Who makes European Cohesion Policy

A Practitioners’ Learning Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID7997634
AuthorsFanny Sbaraglia (corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume3
Issue1
Pages420-427
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2016.1228474
OpenAlexW2525189180
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Through the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Union subsidizes social inclusion and occupationaltrainee projects. This policy instrument is formulated by European Union institutions and implemented byregions through a call for projects which requires innovative actions and a result-oriented strategy. It is akey vantage point to observe sub-national implementation of an European Union policy instrument in asub-national practitioner’s perspective, a topic under-investigated in the literature. For a project to receivefunding, sub-national practitioners must take the European Union requirements (accounting standards,evidence of innovation etc.) and their social needs into account. Against this backdrop, this researchtackles an original question: how can local practitioners adapt their policy actions to fit with EuropeanUnion requirements? Taking the region of Wallonia in Belgium as a case study, the ESF implementationis considered as a specific policy process in sub-national policy sectors. Adopting an in-depth qualitativeperspective, this research contends that it depends on practitioners’ learning, practices and experience ofpast applications, their specific socio-economic context and income maximization

Business · Cohesion (chemistry · Context (archaeology · Economic policy · European union · Geography · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · European Union Policy and Governance · Regional Development and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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