European Commission (DG REGIO)
2025
COWI, Milieu, CSIL
The evaluation of EU cohesion policy in relation to the European Green Deal examined how this policy supports the objectives of the Green Deal.
EU cohesion policy aims to reduce economic, social and territorial disparities between EU regions. It accounts for a significant share of the EU budget and serves as a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal, which aims to make the EU climate neutral by 2050.
This study is one of 14 studies analysing EU cohesion policy from 2014 to 2020.
The evaluation focused on support for various sustainability issues such as energy efficiency, renewable energies, climate adaptation, biodiversity, resource management and sustainable mobility. The project was managed externally by COWI, with CSIL and Milieu as additional partners.
In the context of this evaluation Prognos was responsible for
The project started in September 2022 and ran until May 2025.
In addition to this evaluation that assesses the contributions of Cohesion Policy spending during the 2014-2020 period to the climate and environment objectives of the EU, Prognos is involved in two further parallel studies on EU cohesion policy 2014-2020. Firstly, the evaluation of SME funding (led by CSIL) and, secondly, the evaluation of funding for research, technological development, and innovation, which is led by Prognos.
Project team: Daniel Gehrt, Richard Simpson, Vera Fuhs, Victor Wichmann, Anja Breuer, Dr. Stephan Heinrich, Nico Dietzsch, Michael Kutschera, Lorenzo Pelizzari, Nora Langreder, Tim Trachsel
Last update: 05.05.2025
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