SUSTAINABLE  REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT

• Derive a detailed knowledge of factors impacting on SRD realization.
• Identify and highlight best practice in Nordic SRD.
• Facilitate a Nordic network for SRD information exchange.

IN  PRACTICE

• Derives the information needs to support CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
• Used to increase in the public sector for the development of PROCESSES and PROCEDURES.
• More commonly used in the PRIVATE SECTOR.

IN  CHARACTER 

• Actually Benchmarking is forward-looking, participatory and quality-focused.
• Main objective is to maximize opportunities, minimize errors in application.
• Presents a CLEAR COMMUNICATION of goals or aspirations.
• It’s continuous improvement shows that it advocates setting and achieving EVER-HIGHER STANDARDS.

IN  ACTIVITY

• Derive benchmarks, it requires a comprehensive understanding of CURRENT PRACTICE.
• Perform best practice, it supports by an analysis of parallel or competing projects.

The main objectives of EU Thematic Evaluation on the contribution of the structural funds to Sustainable Development presents below:

• Develop methods, indicators and approaches for the evaluation of sustainable regional development.
• Finds the WAYS throughout the delivery system for the Structural Funds to GENERATE BETTER PROJECTS PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
• Identify the MAIN POLICY TRADE-OFFS being made in regional development policies either explicitly or implicitly.