaria
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Romania
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Italia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Latvia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Slovenia
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in France
- Smart Specialisation - Strengthening Innovation in Lithuania
- EU Solidarity Fund: Determination of aid amounts
- EU Invest in Germany - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Slovakia - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Belgium - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Czech Republic - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Sweden - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in the United Kingdom - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Hungary - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Lithuania - projects funded by Regional Policy
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs - INTERREG
- EU Invest in Spain - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Ireland - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Luxembourg - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in the Netherlands - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Portugal - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in France - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Italy - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Romania - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Estonia - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Greece - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Finland - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Latvia - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Poland - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Cyprus - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Malta - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Slovenia - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Austria - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Croatia - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Denmark - projects funded by Regional Policy
- EU Invest in Bulgaria - projects funded by Regional Policy
Infographic
- Infographic: EU Competency framework for management and implementation of the ERDF and Cohesion Fund
- Border Regions - Measures to boost Growth and Jobs
- Smart Regions: Empowering Regions to harness globalisation
2016
Brochures
- Danube Region Strategy: Success Stories
- Preparation of a Common Position of the EU and its Member States for the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) to be held in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016
- Sustainable urban development in the EU
- Regiostars 2016 : presentation of the finalists
- Reassessing economic development policies for regions and cities: Growth and Equity;Institutions and Governance; People and Places
- How to strengthen the integration of migrants in cities?
- Funding opportunities to support disaster risk prevention in the cohesion policy 2014-2020 period
- European Structural and Investment Funds and European Fund for Strategic Investments complementarities: Ensuring coordination, synergies and complementarity
- Jaspers: 10 years of Support for Cohesion Policy
Decisions
Evaluations
- Country report Malta - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Czech Republic - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Austria - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Germany - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Belgium - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Greece - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Sweden - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Denmark - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Latvia - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Italia - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report France - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Spain - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Romania - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Slovenia - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Estonia - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Ireland - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Poland - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Interreg Programmes - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Luxembourg - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Hungary - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Croatia - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Lithuania - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Finland - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report United Kingdom - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Slovak Republic - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report The Netherlands - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Cyprus - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Bulgaria - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Country report Portugal - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Commission Staff Working Document - Ex post evaluation of the ERDF and Cohesion Fund 2007-13
- Synthesis report - Work Package 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Delivery System - Work Package 12 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- European territorial Cooperation - Work Package 11 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Culture and Tourism - Final Report - Work Package 9 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- The impact of cohesion policy 2007-2013: model simulations with Quest III - Final Report - WORK PACKAGE 14a Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Transport - Final Report - Work Package 5 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Propensity score matching - Final Report - Work package 14d Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- The impact of cohesion policy 2007-2013: model simulations with RHOMOLO - Work Package 14b Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Small and medium sized enterprises, innovation, ICT - Final Report - Work package 2 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Urban development and Social infrastructure - Final Report - Work package 10 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Large enterprises - Final Report - Work package 4 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Environment - Final Report - Work package 6 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Measuring the impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds using regression discontinuity design in EU27 in the period 1994-2011 - Work package 14C Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on ERDF and the Cohesion Fund
- Measuring the impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds using the Regression Discontinuity Design, Final technical report - Work package 14c of the Ex Post Evaluation of the ERDF and CF 2007-2013
- Financial Instruments for Enterprises - Final Report - Work package 3 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
Guidelines
- Guidance on ensuring the respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union when implementing the European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’)
- Guidance for Member States on the selection of bodies implementing financial instruments
- Guidance Note on Nomenclature of Categories of Intervention and the Methodology for Tracking of Climate Change Related Expenditure under Cohesion Policy
- Guidance for Member States on Interest and Other Gains Generated by ESI Funds support paid to FI (Article 43 CPR)
- Guidance for Member States on audit of accounts
- Guidance for Member States on Preparation, Examination and Acceptance of Accounts
- Guidance for Member States on withdrawals and recoveries
- Guidance for Member States on the calculation of total eligible costs to apply for major projects in 2014-2020
Guides
Maps
- Map of road projects supported by Cohesion policy between 2000 and 2013 (and operational by the end of 2014)
- Map of rail projects supported by Cohesion policy between 2000 and 2013 (and operational by the end of 2014)
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 59: EU contribution strengthens UN global urban agenda
- Panorama 58: An Urban Agenda for the EU
- Panorama 57: Pomorskie takes the smart route
- Panorama 56: Coordinated efforts to safeguard funding
Presentations
- Presentation - Cohesion policy delivering benefits for citizens - Main results 2007-2013
- Investing in regions and cities: EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
Reports
- Report on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies
- Strategic report 2016 on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Staff Working document - 2016 Synthesis of Evaluation Results and Plans under the ESIF Programmes 2014-2020
- Report on GVA of multiregional enterprises - A survey of regional indicators used for the compilation of GOS of multi-regional enterprises
- European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 2016 Summary Report of the programme annual implementation reports covering implementation in 2014-2015
- State of European Cities Report 2016
- European Union Solidarity Fund Annual Report 2015
- EU-Peru cooperation on regional innovation systems in the framework of regional policy.
