1. Regional & Urban Policy Large cities have better access to public transport

2. Regional & Urban Policy Dublin's public transport A lot of trips per inhabitant, But generally slow Mostly bus (93% at 16km/h) with very little tram (5% at 20 km/h) or train (3% at 37 km/h)

3. Regional & Urban Policy Dublin high frequency per inhabitant Stockholm has more trips and higher speeds (20.4 vs 17km/h) Brussels and Amsterdam have fewer trips, but higher speed (18 and 23 km/h)

4. Regional & Urban Policy Chapter 3

5. Regional & Urban Policy Chapter 3

6. Regional & Urban Policy Non-ETS GHG emissions are shrinking

7. Regional & Urban Policy Low-carbon economy Minimum ERDF support between 12% and 20% 37 billion euro foreseen in Partnership Agreements

8. Regional & Urban Policy PUBLIC INVESTMENT, GROWTH AND THE CRISIS

9. Regional & Urban Policy Local and regional authorities spend 1/3 of government expenditure

10. Regional & Urban Policy But their expenditure dropped

11. Regional & Urban Policy Local and regional authorities spend over half of public investments

12. Regional & Urban Policy But investment dropped even faster

13. Regional & Urban Policy Cohesion Policy's growing share of total public investment

14. Regional & Urban Policy Especially in EU-12

15. Regional & Urban Policy Half the revenue of local and regional authorities are transfers

16. Regional & Urban Policy Governance Poor governance slows down Cohesion Policy implementation, reduces its impact and hinders economic growth and entrepreneurship Chapter 5

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19. Chapter 5

20. Regional & Urban Policy Simplifications of categories 5 Categories

21. Regional & Urban Policy Simplifications of categories 7 categories including the first transition category

22. Regional & Urban Policy Simplifications of categories 4 categories: Objective 1 Phasing-out Objective 2 Objective 3 (ESF)

23. Regional & Urban Policy Simplifications of categories 3 categories Full coverage

24. Regional & Urban Policy A stronger focus on key priorities

25. Regional & Urban Policy COHESION POLICY 2014-2020

26. Regional & Urban Policy Cohesion Policy 2014-20 in the EU economic policy mix Country-specific recommendations are the reference for Partnership Agreements and programmes

27. Regional & Urban Policy Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 Focus on growth- enhancing investments Concentration on Europe 2020 priorities Improving governance Linked to the European Semester Linked to structural reform through ex-ante conditionalities

28. Regional & Urban Policy Europe 2020 Less developed regions furthest removed from both EU and national 2020 targets Chapter 6

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31. Ex-ante conditionality is challenging

32. Regional & Urban Policy Ireland and Cohesion Policy Graduated to a more developed status Promoted as an example by the World Bank Did not overinvest in hard infrastructure, invested in education and attracted FDI The crisis hit Ireland hard and caught everyone off guard. Still Ireland has a GDP per head (PPS) 26% above the EU average (and above UK and Germany) Housing bubbles were common in many of the worst hit countries Spain, Baltics…