1. Cohesion Policy and Regional data
presented by Lewis Dijkstra, PhD
Deputy Head of Unit, Analysis Unit, DG REGIO

2. What is Cohesion Policy?
Second biggest post on the EU budget (after the Common Agricultural Policy)
350 billion euro from EU over seven years for regional development
82% goes to Convergence regions
16% goes to more developed regions
2.4% goes to regional cooperation
Invests in economic, social and environmental projects

3. Cohesion Policy 2007-2013 (Regions < 75% in EU 25)
Objective 'Regional
Competitiveness and Employment'
Phasing-in regions,
"naturally" above 75%
Convergence objective
statistically affected regions
(Regions < 75% in EU 25)
Index EU 25 = 100
Source: Eurostat 3

4. What is the Cohesion Report
Three yearly report to the European Council, Parliament, Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee
Contains four chapters
State and trends in EU regions
Impact of national policies on Cohesion
Impact of other EU policies on Cohesion
Impact of Cohesion Policy

5. Homicide rate

6. Policy need Fight against crime and corruption
Investments in administrative capacity, including in judicial system and police
Monitoring of regional crime trends (Cohesion Report)
Regional quality of life index to be constructed with the Joint Research Centre’s composite indicator team

7. Proposal
Collect the number of homicides for NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 regions annually
What are NUTS regions?
There are 271 NUTS 2 regions in the EU
There 1303 NUTS 3 regions in the EU
Corresponding levels exist in EFTA and candidate countries
Not concerned: Luxembourg, Cyprus as country equals NUTS 1,2 and 3

8. NUTS 2 & 3 regions

9. Areas by degree of urbanisation
Densely populated
Min inhab.
Contiguous LAU2 with 500 inhab. per sq km
Intermediate
Contiguous LAU2 with 100 inhab. per sq km
Thinly populated
Not intermediate or densely populated 9

10. Crime, violence and vandalism10

11. Proposal
Use new degree of urbanisation classification in the 2013 safety survey
New degree of urbanisation has been approved by the Labour Market Working Group last week
Last step harmonisation with Urban Audit cities is ongoing and will be concluded this summer

12. Deprivation is mostly urban12

13. Broadband access