Study on the implementation of EU Cohesion Policy in the UK and lessons for UK government's Levelling Up policy

英国欧盟凝聚力政策实施研究及英国政府Leveling Up政策的教训

• 批准号: 2887378
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887378
• 关键词: Study; implementation; EU; Cohesion; Policy

In recent years, understanding why spatial and social disparities are increasing in contemporary economies has become an important theme in several academic disciplines. More academic research is required to help shed light on the socio-economic, institutional and policy processes at play in order to develop innovative ways of tackling such widening disparities, in different places. In this context, the European Union's (EU) Cohesion Policy (CP), is of considerable academic and policy interest. Initially developed in the late 1970s to help less developed regions and Member States, EU CP has evolved over time and currently focuses on 'place-based' interventions to try to tackle increasing social and spatial disparities across Europe. From its inception, the UK has been a recipient of EU CP and it has played a key role in regional economic development ever since. Between 1975 and 2020, the UK received around £66bn from Brussels, which amounted to over £100bn with additional domestic 'match funding'. This funding was targeted mainly at supporting the UK's poorest cities and regions to boost jobs, (small) firms and growth, in different places. Given that the UK left the EU in 2021, it no longer participates in EU CP and funding will cease after 2023. Prior to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, the spatial and social inequalities in the UK were already greater than in other 'rich' countries but the 'gap' is now widening. In response, UK government (HMG) policy promotes 'place-based' interventions to level up productivity and growth in the whole country, particularly tackling disparities in lagging behind places (not only) in northern England and the devolved nations. Recently, HMG published its Levelling Up White Paper which outlines domestic approaches to tackling economic development across the UK, replacing EU funding.This project, joint with HMG's Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), provides a unique and timely opportunity to research a strategic national policy issue. The aim is to explore the lessons from several decades of EU CP implementation in the UK in order to inform ongoing academic and policy debates related to levelling up.

近年来，理解当代经济中空间和社会差距为何不断扩大已成为多个学科的重要主题。需要更多的学术研究来帮助阐明正在发挥作用的社会经济、体制和政策进程，以便开发创新方法来解决不同地方不断扩大的差距。在此背景下，欧盟（EU）凝聚力政策（CP）具有相当大的学术和政策意义。 EU CP 最初于 20 世纪 70 年代末制定，旨在帮助欠发达地区和成员国，随着时间的推移不断发展，目前侧重于“基于地点”的干预措施，试图解决整个欧洲日益扩大的社会和空间差距。英国自成立以来一直是欧盟CP的接受国，并一直在区域经济发展中发挥着关键作用。 1975 年至 2020 年间，英国从布鲁塞尔获得了约 660 亿英镑，加上额外的国内“配套资金”，总计超过 1000 亿英镑。这笔资金主要用于支持英国最贫困的城市和地区，以促进不同地方的就业、（小）企业和增长。鉴于英国于 2021 年离开欧盟，它将不再参与欧盟 CP，并且资金将在 2023 年之后停止。在英国脱欧和 Covid-19 大流行之前，英国的空间和社会不平等已经比其他“富裕”国家更大，但现在“差距”正在扩大。作为回应，英国政府（HMG）政策提倡“基于地方”的干预措施，以提高整个国家的生产力和增长，特别是解决（不仅是）英格兰北部和权力下放国家落后地区的差距。最近，HMG 发布了《升级白皮书》，概述了解决英国经济发展问题的国内方法，以取代欧盟的资助。该项目与 HMG 的升级、住房和社区部 (DLUHC) 合作，为研究战略性国家政策问题提供了独特而及时的机会。其目的是探索英国几十年来欧盟CP实施的经验教训，以便为正在进行的与升级相关的学术和政策辩论提供信息。