Cohesion policy

The European Commission adopted a report under the theme of creativity and innovation in EU regions, on 25 June 2009.

The "Sixth progress report on economic and social cohesion" aims to show which factors can boost.creativity and innovation in both developed and less developed regions. The report covers technological innovation, but also many non-technological forms of innovation such as social, artistic, cultural, process and service innovation.

It also includes a short summary of the 391 responses to the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. It is accompanied by 11 factsheets which map and analyse key creativity and innovation indicators.

It is available in English, French and German.