COHESION POLICY
DELIVERING BENEFITS FOR CITIZENS
MAIN RESULTS 2007-2013
Regional and
Urban Policy
€346.5 BILLION
invested in 2007-2013
Investment contributes to:
reducing disparities
between regions
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promoting balanced
and sustainable
development
increasing economic,
social and territorial
cohesion
An independent expert evaluation of 2007-2013 found that:
Cohesion policy has delivered results – in each and every region
and in all EU countries.
Investments made a real difference
during the financial
and economic crisis
when public funding
was constrained
including for SMEs
when private
financing was hard to
find
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creating jobs,
addressing regional
disparities and
increasing GDP
Positive impact on macro-economic level
€1 of Cohesion Policy investment in the period 2007-2013
will generate €2.74 of additional GDP by 2023
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€2.74
Estimated return of nearly
of additional GDP by 2023
€346.5 BILLION
invested in 2007-2013
€1 trillion
Lasting impact in all Member States:
over 4%
in Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia
1 million jobs
created in Europa
~
net job creation
1/3 of
during that period
Important support to public investment
30 %
20 %
10 %
0%
COHESION POLICY FUNDING AS A % OF
GOVERNMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT
2007-2013
EU 28 = 6.5% AVERAGE
7.1
7
4.4
3.9
2.5
1.7
1.1
1.1
1
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.2
40 %
42.5
40.9
39.4
38.7
34.3
27.5
25.1
24.5
18.9
50 %
HU
LT
SK
LV
MT
PL
EE
BG
CZ
PT
RO
SI
EL
CY
ES
IT
HR
DE
FI
FR
BE
UK
SE
AT
IE
NL
DK
LU
60 %
57.1
52.1
52.1
50.5
Cohesion Policy provided up to 57% of government capital investment in some countries
Improving citizens’ lives
Business support
Helped many small businesses survive the
economic crisis, providing support to:
• 121 400 start-ups
• and an estimated total of 400 000 SMEs
Transport
Removed transport bottlenecks, reduced travel
times and supported the development of
sustainable public transport
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Improving citizens’ lives
Preserving the environment
Reduced consumption of fossil fuels helped to
fight global warming and lowered energy bills
Quality of life
6 million people connected to
new/improved supply of
clean drinking water
7 million people connected to
new/upgraded wastewater
treatment facilities
Areas for improvement were identified:
Some programmes were not
focused enough on the results to be
achieved.
2014-2020 programmes have
stronger result-orientation
to ensure that taxpayers' money is
spent efficiently.
Areas for improvement were identified:
Investment concentrated on key themes,
important for citizens' lives.
Projects applying for EU funds will have to
explain clearly, upfront, how they aim to reach
their targets.
Stronger monitoring will track progress
towards targets and evaluation will assess
impact of the programmes.
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