GiuaThe research project How can the EU Cohesion Policy help persistently under-performing regions? by Mara Giua (Department of Economics and Rossi-Doria Centre, Roma Tre University) is one of the winners of the 2016 competition of the European Commission Best Evaluation Proposals on the effectiveness of operations co-financed by Structural or Cohesion Funds.

The project has been awarded by the European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu during the 7th European Evaluation Conference The result orientation: Cohesion Policy at Work (Sofia, 16-17th June 2016)