Seminar on Barca report with Member States experts, Brussels, 22 June 2009
On 22 June 2009, the European Commission and the Czech Presidency organised a joint seminar to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report prepared by Fabrizio Barca ("An agenda for a reformed cohesion policy") with Member States experts.
The seminar comprised four small-group workshops, each with about 15 participants, moderated by a Commission representative and each with an external expert providing input. A set of guiding questions was prepared for each workshop. The results of the different workshops were debated in a plenary session. On the basis of the general debate and the summaries of the four workshops the attached synthesis paper was prepared.
Documents
| Synthesis paper | |
| Agenda |   |
| SUMMARY NOTE OF THE DISCUSSION | |
| List of participants |  |
| Workshop n°1 - A more focused policy concept: territorial/place based approach and policy value-added | |
| Guiding questions | |
| Presentation |  |
| Workshop n°2 - Assessing results and making policy result-oriented: indicators/targets, impact evaluation and control | |
| Guiding questions | |
| Presentation | |
| Workshop n°3 - Concentration on core priorities, strategic process and changes to the negotiation process | |
| Guiding questions | |
| Presentation | |
| Workshop n°4 - Reforming governance: focusing contracts, reporting, a new Council and a reformed Commission | |
| Guiding questions | |
| Presentation | |