Version: 20 January 2015
Draft Programme
Wednesday, 4th February 2015
14.00-18.00
19.00-21.00
Study Trip (optional) – Guided Riga City tour and site visit to the OlainFarm, pharmaceutical company and
EU co-funded project.
Welcome reception:
 Edgars Šadris, Director of the EU Funds Strategy Department, Ministry of Finance of the
Republic of Latvia
 Peter Berkowitz, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
 Professor Andrew Beer, Chair of the Regional Studies Association & the University of
Adelaide, Australia
 Professor Marcis Auziņš, Rector of the University of Riga
Venue: SemaraH Hotel Metropole, Aspazijas bulvāris 36/38, Riga
Thursday, 5th February 2015
8.00-9.00
Registration and welcome coffee
9.00-10.30
Opening Plenary
Moderated by Andrew Beer, Chair of the Regional Studies Association
 Walter Deffaa, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
 Jānis Reirs, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
 Professor John Bachtler, European Policies Research Centre
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00-12.45
Parallel workshop sessions – round 1
Room 1/ Workshop 1
Economic Geography
and Cohesion Policy
Room 2/ Workshop 2
Europe 2020 and Smart
Specialisation (1)
Room 3/ Workshop 3
Assessing the Reform of
Cohesion Policy for the
2014-2020 Period
Room 4/ Workshop 4
Improving the Leverage
of European Territorial
Cooperation
 Chair: Adrian Healy,
Cardiff University
 Discussant: Lewis
Dijkstra, European
Commission
 Chair: Kevin
Richardson, Higher
Education Funding
Council for England
 Discussant: Katja
Reppel, European
Commission
 Dobrzycka, M: Smart
Specialization – the
New Concept of
Cohesion Policy in
2014-2020 to Boost
Regional Innovation.
The Case of Poland
 Kalman, J et al.:
 Chair: Marjorie
Jouen
 Discussant: Piotr
Zuber
 Chair: Colin Wolfe,
European
Commission
 Discussant: Silke
Haarich
 Berkowitz, P: A more
Effective and
Efficient Policy?
Assessing the
Implementation of
the Reform of
Cohesion Policy
 Molle, W: Cohesion
 Roman-Kamphaus,
U: How to Achieve
Successful European
Territorial
Cooperation? –
Lessons from the
Cross-Border
Cooperation
 Pain, K et al.: Europe
as a Global MacroRegion: How is
Economic Geography
Changing the
Cohesion policy
Challenge?
 Fratesi, U et al.:
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia
Room 5/ Workshop 5
What Works in Cohesion
Policy? The
Performance of the
Funds (1)
 Chair: Klaudius
Maniokas, ESTEP
Vilnius
 Discussant:
 Gorzelak, G:
Cohesion Policy and
Regional
Development in
Poland – First
Assessments
 Perretti, B: Italy’s
Mezzogiorno: 2007-
Territorial Capital
and the Impact of
European Cohesion
Policy
 Spiridonovs, J:
Developing Regional
Infrastructure in the
Baltic Region
 Annoni, P et al.:
Analysing the Main
Factors of Regional
Economic Growth:
Implications for EU
Cohesion Policy
Coordinated Policies
(Lisbon/EU2020) and
Cohesion Policy:
Their Relationship
and Impact on the
Member States
 Panova, V et al.:
Understanding the
Operational ‘Logics’
of EU ‘Smart
Specialisation’ and
the Implementation
Choices for Regions
in Europe
 Vitola, A et al.: Smart
Work for Smart,
Sustainable and
Inclusive Growth in
Regions
and Growth: Is the
EU System Fit to Face
the Challenges
Beyond 2020?
 Petzold, W: What if
Regions and Cities
Governed EU
Regional and Urban
Policy?
 Gullo, D et al.: EU
Regional policy 20002020: Shifting in
Economic Priorities?
