Reinhard Büscher | DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Agnes Kelemen, Policy officer, Conception, Forwards Studies and Impact
1. EU regional funding for mitigation and adaptation Agnes Kelemen European Commission, DG REGIO European Journalism Centre Climate Action Conference 23-24 March, Budapest
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11. Current investment in climate change (planned 2007-2013, EU contributions only) - Cohesion policy is the single largest source of investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation from the EU Budget - 16.1 % of total Community financial contribution under Cohesion Policy for this purpose - approx. 90% of this spending under the Convergence objective 9 Renewable energy, energy efficiency Energy 56 Total 7.8 Risk prevention, climate change adaptation Environment 15.4 Urban, multimodal, IWW, intelligent transport, ports Other sustainable transport 23.9 Railways, mobile rail assets Rail Billion EUR Investment categories
12. Breakdown of planned investment on climate change 2007-2013 by Member State Indirect investment Direct investment
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24. New strategic programming approach (1) EU level MS level Regulations Common Strategic Framework MS-specific Commission negotiating mandate Proposed MS strategies Development and Investment Partnership Contracts Regional level Operational Programmes Projects Country assessment (EU2020 thematic surveillance)
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Notas del editor
Evaluations reports published in April 2010 give a clear indication of the achievements of the policy. Capturing the impact and results of cohesion policy is critical to its ongoing success. Letting the public know what is achieved with the investment from the policy is key to its transparency and accountability. It also offers the opportunity to learn from good practice elsewhere, and to continuously improve projects and programmes. The task of safeguarding and developing competitiveness as a constant necessity in successful economies - no region in Europe can assume prosperity forever. It is important for regions to diversify their economic activities in order to sustain their success – regional policy strategic programming support this.