Document(s): 

Collecting solid evidence to assess the needs to be addressed by Interreg cross-border cooperation programmes

External link: 

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/studies/2016/col...

Author(s): 

SWECO, t33, Politecnico di Milano, Nordregio

Year of publication: 

2016

This study identifies the main obstacles and potential (needs) for development and growth in cross-border regions. The most significant needs, which are suitable and affordable for Interreg programmes, are mapped through a set of indicators built-up at a territorial NUTS3 level. The obstacles covered by the study are socio-economic, physical, cultural and related to normative and institutional barriers. The most relevant needs, i.e. those with a high impact on social, economic and territorial cohesion, should be given priority at territorial level by public interventions. Furthermore, the study recommends that new cross-border indicators be developed, that are not available at the moment but would be useful to quantify the needs in a mid-term outline.