Date: 26 September 2005 

The seminar was held at the Centre for European Policy Studies. Seven of the authors of the report presented the result of a collaboration between SIEPS and six European research institutes. The report concludes that the new EU Member States will not be able to fully reap the benefits from the Structural and Cohesion Funds. In the worst case scenario, there is even a risk that EU Cohesion Policy will exacerbate the problems, rather than providing a solution to them.

Participants:

Mats Hellström, Chairman, SIEPS Board of Directors
Daniel Tarschys, Professor, Stockholm University
Magdalena Kaniewska, Ph D, CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research
Tamás Szemlér, Ph D, Institute for World Economics at the Hungary Academy of Sciences
Radomir Špok, Researcher, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
Karol Frank, Researcher, Institute of Slovak and World Economy
Alf Vanags, Director, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies
Bengt O. Karlsson, International Advisor, Vienna

• Programme (pdf)

Publication: 2005:5 From Policy Makers to Policy Takers: Adapting EU Cohesion Policy to the Needs of the New Member States
Research project: EU Regional Policy