- Overcoming Obstacles in border Regions - Summary report on the online public consultation
Studies
- Study on the expected results of Cohesion Policy in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia within the programming period 2014-2020
- Collecting solid evidence to assess the needs to be addressed by Interreg cross-border cooperation programmes
- The implementation of the performance frameworks in 2014-2020 ESI Funds
- Implementation of the partnership principle and multi-level governance during the 2014-2020 ESI Funds
- The implementation of the provisions in relation to the ex ante conditionalities during the programming phase of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds
- Setting up a database to assess impacts and effects of certain thresholds and limits in Regulation No 1303/2013 (CPR)
- The use of new provisions during the programming phase of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Stock-taking of administrative capacity, systems and practices across the EU to ensure the compliance and quality of public procurement involving European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds
- EU Competency Framework for the management and implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund
- EU-Latin America Cooperation on Regional Innovation Systems in the framework of Regional Policy (Chile and Peru)
- Quality of life in European Cities 2015
Working Papers
- From rail timetables to regional and urban indicators on rail passenger services
- A walk to the park? - assessing access to green urban areas in Europe's cities (Archived)
Factsheets
- 9 ways Cohesion Policy works for Europe - main results 2007-2013
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Sweden
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Latvia
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Cyprus
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Poland
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Greece
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in France
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Estonia
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Lithuania
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Slovakia
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Bulgaria
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Finland
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Luxembourg
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in the Netherlands
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Belgium
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Spain
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Ireland
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Malta
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Romania
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Denmark
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Czech Republic
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Hungary
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Portugal
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Austria
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in the United Kingdom
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Italy
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Slovenia
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Croatia
- Cohesion Policy supporting growth and jobs in Germany
- High Level Group on Simplification: For a simpler delivery of ESI Funds
- Cohesion Policy support for the circular economy
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Poland
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Cyprus
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Finland
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Malta
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Estonia
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Portugal
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Croatia
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Italy
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Slovenia
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - United Kingdom
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Latvia
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Netherlands
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Slovakia
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - European Territorial Cooperation
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - France
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Bulgaria
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Austria
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Sweden
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Germany
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Luxembourg
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Romania
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Belgium
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Hungary
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Ireland
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Lithuania
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Spain
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Czech Republic
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Denmark
- European Structural and Investment Funds: Country factsheet - Greece
Infographic
- Infographics: Cohesion Policy - Delivering benefits for citizens - Main results 2007-2013
- 17 projects selected to pilot the Integrity Pacts
- Cohesion Policy at work: all Member States have gained from the 2007-2013 funding
- Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 supports the Circular Economy
- Urban Agenda for the EU - Infographics
- Overcoming obstacles in border regions: result of the online public consultation
