Inforegio panorama. Winter 2013, No 48.
Date: 2014-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
Subjects: regional development, regional policy, serial publication

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anorama
anorama

inforegio

▶ Cohesion policy 

2014-2020 
Momentum builds

▶ Interview with  José Manuel Barroso, 

President of the European Commission 

▶The reformed policy in 10 points 

▶ Member States finalise Partnership 

Agreements

▶ Cohesion policy 2014-2020 viewed 

from the Member States

Regional and 
Urban Policy

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▶EDITORIAL ...........................................................................................3
Commissioner Johannes Hahn

▶FEATURE
COHESION POLICY 2014-2020

▶COHESION POLICY – A REAL DRIVER 
FOR GROWTH IN EUROPE .................................................. 4-7
Interview with European Commission 
President José Manuel Barroso

▶THE 10 KEY POINTS OF 
THE REVISED POLICY .................................................................8-9

Home to over 1 000 plant species from around the world, the Eden Project 
in Cornwall, UK, is a tourist attraction and educational charity. It received 
kick-start funding of over EUR 30 million from the ERDF.

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▶INVESTMENT PRIORITIES FOR 
THE REVISED COHESION POLICY ...............................10-13

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▶NEWS IN BRIEF ...................................................................14-15

▶IN YOUR OWN WORDS ..................................................16-22
Views from stakeholders on cohesion 
policy 2014-2020

▶INFOGRAPHIC
REFORMED COHESION 
POLICY FOR EUROPE ........................................................23-26

▶BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE 
COMMUNICATION .................................................................27-31

▶KEY ROLE FOR THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT IN THE REFORM 
OF COHESION POLICY......................................................32-35

▶ON OUR WAY TO DELIVER THE FUNDS ......... 36-39

▶LONGER TERM AND CUMULATIVE 
ACHIEVEMENTS OF COHESION POLICY ...........40-43

▶PROJECTS ............................................................................... 44-47
Examples of projects from Cyprus, France, Romania 
and of European Territorial Cooperation

▶AGENDA ............................................................................................. 48

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Photographs (pages): 
Cover: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK – 
Alexandra Thompson © shutterstock
Pages 3, 4, 7, 10-13, 15, 27, 29, 36-39, 40-43: 
© European Commission
Page 8: © Cristina Dumitru Tabacaru
Pages 14, 46: © shutterstock
Pages 16-22 : © Contributing organisations
Page 28: © Andalucia se mueve con Europa 
Pages 32-35: © European Parliament
Page 44: © Hungary-Croatia Cross-border 
cooperation programme
Page 45: © Centru Regional Development Agency, Romania
Page 47: © Medtech SAS

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▶FRANCE

▶ BUSINESS BUILDS FOR 

ROBOTIC SURGERY FIRM 

A French medical technology SME supported through co-
investment under Languedoc-Roussillon’s JEREMIE initia-
tive is going from strength to strength internationally and 
was recently listed on the Paris EuroNext stock exchange.

The Montpelier-based company Medtech SAS was founded 
in 2002 to develop robots capable of assisting surgeons  
in difficult operations requiring immense precision. BRIGIT™, 
the first robot developed by the company, focused on ortho-
paedic surgery and was sold in 2006 to Zimmer Inc., a world 
leader in orthopaedic surgery.

Medtech followed this by the development of ROSA™ a new 
generation of laser-guided surgical robot arms dedicated 
to neurosurgical procedures. The device supports and com-
plements the work of the neurosurgeon in delicate operations 
on the brain. In 2009, ROSA™ received market approval in 
Europe with the CE Mark as well as FDA approval in the USA 
and Health Canada Homologation in Canada. It is now used 

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JEREMIE 
JEREMIE – Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium 
Enterprises – is a European Commission initiative devel-
oped together with the European Investment Fund (EIF). 
It promotes the use of financial engineering instruments 
to improve access to finance for SMEs via Structural Funds 
interventions.  The  EUR  30  m  JEREMIE  Holding  Fund  
Languedoc-Roussillon is part financed by ERDF (EUR 15 m) 
and by the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Council (EUR 15 m), 
the French state acts as managing authority and the EIF 
is responsible for its management. It aims to provide sup-
port financing through three financial instruments: a) a risk 
sharing loans instrument for innovative start-ups; b) a co-
investment instrument for SMEs with high potential of 
growth; c) a portfolio guarantee instrument to reinforce 
SMEs competitiveness.

Total cost: 
EUR 22 000 000
EU contribution: 
EUR 4 500 000 

by leading neurosurgeons in several hospitals within Europe, 
North America and Asia. The company is currently working on 
the development of a version of ROSA™ for operating on the 
spine with the same characteristics of extreme precision.

Medtech SAS now employs 20 people in Montpelier and has 
offices in New York and Canada, distributors worldwide and 
a presence in about thirty countries. 

To support its growth, at the end of 2012 Medtech secured 
financing of EUR 4.5 million from a consortium of Soridec, 
SAS JEREMIE LR and Midi-capital. The company is continuing 
its ambitious growth and is targeting a 50 % increase in sales 
in 2014 to EUR 3 million. In November 2013 the company 
raised a further EUR 20 million through a share offering (IPO) 
on the Paris EnterNext stock exchange, the subsidiary of NYSE 
Euronext dedicated to promoting and growing the SME mar-
ket. The additional funding will accelerate market develop-
ment with a focus on markets such as Italy, Spain, Germany 
and the United States. 

▶ FIND OUT MORE
http://medtech.fr/en/home

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▶AGENDA

31 MARCH 2014
_Brussels (BE)

RegioStars 
Awards Ceremony

8-9 SEPTEMBER 2014
_Brussels (BE)

6th Cohesion Forum

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30 SEPTEMBER & 
1 OCTOBER 2014
_Brussels (BE)

Forum on the Outermost 
Regions

6-9 OCTOBER 2014
_Brussels (BE)

OPEN DAYS

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in the Agenda section of the Inforegio website:
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conferences/agenda/index_en.cfm

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