Awareness of EU Regional PolicyEurobarometer survey (June 2010)

Awareness of EU Regional Policy

Perception of co-funded projects

Relation between awareness & positive perception

Personal benefits from EU regional support projects

Q2. Have you in your daily life benefited from a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund?

13 %SAW PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM CO-FUNDED PROJECTS

PL 44EE 29LT 28LV 26SK 25CZ 25HU 24EL 24SI 23IE 23ES 21

%

Sources of information of regional projects

Q.: Where did you hear about it?

Who should receiveregional development

funds?

Regional funding to be concentrated on the poorest regions

Q.: Most European regional funding is concentrated on the poorest regions in order to

help them to catch up. In your opinion, is this rather a good or rather a bad thing?

Q.: European regional policy is concentrated on the poorest regions in order to help them to catch up faster with the rest of the EU. In your opinion, is this rather a good or rather a bad thing?

2008 2010

86 88

EU regional policy – desired priority sectors

90

88

82

81

74

69

2008

Preferred level of decision-making for EU regional support projects

29

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Local Regional National EU DK/NA

Awareness of cooperation

Awareness of EU regional funding for helping cooperation between regions

Q.: Are you aware of regions in different countries co-operating because of EU Regional funding? Base: all respondents, % by country

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Q.: Outside the poorest regions European regional policy also supports economic development projects

although there is less money available. In your opinion, should the EU support all regions or concentrate

exclusively on the poorer ones?

Q.: In all the other regions, European regional policy intervenes to help them to foster innovation, to create jobs and to work together. In your opinion, should the EU support all regions or concentrate exclusively on the poorer ones?

Where should the EU focus its regional support?

2008 2010

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The EU should only support the poorer regions The EU should help all its regions DK/ NA

Should the EU support all regions or focus exclusively on the poorer ones?