At the latest Informal Ministerial Meeting in Nicosia, Cohesion Policy Ministers discussed the improvement of effectiveness and added value of the policy, as well as ways of improving its governance. Member States expressed their positions on the basis of a Presidency paper entitled ‘Improving the Effectiveness and Added Value of Cohesion Policy’. The paper is aimed at initiating discussions and assisting Member States in reaching common ground on how to make better use of the new elements of EU Cohesion Policy. The ministers also discussed a non-paper issued by the Cyprus Presidency on ‘Governance of Cohesion Policy at Union level’.

Supporting documents released by the Cypriot Presidency and full press release available here.