2015
Brochures
- Regiostars Awards 2015 - Presentation of the finalists
- Territorial Cooperation in Europe - A Historical Perspective
- Abstract Book - Challenges for the New Cohesion Policy in 2014-2020: An Academic and Policy Debate
Communications
- Investing in jobs and growth – Maximising the contribution of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Action Plan - Working document accompanying the Communication concerning the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
- Communication concerning a European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region
Decisions
- Commission Decision of 10.7.2015 setting up the High Level Group of Independent Experts on Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Adopted Guidelines on Closure 2007-2013
Evaluations
- Energy efficiency in public and residential buildings - Final Report Work Package 8 - Evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013
- Geography of Expenditure - Final Report - Work Package 13 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF)
- Data collection and quality assessment - Final Report Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund (CF) - Work Package Zero
- Data collection and quality assessment - Final Report - Work Package 0 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013, focusing on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund (CF)
Guidelines
- Guidance for Member States on the use of European Structural and Investment Funds in tackling educational and spatial segregation
- Guidance for Member States on Article 42(1)(d) CPR– Eligible management costs and fees
- Guidance for Member States on the Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion (Programming period 2014-2020)
- Public Procurement - Guidance for practitioners
- Guidance for Member States on Management verifications
- Guidance for Member States on Audit Strategy
- Guidance for Member States on the Drawing of Management Declaration and Annual Summary
- Guidance for Member States and Programme Authorities CPR_37_7_8_9 Combination of support from a Financial Instrument with other forms of support
- Guidance for Member States on Combination of support from a financial instrument with other forms of support
- Example of logos
- Reporting Instructions for the Financial Engineering Instruments (AIR 2014)
- Guidance for Member States on Article 41 CPR - Requests for payment
- Guidance on Joint Action Plans
- Guidance for Member States on Article 41 CPR– Request for payment
- Guidance for Member States on Integrated Sustainable Urban Development (Article 7 ERDF Regulation)
- Guidance for Member States on Definition and use of repayable assistance in comparison to financial instruments and grants
- Guidance for Member States on Financial Instruments - Glossary
- Guidance for Member States on Article 37(2) CPR– Ex-ante assessment
- Guidance for Member States on Article 37(4) CPR– Support to enterprises/working capital
Legislation
Maps
- Transnational cooperation 2014-2020
- EU Strategy for the Alpine Region map with capitals
- Comparison perimeter EUSALP – Alpine Space Programme – Alpine Convention
- EU Strategy for the Alpine Region - Map
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 55: Delivering the EU's investment policy
- Panorama 54: Powering the Energy Union
- Panorama 53: Europe goes digital
- Panorama 52: Lending a hand to deliver cohesion policy
Presentations
- What have Structural and Cohesion Funds done for us? - Assessing the long-term achievements of Cohesion policy
- Growth – Innovation – Competitiveness: to Foster
- EU Regional and Urban Policy: Challenges ahead
Regional Focus
Reports
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Annual Report 2014
- Scenarios for Integrated Territorial Investments
- Summary of data on the progress made in financing and implementing financial engineering instruments - 2014
- Cross-border cooperation in the EU
- Citizens’ awareness and perceptions of EU regional policy
- Chinese European Training on Regional Policy - EU-China Regional Policy Dialogue - Final Report 2014
- Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean : sharing experiences in regional development policies
- Results of the public consultation on the key features of an EU Urban Agenda
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Annual Report 2013
Studies
- Self-rule Index for Local Authorities (Release 1.0)
- Support of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) to the implementation of the Country Specific Recommendations and to structural reforms in Member States
- EU-Colombia Cooperation on Regional Policy Capacity Building for Urban Cross-Border Cooperation Actors
- Feasibility study for a potential use of budget support in the delivery of the European Structural and Investment Funds
- Effective and efficient delivery of European Structural and Investment Funds investments – Exploring alternative delivery mechanisms
- Study on the use of new provisions on simplification during the early implementation phase of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds.
- Territorial Agenda 2020 put in practice - Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Cohesion Policy by a place-based approach
- EU-Latin America Cooperation on Regional Innovation Strategies in the framework of Regional Policy
- Local and Regional Partners Contributing to Europe 2020: Multi-level governance in support of Europe 2020
- Study on the application of flat rates for revenue generating projects in the fields of ICT, RDI and energy efficiency
Working Papers
- The impact of the economic and financial crisis on the reform of Cohesion Policy 2008-2013
- Econometric assessments of Cohesion Policy growth effects: How to make them more relevant for policy makers?
