1. Awareness of EU Regional Policy Eurobarometer survey (June 2010)

2. Awareness of EU Regional Policy

3. Perception of co-funded projects

4. Relation between awareness & positive perception

5. Personal benefits from EU regional support projects Q2. Have you in your daily life benefited from a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund? 13 % SAW PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM CO-FUNDED PROJECTS PL 44 EE 29 LT 28 LV 26 SK 25 CZ 25 HU 24 EL 24 SI 23 IE 23 ES 21 %

6. Sources of information of regional projects Q.: Where did you hear about it?

7. Who should receive regional development funds?

8. Regional funding to be concentrated on the poorest regions Q.: Most European regional funding is concentrated on the poorest regions in order to help them to catch up. In your opinion, is this rather a good or rather a bad thing? Q.: European regional policy is concentrated on the poorest regions in order to help them to catch up faster with the rest of the EU. In your opinion, is this rather a good or rather a bad thing? 20082010 86 88

9. EU regional policy – desired priority sectors 90 88 82 81 74 69 2008

10. Preferred level of decision-making for EU regional support projects

11. Awareness of cooperation

12. Awareness of EU regional funding for helping cooperation between regions Q.: Are you aware of regions in different countries co-operating because of EU Regional funding? Base: all respondents, % by country

13. Up to your work now to make a difference Thanks for your efforts! Report can be found in the room or on INFORM pages: ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/commu

14. Q.: Outside the poorest regions European regional policy also supports economic development projects although there is less money available. In your opinion, should the EU support all regions or concentrate exclusively on the poorer ones? Q.: In all the other regions, European regional policy intervenes to help them to foster innovation, to create jobs and to work together. In your opinion, should the EU support all regions or concentrate exclusively on the poorer ones? Where should the EU focus its regional support? 2008 2010 38 49

15. Should the EU support all regions or focus exclusively on the poorer ones?