Cohesion Policy in National Envelopes: How to integrate Partnership

Future EU Cohesion Policy is likely to hand more decision-making over to member states with the European Commission’s plans of merging multiple funds delivered to member states by national envelopes. Such a delivery model for Cohesion Policy will curtail the involvement of subnational and civil society actors. This, in turn, can disrupt the flow of information and expertise provided by these actors. As a result, effective and impactful Cohesion Policy is at risk.