European Union structural funds and cohesion policy: challenges and prospects for the post-2020 period

  • Beatriz Pérez de las Heras University of Deusto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-58-2018pp17-22
Keywords: cohesion policy, structural funds, post-2020 multiannual financial framework

Abstract

With an endowment of EUR 351,800 million in the current 2014- 2020 multiannual financial framework, the European Union (EU) cohesion policy is currently undergoing a revision process with a view to its redefinition in the next, post-2020 financial framework. Negotiation on this new funding horizon faces several challenges, such as the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, one of the biggest contributors to the EU budget, the migratory crisis and the EU’s external security. The future of the cohesion policy will depend on the results of those negotiations. Some concrete proposals are already envisioned, such as the simplification of the administrative bureaucracy or the better use and management of financial tools. The contributions of this special issue of Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto address some of these challenges and perspectives that are cur rently being discussed about the EU's cohesion policy while providing different elements for further analysis and reflection on its future evolution.

Published online: 28 March 2018

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Author Biography

Beatriz Pérez de las Heras, University of Deusto
Beatriz Pérez de las Heras is Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration at the University of Deusto (UD). PhD in Law (UD), she accomplished post-graduate studies at the Centre Européen Universitaire de Nancy, where she obtained the DESS and DEA en Droit Communautaire. She was Director of the European Studies Institute at UD from 1996 to 2009, and Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European Union Law and International Relations from 2013 to 2016. She also served as Vice-Dean for Research and International Relations at Deusto Faculty of Law from 2013 to 2015. She has been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Oregon (2009), Georgetown (2012), Fordham (2013), Boston College (2014) and Florida International University (2016). She is currently Editor-in- Chief of Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto Journal and Main Researcher of the Integración Europea y Derecho Patrimonial en un contexto global research team. She is author of several books on European legal issues, such as Hacia un Derecho Común en la Unión Europea (Dykinson, 2003) and El Mercado Interior Europeo (Universidad de Deusto, 2008). She has also published numerous papers in scientific journals. Her current research interests are chiefly focused on the European Union (EU)’s climate change and energy policy, democracy and citizenship in the EU, and the role of the EU as an international actor.
Published
2018-03-28
How to Cite
Pérez de las Heras, Beatriz. 2018. “European Union Structural Funds and Cohesion Policy: Challenges and Prospects for the Post-2020 Period”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 58 (March), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-58-2018pp17-22.
Issue
No. 58 (2018): Política de cohesión y fondos estructurales de la Unión Europea: retos y perspectivas para el período post-2020
Section
Introduction

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