12.45-14.00
Lunch
14.00 –15.45
Parallel workshop sessions – round 2
Room 1/ Workshop 6
What Works in Cohesion
Policy? The
Performance of the
Funds (3)
 Chair: Veronica
Gaffey, European
Commission
 Discussant:
Room 2/ Workshop 7
Modelling the Impact of
Cohesion Policy (1)
 Bachtler, J et al.: The
Long-Term
Achievements of EU
Cohesion Policy
 Paczoski, A: Creating
an Effective Cohesion
Policy in the Context
of Europe 2020
 Haarich, S: How to
 Pontarollo, N: The
Impact of European
Structural Funds in
Objective 1 Regions:
Between Cohesion
Policy and Lisbon
Agenda
 Burakiene, D: The
Use of Evaluation as
Room 3/ Workshop 8
Integrated Territorial
Approaches – ItIs and
CLLD
 Chair: Dalia Belicka 
 Discussant: Ugo
Fratesi, Politecnico di
Milano

Chair: Alexandra
Zakrzewska, Ministry
of Infrastructure and
Development, Poland
Discussant: Arno van
der Zwet, University
of Strathclyde /
European Policies
Research Centre
 Kamrowska-Załuska,
D et al.: Influence of
Community-Led Local
Development and
Integrated Territorial
Investments on
Territorial Cohesion
 Simeon, M:
Integrated
Programmes in
Central Eastern
Europe
 Fejes, Z: EGTC as a
New Form of
Multilevel
Governance in
Hungary – Challenges
and Opportunities
 Kravale, I: Improving
the Visibility of
Results from
European Territorial
Cooperation
Programmes and
Projects
 Weidenfeld, A: Policy
Implications for
Overcoming Cultural
Barriers to Cross
Border Knowledge
Transfer
2013 EU Cohesion
Policy’s Main Failure.
Did we Learn
Anything Useful for
the 2014-2020
Period?
 Frunza, R et al.: EU
Eastern Periphery: An
Evaluation of
Cohesion Policy in
Romania and
Bulgaria
Room 4/ Workshop 9
Accountability and Good
Communication in
Cohesion Policy
Room 5/ Workshop 10
What Works In
Cohesion Policy? The
Performance of the
Funds (2)
 Chair: Pasi
Rantahalvari,
Ministry of
Employment and the
Economy, Finland
 Discussant: Grzegorz
Gorzelak, University
of Warsaw
 Chair: Wolfgang
Petzold, Committee
of the Regions
 Discussant: Tim
Goodship,
Department for
Business, Innovation
and Skills, United
Kingdom
 Damen, M: Cohesion
Policy in the
Netherlands: Is There
a Situation of Good
Accountability?’
 Lasmane, N:
Accountability of EU
Funds Administration
 Wrona, K: Seeing is
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia
 Provenzano, G:
Cohesion Policy in
Southern Italy:
Weaknesses and
Opportunities
 Dahs, A: Measuring
Demographic Impact
of the 2007-2013
Regional and
Evaluate Intangible
Achievements in
Cooperation and
Governance? A New
Methodology.
 Olteanu, N: The
Achievements of the
2007-13 Cohesion
Policy in the Baltic
Sea Region
a Result-Based
Management Tool:
Lithuanian Case
 Gori, G-F et al.: A
Macroeconomic
Impact Assessment
of the 2007-2013 EU
Cohesion Policy in
Tuscany
 Pienkowski, J et al.:
Econometric
Assessments of
Cohesion Policy
Growth Effects - How
to Make Them More
Relevant for Policy
Makers?
Sustainable
Development in the
Hand of Local and
Regional
Governments: Use of
ITI in Cohesion Policy
 Tosics, I: Integrated
Territorial
Investment - a
Missed Opportunity?
 Hawrysz, J.: Polish
example: lessons
learned on local
initiatives
implementation and
future challenges
from the EC
perspective.
15.45-16.15
Coffee break
16.15-18.00
Parallel workshop sessions – round 3
Room 1/ Workshop 11
Administrative Capacity
and the Governance of
Cohesion Policy
Room 2/ Workshop 12
Modelling the Impact of
Cohesion Policy (2)
Room 3/ Workshop 13
Integrated Territorial
Approaches and Urban
Development
 Chair: Ann-Kerstin
Myleus, European
Commission
 Discussant:
 Chair:
 Discussant: Janusz
Zaleski, Wroclaw
University of
Technology
 Chair:
 Discussant: Martin
De Bruijn, European
Commission
 Dijkstra, L: Quality of
Government and
Economic and Social
Development in EU
Regions
 Surubaru, N-C:
Administrative
Capacity vs.
Governance – How to
Improve the
Management and
Implementation
Environment for
European Structural
and Investment
Funds? Evidence
from New Member
 Jermolajeva, E et al.:
The Helix Model as a
Tool for Improved
Performance and
Achievements of the
Cohesion Policy
Results
 Giua, M et al.: How
Does the Net Impact
of the EU Regional
Policy Differ Across
Countries?
 Maniokas, K: Policy
as a Major
Conditionality:
Conclusions of Two
Recent Impact
 Van der Zwet, A et
al.: Towards a
Europe of the
Localities? Integrated
Place-Based
Approaches in
Cohesion Policy in
2014-20 and Beyond
 Zuber, P: Critical
Perspectives on
Integrated Territorial
Development in
2014-2020
 Raugze, I.: et al.:
Challenges and
Practical Aspects in
Implementation of
Believing?