- Measuring access to public transport in European cities
COCOF Guidance Documents
Letter of Intent
Factsheets
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: Migration
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: The Internal Market
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: The Digital Single Market
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: The Energy Union and Climate-change policies
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: The Economic and Monetary Union
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: Jobs, Growth and Investment
- Contribution of ESI Funds to the Commission's priorities: Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Country profile – key indicators: Croatia
- Country profile – key indicators: Finland
- Country profile – key indicators: Sweden
- Country profile – key indicators: Czech Republic
- Country profile – key indicators: Estonia
- Country profile – key indicators: Poland
- Country profile – key indicators: Portugal
- Country profile – key indicators: Ireland
- Country profile – key indicators: Italy
- Country profile – key indicators: Germany
- Country profile – key indicators: Latvia
- Country profile – key indicators: Cyprus
- Country profile – key indicators: Belgium
- Country profile – key indicators: Slovenia
- Country profile – key indicators: Romania
- Country profile – key indicators: The Netherlands
- Country profile – key indicators: Spain
- Country profile – key indicators: France
- Country profile – key indicators: Luxemburg
- Country profile – key indicators: Lituania
- Country profile – key indicators: United Kingdom
- Country profile – key indicators: Greece
- Country profile – key indicators: Hungary
- Country profile – key indicators: Bulgaria
- Country profile – key indicators: Denmark
- Country profile – key indicators: Slovakia
- Country profile – key indicators: Austria
- Country profile – key indicators: Malta
Infographic
- Infographic - Business Support
- Infographic - Digital Single Market
- Infographic - Employment, Job Creation and Training
- Infographic - Internal Market
- Infographic - Environment
- Infographic - Transport
- Infographic - Research and Innovation
- Infographic - Energy Union and Climate
- Infographic - Economic and Monetary Union
- Infographic - Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Infographic - Jobs, Growth and Investment
- Infographic: TAIEX REGIO PEER 2 PEER
- Infographic: Public Procurement - Guidance for practitioners
2014
Brochures
- An introduction to EU Cohesion Policy
- Regiostars Awards 2014 - Presentation of the finalists
- The EU explained: Regional Policy - Making Europe’s regions and cities more competitive, fostering growth and creating jobs
- How EU Cohesion Policy is helping to tackle the challenges of climate change and energy security
- Mobilising Regions for Growth and Jobs
- For a prosperous and integrated Adriatic And Ionian region
- Smart specialisation and Europe’s growth agenda
- Integrated Sustainable Urban Development
- Ensuring the visibility of Cohesion Policy : Information and communication rules 2014-2020
- Urban development in the EU
- Research Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation
- Integrated Territorial Investment
- Community-led Local Development
- Financial Instruments in Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
- A new Cohesion Policy for jobs and growth in Europe
Communications
- Guidelines on the application of the measures linking effectiveness of the European Structural and Investment Funds to sound economic governance according to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 1303/2013
- The urban dimension of EU policies – key features of an EU Urban Agenda
- Communication concerning the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region
Decisions
- Council conclusions on the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), General Affairs Council meeting
- Council conclusions on the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region
- Council conclusions on the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), General Affairs Council meeting
- 2014/99/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from ESIF
- XVI Council of the Adriatic Ionian Council: Athens Declaration
Evaluations
- Annual evaluation plan 2014
- Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2007-2013 financed by the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund - WP1: Synthesis Report
- Explanatory note on the availability of expenditure data at NUTS3 level by priority theme 2012
Guidelines
- Guidance for Member States on Designation Procedure
- Synergies between ESIF, Horizon 2020 + other EU smart growth programmes
- Guidance for the Commission and Member States on a common methodology for the assessment of management and control systems in the Member States
- Guidance on Simplified Cost Options (SCOs): Flat rate financing, Standard scales of unit costs, Lump sums
- Programming of Technical Assistance at the Initiative of the Member States
- Ex-ante assessment methodologies for FIs – Training for Managing authorities – June 2014
- Guidelines for determining financial corrections to FEI
- Fraud Risk Assessment and Effective and Proportionate Anti-Fraud Measures
- Guidance on Community-Led Local development for Local Actors
- Standardised key terminology
- General methodology covering all thematic objectives - Quick reference guide
- Thematic Guidance Fiche : Specific Investment Priorities for ETC
- Guidance on Community-led Local development in European Structural and Investment Funds
- Financial instruments for urban and territorial development - Volume V
- Draft Guidelines for the Content of the Cooperation Programme
- Supporting the shift towards low-carbon economy (Thematic objective 4) - Volume IV
- Strengthening research, technological development and innovation (Thematic objective 1) - Volume II
