Report on the comparative analysis of experts' and citizens' perceptions and views

o Derivable 4.5 consists of a report on the comparative analysis of experts' and citizens' perceptions and views. The report will use the results obtained from the focus groups and from the survey in WP1 in order to explore whether the EU Cohesion Policy is perceived and understood by the citizens in the same way as it is conceived by practitioners. The report will use the contingency method to contrast the European Cohesion Policy objectives to the hierarchy of real problems identified by the regional actors. The report will conceptualise a hierarchy/evaluation scale to be applied for each case study area to measure the aforementioned differences across regions. Furthermore, the report will use the correlation analysis to analyse the intensity of the relation between the size of previously identified discrepancies and the perception on the cohesion policy efficiency. Building upon the above analysis, the report will include policy recommendation on the transfer of the best practices to the regions with low levels of citizens’ perception on the EU.