Commission for Economic Policy (ECON)  

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The remit of the Commission for Economic Policy covers the following fields:     

  • Industrial Policy
  • SME policy
  • Economic and Monetary Policy
  • Economic Governance, European Semester
  • Internal market
  • International Trade and Tariffs
  • Public procurement, Competition and State aid policy     

The ECON surveys, studies and analyses​ and the European Entrepreneurial Regions (EER) help ECON members monitor current trends and challenges and identify good policy practices.

The high level multi-stakeholder platform on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) supports and advises the European Commission on the implementation of SDGs. It allows the CoR to build a common language with all other stakeholders and propose recommendations for a sustainable EU. The input of the CoR is coordinated by the ECON Commission.     

Select other CoR commission: CIVEX COTER ECON ENVE NAT SEDEC

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Head of Unit: Bert Kuby

Assitant to the HoU: Cécile Eclache

Webmaster: Brigitte Gendebien

Administrators:

  • John Bennett, in charge of Internal Market, Industrial Policy, Sharing Economy, SME Policy, Business Environment/ Administrative Burden reduction, EER
  • Nils Brunelet, in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Relationship with EIB, membership of the Group of Communicators (GOC)
  • Andrea Forti, Deputy Head of Unit, in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Europe 2020/European Semester Monitoring Platform
  • Effrosyni Kossyvaki (END), in charge of International trade and Tariffs, Competition Policy, State Aid, Public procurement, Company Law
  • Claudia Moser (END), in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Financial and Capital markets, Taxation, Financial services, Capital Market Union
  • Rafael Mondelaers, in charge of Internal Market, Industrial Policy, Sharing Economy, SME Policy, Business Environment/ Administrative Burden reduction
  • Robert Rönström, in charge of International trade and Tariffs, Competition Policy, State Aid, Public procurement, Company Law
  • Marine Siva (replacing Audrey Parizel until end of 2019), in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Europe 2020/European Semester Monitoring Platform, sustainable development goals (SDGs)
  • Rainer Steffens (END), in charge of Horizontal Activites
  • Piotr Zajączkowski, in charge of Internal Market, Industrial Policy, Sharing Economy, SME Policy, Business Environment/ Administrative Burden reduction, EER

Assistants:

To contact the ECON team, please use the Contact form (subject 'Economic Policy')

  • Administrative capacity of local and regional authorities: Opportunities and challenges for structural reforms and a more effective European economic governance
    Publication date: 30.11.2018
    Theme: European semester / Economic Governance
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher (Project Leader) and Haris Martinos (METIS GmbH).
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  • The involvement of the Local and Regional Authorities in the European Semester – Analysis of the 2018 National Reform Programmes
    Publication date: 01.10.2018
    Theme: European semester / Economic Governance, European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), Europe 2020 Strategy
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher (Project Leader) and Wolfgang Schausberger (METIS GmbH)
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  • EU policy framework on SMEs: state of play and challenges
    Publication date: 29.07.2019
    Theme: SME policy
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Michele Alessandrini, Alessandro Valenza, Andrea Gramillano, Chiara Zingaretti, (t33 Srl), Sabine Zillmer, Frank Holstein and Giacomo Salvatori (Spatial Foresight). Contributions from Erich Dallhammer,Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen and Martyna Derszniak (ÖIR)
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  • Implementing a place-based approach to EU industrial policy strategy
    Publication date: 16.07.2019
    Theme: Industrial policy
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: M. Alessandrini (t33), P. Celotti (t33), E. Dallhammer (OIR), H. Gorny (OIR), A. Gramillano (t33), B. Schuh (OIR) and C. Zingaretti (t33) with contributions from M. Toptsidou (Spatial Foresight)
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  • Assessing the implementation of the 2014 Directives on public procurement: challenges and opportunities at regional and local level
    Publication date: 14.06.2019
    Theme: Public procurement
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Alessandro Valenza, Michele Alessandrini, Paul Negrila and Pietro Celotti (t33 Srl).
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  • A territorial approach for the implementation of the SDGs in the EU – The role of the European Committee of the Regions
    Publication date: 11.04.2019
    Theme: Long-term strategy for investment, growth and jobs (renewed Europe 2020)
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: François Levarlet, Michele Alessandrini, Pietro Celotti (t33) with contributions from Giacomo Salvatori and Frank Holstein (Spatial Foresight), Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean and Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen (ÖIR), Paolo Seri, Veronika Müller (t33)
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  • The democratic dimension of EU negotiations on trade agreements: the role and responsibilities of citizens and LRAs
    Publication date: 17.12.2017
    Theme: Trade (incl. TTIP)
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Bernd Schuh, Sanja Brkanovic, Helene Gorny, Edith Stifter (ÖIR) in collaboration with Paola Le Moglie and Pietro Celotti (t33).
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  • The involvement of the local and regional authorities in the European Semester: analysis of the 2017 National Reform Programmes
    Publication date: 19.10.2017
    Theme: European semester / Economic Governance
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher and Wolfgang Schausberger (METIS GmbH).
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  • Improving the European Semester by involving local and regional authorities: Overview of good practices
    Publication date: 11.10.2017
    Theme: European semester / Economic Governance
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher and Haris Martinos (METIS GmbH).
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  • Implementation of the Decision and the Framework on SGEIs: involvement of LRAs in the reporting exercise and state of play as regards the assessment of social services as economic activities
    Publication date: 08.06.2017
    Theme: Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Silke Haarich, Frank Holstein and Maria Toptsidou (Spatial Foresight) with contributions from Paola Le Moglie (t33)
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  • - Implementation of the Decision and the Framework on SGEIs: involvement of LRAs in the reporting exercise and state of play as regards the assessment of social services as economic activities - Executive Summary
    Publication date: 07.06.2017
    Theme: Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Silke Haarich, Frank Holstein and Maria Toptsidou (Spatial Foresight) with contributions from Paola Le Moglie (t33)
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  • The role of the local and regional authorities in the implementation of the EFSI: opportunities and challenges
    Publication date: 06.06.2017
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Michele Alessandrini, François Levarlet, Paul Negrila, Paola Le Moglie, Andrea Bucci, Pietro Celotti (t33), Ursula Mollay (ÖIR) and Jacek Kotrasiński.
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