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'Regions 2020' provides a first prospective analysis of the likely regional impact of four of the biggest challenges facing Europe: globalisation, demographic change, climate change, and the energy supply.

Using a series of indicators, the report maps out the degree of vulnerability of European regions to these challenges, and examines the potential disparities that these may generate across the EU.

The findings of the report, produced by the Commission's Directorate-General for Regional Policy, will feed into the reflection process on the future European Cohesion Policy.

Report : - (indices )

Presentation :

Press release:

Three background papers look at the challenges in more detail:

1. Regions 2020 - Demographic Challenges for European Regions :
2. Regions 2020 - Climate change challenges for European regions :
3. Regions 2020 - Globalisation challenge for European Regions :

 

See also DG REGIO study “Regional Challenges in the Perspective of 2020 - Regional disparities and future challenges” (December 2009)

The study broadens and deepens the analysis carried out in “Regions 2020”. The papers composing this study analyse the regional impacts of five key challenges that regions will face in the future, i.e. globalisation, demographic change, climate change, sustainable and competitive energy as well as social risks. Five thematic workshops were carried out with contributions from the World Bank and the Bertelsmann Foundation. From each of the workshops a background paper emerged and was then synthesised in the Synthesis report.

The study contributes to defining two overall scenarios of regional disparities in the perspective of 2020 as well as introducing neighbourhood issues into the discussion on challenges.

• Synthesis
• Background Paper on: New Social Risks
• Background Paper on: Energy
• Background Paper on: Demographic Challenge
• Background Paper on: Globalisation
• Background Paper on: Climate change