Panorama Magazine | Number 49 (Summer 2014)

Building Partnerships. Putting cohesion policy into practice

Summary:

The Summer edition of Panorama magazine offers an update on the progress of adoption of Partnership AgreementsThe Spring 2020 issue of Panorama magazine, and goes into detail on the first agreement adopted – Denmark's – with an interview with the heads of the Danish Managing Authorities. The issue also looks back at ten years of enlargement with an overview of the progress made by the ten Member States who joined the Union in 2004 and how they have benefitted from Cohesion Policy.

Elsewhere in this issue they describe the important new governance guidelines and tools designed to combat fraud; go behind the scenes at the Committee of the Regions as they celebrate their 20th anniversary; highlight the work of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in supporting coastal businesses and communities; and there is a report from this year's World Urban Forum in Medellín, attended by Commissioner Hahn.

As in previous issues, readers contribute to the debate in the "In Your Own Words" section where representatives from Member States, regions and associations across Europe share their thoughts on the reform and their hopes for the new funding period. You will also find the usual selection of news items and featured projects from across the EU.

Contents:

• Denmark puts partnership into practice
• Urban equity, a key driver of worldwide development: world urban forum
• Supporting coastal communities
• Maps: Measuring regional entrepreneurship
• EU enlargement: 10 years of growth
• Europe day 2014 across the EU
• Regiostars 2014
• Committee of the regions 20 years on
• In your own words
• Improving good governance
• Projects: Hungary, Slovenia and of European Territorial Cooperation
• News in brief
• EU solidarity fund reform

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