Abstract

The objective of the European Higher Education and Research H2020 Program is to increase the number of higher education graduates and to support new PhDs in order to strengthen research, technological development and innovation. The partnership agreement between the European Union and the Member States for the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (FEEI), for the period 2014-2020, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund (CF), the Fund European Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), is in its final phase. It is therefore important to understand the impact on public and private investment that the partnership agreement is having in the different regions and consequently in the member countries. Support for regional investment has allowed the construction or modernization of collective infrastructures, such as schools, promotion of cultural and natural heritage, bets on energy efficiency, promotion of information and communication technologies (ICT) in public services, research and development, as well as urban rehabilitation and mobility. In this area, inter-municipal and business investments are also included. The present study analyzes the multiplier impact on regional investment of European funds made available to the Lisbon - Portugal region under the H2020 program until September 2018, in the areas of higher education and the strengthening of research. The aim is to understand whether the objectives proposed by the European Union in relation to the financial support granted by the EU/investment provided in the various regions in 1,28 are being achieved, and on the other hand, respond to the main research question: a) What is the value invested in the regional economy in the areas of higher education and research and development for each euro of support allocated by the European Union through the H2020 program in the different regions of Portugal. The entity responsible for the management of Community support has been requested to provide information on the number of projects approved, amounts invested by type of investment and their support granted by the European Union up to 30/09/2018. From the data received, the analysis was structured in relation to four main intervention areas: 1) Municipal investment; 2) Business investment; 3) Science and technology; 4) territorial approaches. In each of the areas, the data was available in order to obtain the following information: total support granted by the H2020 program, eligible investment, total investment and number of projects supported and so we can respond to the main research question.

Highlights

  • On 12 June 1985 Portugal signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC)

  • In terms of eligibility for the European Investment Funds (ERDF, Cohesion Fund (CF), European Social Fund (ESF), FEADER and FEAMP), the 7 regions of Portugal are divided into: Less developed regions (GDP per capita 90%): Lisbon and the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM) Co-financing rate of the Funds: 50% (Lisbon) and 85% (ARM) Portugal will receive EUR 25 billion by 2020 for all funds, which will be allocated under each of the 16 Operational Programs, thematic and regional, as shown in the following chart: Table 1 - Operational, thematic and regional programs: 2 METHODOLOGY

  • We can conclude that under Horizon 2020, each euro of European Union support to the Public and Private Institutions of the Northern Region of Portugal provides an investment in the regional economy of 1,71 euros

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On 12 June 1985 Portugal signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community (EEC). After the revolution of 25 April 1974, and the loss of the colonial market, Portugal maintained a great external dependence. It is in this context that the country is approaching the European market, applying. Proceedings of EDULEARN19 Conference 1st-3rd July 2019, Palma, Mallorca, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4 for membership of the EEC in 1977. It is only in the following decade that this request is made (1986), simultaneously with Spain, in what was the third enlargement of the European group

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