Methodological
Implications from the
Evaluation Study on
Good Practices in
Communicating
Cohesion Policy
Cohesion Policy
Actions in Latvia
 Healy, A et al.:
Building Resilient
Economies: Lessons
from the Crisis for EU
Cohesion Policies
 Wauters, B et al.:
Where Did the WellBeing go in ESIF?
Room 4/ Workshop 14
Policy Targeting and
More Efficient
Management in
Implementing the Funds
 Chair: Carol
Sweetenham
 Discussant: Liga
Baltina, University of
Latvia
Room 5/ Workshop 15
Using Cohesion Policy to
Address Youth
Unemployment
 Demidov, A: Efficient
Implementers and
Partners - What do
we Miss in our
Understanding how
Cohesion Policy
Administrators
Work?
 Pulmanis, E:
Polycentric
Development Project
Micro-Economical
Aspects and
Application Process
in Public
Administration in
Latvia
 Starineca, O:
Cohesion Funds and
Youth Employment in
Latvia
 Ganau, J et al.: Youth
Employment,
Migrations and the
Construction of a
New European
Labour Market
 Wells, P et al.: New
Approaches to
Addressing Youth
Unemployment: New
Roles for the
European Union’s
Structural Funds?
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia
 Chair:
 Discussant: Resa
Koleva, European
Commission
States
 Graute, U:
Strengthening Public
Administration and
Effective
Management by
Widening the Focus
of Programmes and
Capacity Building to
Better Face the NonLinear Complexity of
Developments
 Szabo S-R: The
Administrative
Capacity of the SubNational Level in
Implementing
Cohesion policy in
Romania
20.00
Evaluations in
Lithuania
 Kancs D’A: Assessing
the impact of
Cohesion Policy
programmes 20142020: a model-based
approach
Place-Based
Approach
 Novotny, G.: The rise
and fall of integrated
approaches - on
troubled waters from
concept to
implementation.
 Telle, S: Governing
Soft Spaces with
Fuzzy Boundaries:
Regional Polarization,
Democratic
Accountability, and
Strategic-Selectivity
in Cohesion policy
 Oguz, G: Linking the
Cohesion Funds into
the Integration of
Youth Immigrants in
the European Labour
Markets
Gala dinner (venue: Kaļķu Vārti Restaurant, Kaļķu iela 11, Riga)
Friday, 6th February 2015
8.30-9.00
Registration and welcome coffee
9.00-9.30
Opening Speech
Moderated by Walter Deffaa, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
 Iskra Mihaylova, Member of the European Parliament, REGI Chair
9.30-11.15
Parallel workshop sessions – round 4
Room 1/ Workshop 16
Regional imbalances
and the impact of
Cohesion policy
 Chair:
 Discussant: Iain
Begg, London School
of Economics
Room 2/ Workshop 17
Europe 2020 And Smart
Specialisation (2)
Room 3/ Workshop 18
Modelling the Impact of
Cohesion Policy (3)
 Chair:
 Discussant: Judit
Kalman, Hungarian
Academy Of Sciences
(TBC)
 Chair:
 Discussant: Nicola
Pontarollo,
University of Verona
 Reinhart, S:
Macroeconomic
Conditionality - the
Link Between
Economic
Governance and
Cohesion Policy from
an Inter-Institutional
Perspective
 Zakrzewska, A:
 Kroll, H: The Policy
Challenge in Smart
Specialisation
 Richardson, K et al.:
Smart Specialisation:
From Concept &
Strategies to Delivery
 Rosik, P et al.:
Evaluation of the
Impact of
Construction of
Motorways and
Expressways in
Poland in the Years
2004-15 on
Accessibility and
Cohesion
Room 4/ Workshop 19
Financial Instruments –
Lessons from
Implementation
 Chair:
 Discussant:
 Chair:
 Discussant:
 Di Anselmo, A et al.:
Early Stage Funds
and ERDF CoFinancing: lesson
learned from the
experience of the
Ingenium Funds in
Italy
 Belicka, D. et al.:
How to Use Financial
 Zimmerman, K:
Social Inclusion
Funded by Europe?
The Impact of the
European Social Fund
on Local Social and
Employment Policies
 Krasnopjorovs, O:
How to Overcome
Youth
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia
Room 5/ Workshop 20
Youth Unemployment
and Social Exclusion
 Catalina Rubianes, A
et al.: Why Economic
Imbalances Matter
for Regional
Development
Mutual Relationships
Between the EU
Cohesion policy and
Economic
Governance
 Jouen, M: Linking
ESIF to Sound
Economic
Governance, the
Story of a Triple
Punishment for Local
and Regional
Authorities
 Verhelst, S:
Macroeconomic
Conditionality: In
Search of a Balanced
Approach
Instruments for
Cohesion and for
Which Interventions?
