The present country results are based on the Synthesis report of the ex post evaluation of Cohesion policy programmes financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund over the 2007-2013 programming period.
They present and analyse the findings at a Member State level and they attempt to answer three main sets of questions:
For the programming period 2007-2013, key achievements of Regional Policy are:
Income has increased in the poorest EU regions with GDP per capita growing in these areas from 60.5 % of the EU average in 2007 to 62.7 % in 2010.
2.4 million participants in ESF actions supporting access to employment found a job within 6 months (2007-2010).
This page provides a snapshot of key achievements so far in the 2007-13 period (unless otherwise stated, data run from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2014), and shows how EU Cohesion Policy is helping to weather the crisis and produce growth.
