Report on the policy recommendations on how to integrate Cohesion Policy with Urban and Rural policies

Derivable 4.4 consists of a report on the policy recommendations on how to integrate Cohesion Policy with Urban and Rural policies. The report will address how territorial cohesion objectives match the “real problems”. Past and current programming periods will be contrasted in order to assess to what extent the policy performs has been effective in reducing the gap between territorial cohesion objectives and observed problems. The report will adopt a comparative approach based on selected case study regions in order to identify the best practice in mixing the EU policy instruments for a better achievement of regional needs