Implementing Structural Funds in the new Member States: Ten policy challenges

This paper provides a comparative assessment of the key policy challenges for the
implementation of EU Structural Funds in the ten new Member States of 2004.. The paper assesses recent trends and anticipated developments in regional policies across the EU, with emphasis on how the ten new Member States have responded to the challenges and opportunities of EU Cohesion policy. The report compares and contrasts trends in the development of Structural Funds programming, institutional frameworks and implementation, highlighting examples of innovative and good practice.