Cohesion Policy 2014 – 2020: Investing in growth and jobs

Summary:

On 6 October 2011, the European Commission adopted a draft legislative package that will frame EU cohesion policy for the period 2014-2020 (COM (2011)500).

The total proposed budget for the period 2014-2020 will be €376bn, including funding for the new Connecting Europe Facility, which is designed to enhance cross-border projects in energy, transport and information technology.

The legislative architecture for cohesion policy comprises:

• an overarching regulation setting out common rules for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), and further general rules for the ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund;

• three specific regulations for the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund

• two regulations on the European territorial cooperation goal and the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC).

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Official

European Commission: DG Regional Policy: InfoRegio: Regional Policy: Cohesion policy 2014 - 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/what/future/index_en.cfm

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ESO Records

Press Release: Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-lays-foundations-to-boost-impact-of-cohesion-investments-after-2013/

Already €130 billion delivered into Europe's real economy under the European Structural and Investment Funds http://www.europeansources.info/record/already-e130-billion-delivered-into-europes-real-economy-under-the-european-structural-and-investment-funds/

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