Theory and Practice
with a Case Study on
the Situation in the
Baltic States
 Nyikos, G: The Role
of Financial
Instruments in
Improving Access to
Finance in LessDeveloped Regions Combined
Microcredit in
Hungary
 Wishlade, F et al.:
Financial Instruments
in 2014-20: Learning
from 2007-13 and
Adapting to the New
Environment
Unemployment:
Education vs.
Temporary
Employment
 Jazwinski, I: Changes
in Social Cohesion in
the Member States
of the European
Union in Crisis
Conditions
Room 4/ Workshop 24
Administrative Practice
and Reform in the
Management of the
Funds
 Chair:
 Chair: Mina
Shoylekova,
 Discussant: Marta
European
Dobrzycka, Warsaw
Commission
School Of Economics
 Discussant: Ulrich
Graute, United
Nations Department
of Economic & Social
Affairs (TBC)
 MacKenzie, N: From
 Mihalic, J: Public
Technium" to
Actor Constellations
"Emptium":
in Formulation of
Innovation Policy and
Operational
Structural Funds in a
Programmes:
Weaker EU Region
Differentiation by the
Policy Networks
 Mella-Marquez, J et
Theory
al.: Cohesion Policy
and Innovation: How  Langley, M:
Can Resources be
Administrative
Room 5/ Workshop 25
Territorial Cohesion and
Territorial Impacts of
Cohesion Policy
11.15 - 11.30
Coffee break
11.30-13.00
Parallel workshop sessions – round 5
Room 1/ Workshop 21
Management and
Implementation of the
Funds
Room 2/ Workshop 22
Youth Unemployment
and Equal Opportunities
 Chair:
 Discussant: Katri
Seier, Ministry of
Finance, Estonia
 Chair: Maaike
Damen, University of
Twente
 Discussant: Peter
Wells, Sheffield
Hallam University

 Tosun, J et al.: The
Absorption of
Structural and
Investment Funds
and Youth
Unemployment: An
Empirical Test
 McSorley, L et al.:
Whatever Happened
to Gender
Stathoulia, T: ReInventing Policies
and Practices in
Regional Strategy
 Baltina, L et al.:
What Institutional
Arrangements for
Coherent EU
Cohesion Policy
Planning and
Room 3/ Workshop 23
Cohesion Policy and
Regional Innovation
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia
 Chair: Didier Michal
 Discussant: Willem
Molle, Erasmus
University Rotterdam
(TBC)
 Komornicki, T: The
Concept of Territorial
Cohesion as
Understood and
Practiced by Polish
Regions
 Medve-Balint, G:
Supporting the Rich
and the Politically
Loyal: How the
Implementation?
 Tóth, I. J.: The
Missing Link?
Corruption Risks in
EU Funded Public
Procurement Tenders
 Sweetenham, C:
Balancing the
Demands of Localism
and Compliance:
Setting up the New
ERDF Programme in
England
13.00 – 14.00
Mainstreaming?
Lessons for the 201420 European
Structural and
Investment Funds
 Repeckaite, D:
Patchwork of
Projects or Coherent
Strategy? Equal
Opportunities in the
Implementation of
EU Structural
Assistance in
Lithuania
Used Most
Effectively
Reform, CapacityBuilding and
Cohesion Policy
 MihaylovaGoleminova, S: Is a
Change Necessary in
the Coordination and
Management System
for Assistance
Granted from the
Structural and
Cohesion Funds of
the European Union
in Bulgaria?
Structural Funds May
Contribute to Rising
Regional Disparities
in Eastern Europe
 Kesar, P: “Territorial
Cohesion” in the
Emerging Economic
Geography of
Europe: Examining
Cohesion Policy
Architecture for the
New Financing Period
(2014-20)
 Medeiros, E: EU
Cohesion Policy in
Iberian Peninsula:
Main Territorial
Impacts (1989-2013)
and Challenges for a
More Efficient New
Programming Period
(2014-2020)
Lunch
Closing Session – Future Research Agendas
Moderated by John Bachtler, European Policies Research Centre
 Dr Walter Deffaa, Director General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
 Professor Iain Begg, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
14.00-15.00
Closing remarks:
 Andris Piebalgs, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Latvia, Former Commissioner of the
European Commission
Venue: University of Latvia, Raiņabulvāris 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia