Commission for Economic Policy (ECON)  

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

  • Competition and State Aid Policy
  • Economic and Monetary Policy
  • Economic Governance and European Semester
  • Industrial Policy and Industry 4.0
  • Internal Market and Digital Single Market
  • International Trade and Tariffs (including WTO issues)​
  • Local/Regional Finance and Investment
  • Public Investment
  • ​Public Procurement
  • Public Services
  • SME Policy and entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Governance
  • Taxation Policy

The ECON Secretariat is also responsible for the European Entrepreneurial Regions (EER) award scheme, which rewards EU regions with the most credible, forward-thinking and promising vision and innovative entrepreneurial policy strategy.

ECON is in charge of the Network of Regional Hubs for EU policy Implementation Review (RegHub)​. RegHub is a platform, which involves local and regional actors through consultations to collect their experiences on EU policy implementation.

ECON manages the Broadband Platform, which is a joint initiative between the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission to help high-speed broadband reach all European regions.

The ECON Commission also plays a lead and coordination role in relations between the CoR and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group​, which span a broad range of actions and policy fields.

Finally, via surveys, studies and analyses the ECON secretariat helps its members to monitor current trends in European cities and regions, and to identify good policy practices.​

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Head of Unit: Bert Kuby

Assitant to the HoU: Cécile Eclache

Webmaster: Brigitte Gendebien

Administrators:


  • Nils Brunelet, in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Relationship with E​IB, 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 (SNE), in charge of International trade and Tariffs, Competition Policy, State Aid, Public procurement, Company Law
  • Maria Lozano Uriz, in charge of Digital Single Market, Digital Agenda, ICT Networks and Information Society and Smart specialisation strategies, Broadband platform
  • Claudia Moser (SNE), 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
  • Audrey Parizel​, in charge of European Semester, Economic governance, Europe 2020, EMU, Stability and Growth Pact, Europe 2020/European Semester Monitoring Platform, sustainable development goals (SDGs)
  • Alexander Popov, in charge of Digital Single Market, ICT Networks and Information Society
  • Robert Rönström, in charge of International Trade and Tariffs, Competition Policy, State Aid, Public procurement, Company Law
  • Rainer Steffens (SNE), 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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  • Assessing the need for a modification of the state aid rules for the phasing-out of coal
    Publication date: 23.03.2020
    Theme: Industrial policy
    Keywords: ECON (Commission for Economic Policy)
    Author: Michele Alessandrini, Pietro Celotti, Giacomo Nespeca (t33 Srl), Silke Haarich, Christian Lüer, Sabine Zillmer (Spatial Foresight GmbH), Erich Dallhammer, Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean, Markéta Prasilova (OIR GmbH), and Salvatore Tarantino.
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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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