Press Release: Commissioner Samecki addresses major conference on evaluation of EU cohesion policy

Pawe Samecki, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, will call for a stronger focus on objectives, performance and results when he addresses the sixth European conference on evaluation of the EU cohesion policy in Warsaw on 30 November 2009. Organised by the European Commission at the invitation of the Polish Minister for Regional Development, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, the event will discuss new methods for assessing the impact and added-value of the policy, which aims to reduce economic disparities and to promote long-term sustainable growth and jobs. Around 500 experts, responsible for evaluating the cohesion policy at national and regional level in the 27 Member States, will participate in the conference.

European Commission: SPEECH/09/564: Evaluation of Cohesion Policy http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/564&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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