- Enhancing the competitiveness of SME, including agriculture, microcredit and fisheries (Thematic objective 3) - Volume III
- General methodology covering all thematic objectives - Volume I
- Draft Guidelines for the Content of the Operational Programme
- Thematic Guidance: Tourism
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Transport (Thematic Objective 7 - Sustainable transport and network bottlenecks)
- Draft template and guidelines on the content of the Partnership Agreement
- Thematic Guidance: support to culture and sport related investments
- Implementation guidance 2014 -2020: Information and Communication
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Sustainable Multimodal Urban Mobility (Thematic Objective 4)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Energy Efficiency Investments (Thematic Objective 4 - Low Carbon Economy)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Biodiversity, Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services and Natura 2000 (Thematic Objective 6 - Environment and Resource Efficiency)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: SME competitiveness (Thematic Objective 3)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Roma and Marginalised Communities (Thematic objective 9 - Social Inclusion and Poverty)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Prevention and Management (Thematic Objective 5 - Adaptation and Risk Management )
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Water Management (Thematic Objective 6 - Environment and Resource Efficiency)
- Guidance Fiche: Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Health (Thematic objective 9 - Social Inclusion and Poverty)
- Guidance Fiche: Guidance on Ex Ante Conditionalities for the European Structural and Investment Funds – Part II
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Renewable Energy and Smart Grids Investments (Thematic Objective 4 - Low Carbon Economy)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Research and Innovation (Thematic Objective 1 - Research and Innovation)
- Thematic Objective 3 : Digital Growth (Thematic Objective 2 - ICT )
- Guidance Fiche: Guidance on Ex Ante Conditionalities for the European Structural and Investment Funds – Part I
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Waste Management (Thematic Objective 6 - Environment and Resource Efficiency)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Employment and Labour Mobility (Thematic objective 8)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Early School Leaving (ESL) (Thematic objective 10)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Social Inclusion (Thematic objective 9)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Institutional Capacity Building (Thematic objective 11)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: VET and Adult Learning (Thematic objective 10)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Higher education (Thematic objective 1-10)
- Guidance Fiche: Arrangements on Territorial Development
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Early Childhood Education and Care (Thematic objective 9-10)
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Transition from Institutional to Community-based care (De-Institutionalisation - DI) (Thematic objective 9) en
- Thematic Guidance Fiche: Social Economy and Social Enterprises (Thematic objective 9)
Guides
- Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
- Guidance for Beneficiaries of European Structural and Investment Funds and related EU instruments
- Guide to High-Speed Broadband Investment
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: Financial instruments for urban and territorial development - Volume V
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: General methodology covering all thematic objectives - Quick reference guide
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: Strengthening research, technological development and innovation (Thematic objective 1) - Volume II
- Enabling synergies between European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and other research, innovation and competitiveness-related Union programmes
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: Supporting the shift towards low-carbon economy (Thematic objective 4) - Volume IV
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: Enhancing the competitiveness of SME, including agriculture, microcredit and fisheries (Thematic objective 3) - Volume III
- Ex-ante assessment methodology for financial instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period: General methodology covering all thematic objectives - Volume I
- Guidance document on evaluation plans
- Financing the energy renovation of buildings with Cohesion Policy funding
Legislation
- Commission Delegated Regulation on provisions supplementing Part Two, Three and Four of CPR (Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 184/2014 of 25 February 2014 laying down pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the ESIF
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds
Maps
- Cross-Border Cooperation 2014-2020 Map
- Employment rate, (ages 20-64), 2012 - Distance to National 2020 target
- Population aged 30-34 with tertiary educational attainment, 2010-2012 - Distance to National 2020 target
- Early school leavers aged 18-24, 2010- 2012 - Distance to National 2020 target
- Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2012 - Distance to National 2020 target
- Total expenditure on R&D;, 2011 - Distance to National 2020 target
- Total expenditure on R&D;, 2011
- Employment rate, (ages 20-64), 2012
- Population aged 30-34 with a tertiary educational attainment, average 2010-2012
- Early school leavers from education or training aged 18-24, average 2010-2012
- Population at-risk of poverty or social exclusion, 2012
