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The open method of coordination and policy mainstreaming: the European employment strategy and regional conversion programmes in the UK

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This article is a critical exploration of the issues raised by the attempt to integrate aims and concerns derived from one European Union (EU) policy domain into another. It does this via an examination of the ways in which the European Employment Strategy (EES) has been taken into account in the design and initial implementation of Structural Fund programmes in the 2000--2006 round. In particular, it examines the nature of this ‘mainstreaming’ relationship in terms of the structures and mechanisms associated with current Objective 1 programmes operating in the UK. It maps out the vertical and horizontal linkages between European, national and regional levels, and assesses the extent to which strategic frameworks, programme guidance and programme content have successfully integrated EES considerations. The article concludes by identifying some implications for theories of European governance.

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  • Tony Gore, 2004. "The open method of coordination and policy mainstreaming: the European employment strategy and regional conversion programmes in the UK," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 123-141, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:12:y:2004:i:1:p:123-141
    DOI: 10.1080/09654310310001635733
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    1. Tony Gore, 2014. "The Role of Policy Champions and Learning in Implementing Horizontal Environmental Policy Integration: Comparative Insights from European Structural Fund Programmes in the U.K," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-27, August.
    2. Will Eadson, 2016. "State enrolment and energy-carbon transitions: Syndromic experimentation and atomisation in England," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 34(8), pages 1612-1631, December.
    3. Gore, Tony & Wells, Peter, 2009. "Governance and evaluation: The case of EU regional policy horizontal priorities," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 158-167, May.

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