ERSA participated in the organisation of the University Workshops and The Master Class Programme held during the 15th European Week of Regions and Cities.
The EWRC is the biggest event world-wide on regional and urban development. This year’s theme is “‘Regions and Cities working for a better future’.
The EWRC are organised and led by the European Commission.
Master Class
30 PhD students and early-career researchers were selected to participate in the 5th edition of this Master Class, which was held between 8 and 12 October 2017. The Master Class is a unique format to connect young researchers and will include presentations of papers by the participants as well as lectures and panel debates with policy makers, EU officials and senior academics to improve understanding of and research on EU Cohesion Policy.
This year’s topics are:
- Resilient regions and cities: What local and regional strategies have proved successful in addressing the economic crisis and providing resilience? What lessons have regional and local authorities learned from the crisis and how has EU Cohesion Policy contributed to these lessons?
- Governance of regional local development: How does EU Cohesion Policy influence “good governance” and innovation in the public sector?
- Sharing knowledge across borders: How does EU Cohesion Policy facilitate learning between regions and cities and what are future directions in this respect?
University Session
“Counterfactual Methods for Regional and Urban Policy Evaluation”
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 14.30 – 17.00
European Commission, Charlemagne, Room Mansholt, 11C105
Leading organization of this Session: ERSA
Counterfactual impact evaluation (CIE) is increasingly regarded as an essential tool for public decision-making, in that it allows to establish whether a public program works. At the same time, it is also the object of cutting-edge methodological and empirical research by statisticians, economists and political scientists.
Focusing on three themes of contemporary regional and urban policy that are object of compelling debate – Structural Funds, local welfare for immigrant inclusion, and urban vehicle access regulations – the workshop highlights the policy lessons that can be drawn from existing counterfactual evaluations and outlines the main opportunities and challenges ahead.
View the Session programme: SESSION – UNIV11C105_EWRC2017
View the Presentations: EWRC_2017_Ragazzi EWRC_2017_pellegrini EWRC_2017_Drange EWRC_2017_Védrine
Leila Kebir, Nina Drange, Lionel Védrine, Elena Ragazzi, André Torre, Guido Pellegrini
Organisers:
DG REGIO DG for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
CoR EU Committee of the Regions
ERSA European Regional Science Association
RSA Regional Studies Association
AESOP Association of European Schools of Planning