- Population suffering from severe material deprivation, 2012
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Croatia
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Czech Republic
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Belgium
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Lithuania
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Finland
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: United Kingdom
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Romania
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Italy
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Slovenia
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Bulgaria
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Latvia
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Denmark
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Sweden
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: EU28
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Greece
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: France
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Luxembourg
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Ireland
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Malta
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Austria
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Spain
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Slovakia
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Germany
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Poland
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Hungary
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Cyprus
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Netherlands
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Portugal
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility: Estonia
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 51 - The new Commission takes office
- Panorama 50 - Towards innovation
- Panorama 49 - Building Partnerships
- Panorama 48 - Cohesion Policy 2014-2020: Momentum builds
Posters
- Cross-Border Cooperation 2014-2020 Poster
- "Europe in my Region" Photo Competition 2014
- Structural Funds 2014-2020 (ERDF and ESF) eligibility
Reports
- EU-Latin America Collaboration on Cross-Border Cooperation in the Framework of Regional Policy: Information Sessions 3 and 4 in Europe for Latin American Experts and Workshops 3 and 4 in Latin America carried out in 2013
- Northern Ireland in Europe - Report of the European Commission’s Northern Ireland Task Force 2007-2014
- Summary of data on the progress made in financing and implementing financial engineering instruments reported by the managing authorities
- 6th Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion
- EU-Chile cooperation on regional innovation systems in the framework of regional policy
- Report concerning the governance of macro-regional strategies
- Chinese European Training on Regional Policy: EU-China Regional Policy Dialogue - Final Report 2013
- EU-Latin America Collaboration on Cross-Border Cooperation in the Framework of Regional Policy: Information Sessions 1 and 2 in Europe for Latin American Experts and Workshops 1 and 2 in Latin America
- Expert evaluation network on the performance of Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Synthesis of National Reports 2013
- EU-European Neighbourhood-Russia: cross-border cooperation in the framework of regional policy
- Cross-Border Cooperation in West Africa: Support to integrated and sustainable development and cross-border cooperation between Macaronesia, Cape Verde and Senegal
Studies
- Assessment of demand and supply in administrative capacity to manage European Structural and Investment Funds and explore interest in exchange instrumenta new staff
- EU Central America Cooperation: Support to the Central American Integration System’s (SICA) cross-border cooperation actions
- Studies on the integration of new regulatory elements in the programming process
- Co-financing Salaries, Bonuses, Top-ups from Structural Funds during the 2007-2013 period
- The economic impact of climate change and adaptation in the Outermost Regions
- REDI: The Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index - Measuring regional entrepreneurship
- JESSICA 2014-2020 Evaluation Study for the Lorraine Region
- Study on Strengthening Regional Innovation Systems in Peru: Policy lessons
Working Papers
- Regionalisation of SAMs and Trade Flows in the RHOMOLO model
- A harmonised definition of cities and rural areas: the new degree of urbanisation
Factsheets
- Cohesion Policy and Ireland
- Cohesion Policy and Malta
- Cohesion Policy and the United Kingdom
- Cohesion Policy and Luxembourg
- Cohesion Policy and Italy
- Cohesion Policy and Austria
- Cohesion Policy and Croatia
- Cohesion Policy and the Czech Republic
- Cohesion Policy and Belgium
- Cohesion Policy and Hungary
- Cohesion Policy and the Netherlands
- Cohesion Policy and France
- Cohesion Policy and Romania
- Cohesion Policy and Bulgaria
- Cohesion Policy and Portugal
- Cohesion Policy and Lithuania
- Cohesion Policy and Estonia
- Cohesion Policy and Germany
- Cohesion Policy and Slovakia
- Cohesion Policy and Cyprus
- Cohesion Policy and Latvia
- Cohesion Policy and Greece
- Cohesion Policy and Finland
- Cohesion Policy and Poland
- Cohesion Policy and Sweden
- Cohesion Policy and Denmark
- Cohesion Policy and Slovenia
- Cohesion Policy and Spain
Youth
Infographic
2013
Brochures
- Targeting Investments on Key Growth Priorities: Research and Innovation
- Targeting Investments on Key Growth Priorities: Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy
- Targeting Investments on Key Growth Priorities: Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Targeting Investments on Key Growth Priorities: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Regiostars Awards 2013 - Presentation of the finalists
