Europos sanglaudos politika Italijos Mezzogiorno regione. Ar mes atsižvelgiame į 2007-2013 metų pamokas? / European cohesion policy in Italy’s Mezzogiorno. Are we making any use for the next programming period of the lessons learned in 2007-2013?

Europos sanglaudos politika Italijos Mezzogiorno regione. Ar mes atsižvelgiame į 2007-2013 metų pamokas? / European cohesion policy in Italy’s Mezzogiorno. Are we making any use for the next programming period of the lessons learned in 2007-2013? In this paper we will discuss how much the evaluation of the Cohesion Policy in 2007-2013 period in the less developed regions of the South of Italy (Mezzogiorno) is orienting the design of the strategy for the next programming period. Results and impacts of the European Cohesion Policy in Mezzogiorno, that started since the 90’, have been seriously questioned. The poor economic performance of Mezzogiorno in the last decades can be measured both in absolute and relative terms, compared to the Northern regions of Italy and to other European regions, including the less developed ones, in particular in the new EU member states.Looking at the efficacy of implementation of the Cohesion Policy in the 2007-2013 period in all Mezzogiorno Regions, many negative evidences can be identified. Programming activities appear too slow and ineffective, and absorption of funds dramatically delayed. The main steps decided by European and Italian policy makers for the 2014-2020 period will analyzed. The risk that most of the lessons learned from the past experience in Mezzogiorno will not be translated into effective reforms of the cohesion policy strategy and instruments will be discussed. <…>