SURE: Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies

Main areas of analysis

Factors and characteristics common for all convergence regions in the EU and those common for weak regions but different for catching up regions.
Verification of these common and different factors and characteristics by statistical and econometric methods.
Evaluation of the cause-effect relation of the economic performance and competitiveness capacity of lagging European regions and of the impact of EU co-funded projects on the overall economic performance of the regions.

Main results envisaged

Qualitative analysis understanding potentially relevant factors for success.
Descriptive analysis collecting and ordering the relevant data.
Empirical analysis identifying and understanding the statistically significant factors for success.
Case study analysis studying in-depth the evolution of the stakeholder convergence regions in one specific area and providing bench learning examples for stakeholders and other EU convergence regions.
Synthetic analysis of what a region can do to improve economic prosperity.