The European Structural Funds and Sustainable Development

A Methodology and Indicator Framework for Evaluation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12567572
AutoresPaul Ekins (0000-0003-1975-434X, Policy Studies Institute, UK, autor de correspondencia), James Medhurst (GHK, UK)
Año2006
Volumen12
Número4
Páginas474-495
Fecha de publicación2006-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEvaluation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1356-3890 • E-ISSN: 1461-7153
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1356389006071294
OpenAlexW2057004778
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas7

Sustainable development (SD) is now a broad policy objective in the European Union (EU). This article explores how the contribution to SD of the EU Structural Funds (SFs) might be evaluated. It suggests the use of a ‘four-capitals model’ of SD, and outlines how commonly accepted principles and dimensions of sustainability might be interpreted within such a model. The article then reviews various approaches to SD indicators, concluding that an indicator framework is preferable to the various methods of aggregation of indicators that have been proposed. It then relates the indicator issue to the framework for evaluation of the SFs set out by the European Commission. Out of this discussion an illustrative indicator set for such an evaluation, related to the four-capitals model of SD, is derived

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