WP3

WP3. Regional trajectories

Coordinator: University of Naples

Focus and objectives

This WP investigates policy implementation processes and their socioeconomic impacts in the five regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, and Sicily, which all exhibit a per capita GDP still below 75% of the EU-27, but are also characterized by relevant differences in demography, infrastructure, urbanization, productive and social structure, quality of institutions. The aim of the WP is to compare the five regional trajectories and assess how endogenous factors have conditioned regional policy implementation and outcomes, from 3 main perspectives:

Productive and social structures
Infrastructure and the governance of territorial transformation
Institutional and social capital

Activities and milestones

Kick-off workshop (WS1; M7)
Definition of an analytical template to frame regional profiles (M7)
Analysis of the 5 regional trajectories (M7-13)
Intermediate workshops to discuss preliminary findings (WS2; M13)
Writing of regional profiles (M13-20)
Final WP3 workshop (WS3; M20)
Writing of WP3 Report (regional profiles + summary and conclusions) posted ‘open access’ on the website (M20-22; D4)

NEWS & EVENTS

2024-04-30

Final Project Conference

On June 20 and 21 2024, at the Aula Magna 'Ludovico Quaroni' of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, the Final Project Conference 'Policies for Southern Italy in the 21st Century. Lessons learned and future scenarios' was held.

NMP 2024 International Symposium

On May 22, 23 and 24 2024, at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, PRIN research units participated in the International Symposium 'Networks, Markets & People. Communities, Institutions and Enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges' with the Thematic Session 'European Cohesion Policy and Regional Operational Programs in Calabria from 2000 to 2020 between Learning Processes and Structural Constraints'.

Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2023

On 9 and 10 November 2023, the Winter Conference 2023 of the Regional Studies Association was held at the Great Cumberland Place Hotel in London. PRIN research units participated in the Special Session 'The evolution, implementation, and impact of community-led, place-based and territorially integrated local development programmes in the context of the European Cohesion Policy for less developed regions'.