Regional Policy

Nigel Copperthwaite, Colin Mellors, both University of Bradford.

The European Community has committed itself to promoting 'economic and social cohesion' across its regions. Its expenditure - via the 'structural funds' - for these purposes is set to double by 1993. A key component of such expenditure is the European Regional Development Fund, which is receiving increasing attention from local and regional representatives and officials, as well as from companies considering where to locate their businesses. The integrated development operations of the EC involve important new initiatives at the local level. This volume explains how the ERDF operates and its relationship to other sources of funding from the EC. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date information, in a readily accessible format. Section II summarises the key EC policy documents involved, and Section III gives a full listing of all the relevant documents across a range of different aspects.

Foreword; The European Community: Its Role, Institutions, and Legislation SECTION I EC POLICY TOWARDS THE REGIONS A Community of Contrasts; Regional Policy: Early Steps; Defining the Regions of the European Community; Regional Disparities within the Community; Types of Region within the EC; European Regional Development Fund; ERDF and the Reform of the Structural Funds; Sectoral Policies and their Regional Impact; The Regions and '1992' SECTION II KEY DOCUMENTS ON REGIONAL POLICY SECTION III OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS A. European Regional Development Fund B. Declining Industrial Areas C. Less-favoured Areas D. Other Regional Policy and Programmes E. General