- EU Cohesion Policy contributing to employment and growth in Europe
Communications
Decisions
Evaluations
- Evaluation of the main achievements of Cohesion Policy programmes and projects over the longer term in 15 selected regions (from 1989-1993 programming period to the present)
- Expert evaluation network 2013: Job creation as an indicator of outcomes in ERDF programmes
- Evaluation of the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON) programme
- Expert evaluation network 2012: delivering policy analysis on the performance of Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Synthesis of National Reports 2012
Evaluations Guidance Documents
- The Programming Period 2014-2020: Guidance document on monitoring and evaluation - European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund
- EVALSED :The resource for the evaluation of Socio-Economic Development - Evaluation guide
- EVALSED - The resource for the evaluation of Socio-Economic Development : Sourcebook - Method and techniques
- Guidance document on ex-ante evaluation
- Results indicators 2014+: Report on pilot tests in 23 Regions/OPS across 15 MS of the EU
Guidelines
- Methodology to monitor the implementation of the ‘European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision’ by microcredit providers - Microcredit provider guidelines
- Methodology to monitor the implementation of the ‘European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision’ by microcredit providers - Evaluator methodology
Guides
- Regional policy for smart growth of SMEs - Guide for Managing Authorities and bodies in charge of the development and implementation of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation
- Guide to Multi-Benefit Cohesion Policy Investments in Nature and Green Infrastructure
- CO2MPARE: CO2 Model for Operational Programme Assessment in EU Regions - Improved carbon management with EU Regional Policy
- Guide to Social Innovation
Legislation
Maps
- Cross-border cooperation
- Transnational Cooperation
- EU28: Regions eligible under the convergence and regional competitiveness objectives
Panorama Magazine
- Panorama 47 - Eco-innovation: EU regions spearhead moves towards the green economy
- Panorama 46 - The EU welcomes Croatia
- Panorama 45 - Bringing communities together
Posters
Regional Focus
Reports
- European Union Solidarity Fund - Annual Report 2012
- Evaluation of the JASMINE Technical Assistance Pilot Phase
- Eighth EU-China high-level seminar on regional policy
- Summary of data on the progress made in financing and implementing financial engineering instruments co-financed by Structural Funds Programming period
- OECD Territorial review of Brazil
- Report concerning the added value of macro-regional strategies
- 8th progress report on economic, social and territorial cohesion: The urban and regional dimension of the crisis
- EU-Latin America Cooperation on Regional Innovation Systems in the Framework of Regional Policy
- Training and information sessions on multi-level governance and sustainable urban development
- Results of the mid-term verification of additionality 2007-2013
- Cohesion policy: Strategic report 2013 on programme implementation 2007-2013
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region - Two Years flowing
- Report concerning the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region
- Financial Instruments: A Stock-taking Exercise in Preparation for the 2014-2020 Programming Period
Studies
- Quality of life in cities - Perception survey in 79 European cities
- Setting up, managing and evaluating EU Science And Technology Parks - An advice and guidance report on good practice
- Housing investments supported by the European Regional Development Fund 2007-2013: Housing in sustainable urban regeneration
- Financial Management in JESSICA Implementation - Designing Guarantee Products
- Quality of Life at the sub-national level : an operational example for the EU
- Green Public Procurement: Criteria for Waste Water Infrastructure
- EU Regional Competitiveness Index: RCI 2013
- Housing in JESSICA Operations
- Urban Development in the EU: 50 Projects supported by the European Regional Development Fund during the 2007-13 period
Working Papers
COCOF Guidance Documents
- Guidance note to the COCOF on amendment to major projects decision and its impact on the exceptions to the automatic decommitment
- Guidance note to audit authorities on sampling
Letter of Intent
- Letter of intent on an urban policy dialogue between the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission and the City Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
- Letter of intent on a regional policy and border integration dialogue between the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru
Factsheets
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Slovakia
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Hungary
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Croatia
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Moldova
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Austria
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet – Czech Republic
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Germany
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Romania
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Bulgaria
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Ukraine
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: National factsheet - Serbia
Infographic
- Infographic : A reformed Cohesion Policy for Europe : the main investment policy for growth and jobs - Detailed version
- Infographic : A reformed Cohesion Policy for Europe : the main investment policy for growth and jobs
2012
Brochures
- Regiostars Awards 2012 : presentation of the finalists
- The Outermost Regions - European regions of assets and opportunities
- Sustainable and integrated urban development in Latin American and Caribbean cities