T3C2: definitions Flashcards
(25 cards)
Competitiveness policy:
Aid provided by the European Union aimed at developing the capacity of European companies or European territories to withstand foreign competition.
Territorial cohesion policies:
A set of policies implemented by the European Union to reduce inequalities between its territories.
Outermost regions:
Territories belonging to EU Member States but located very far from the EU.
European Structural and Investment Funds:
European Union funding for regional and local development.
Cohesion Fund:
Helps the poorest states.
ERDF (European Regional Development Fund):
Supports regional development (transport, energy transition).
ESF (European Social Fund):
Focuses on employment and training.
EARD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development):
Fund for agricultural rural development.
EMFF (European Maritime and Fisheries Fund):
Fund for fisheries policy.
(EIB):
European Investment Bank
Institution providing loans supplementing grants
Public-private partnerships:
Agreements allowing the implementation of a public development by private companies which, in exchange for all or part of the funding, obtain operation of the development for a specified period.
Economic clusters:
A territorial network of economic players working in partnership to produce jointly.
Disparities:
Differences in levels of development in economic, social, and cultural fields.
EDF
(European Development Fund): Fund for overseas territories not part of EU countries.
IPA
(Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance): EU funding for candidate countries (prepares for accession).
Sustainable growth:
Balance between economic growth, environmental preservation, and the fight against social inequality.
Productivism:
An economic system in which production and productivity are the primary objective.
TEN-T
(Trans-European Transport Network): Infrastructure financed by the EU to improve accessibility.
Reconversion aid:
A transformation process by which a region in crisis is revitalized by the establishment of new activities.
Accessibility:
The greater or lesser ease of access to a territory via transport and communication networks.
Productivity:
The ratio between output and the resources used to achieve it.
Territorial cooperation:
A policy aimed at reducing problems that transcend administrative boundaries.
Euroscepticism:
A critical attitude towards the European Union.
Territorial segregation:
Spatial separation of territories due to market forces or policy outcomes.
