The Impact of Local Decision-Making in Regional Development Schemes on the Achievement of Efficiency in EU Funds
European Union candidate status provides a
strong motivation for decision-making in the candidate
countries in shaping the regional development policy where
there is an envisioned transfer of power from center to the
periphery. The process of Europeanization anticipates the
candidate countries configure their regional institutional
templates in the context of the requirements of the European
Union policies and introduces new instruments of incentive
framework of enlargement to be employed in regional
development schemes. It is observed that the contribution of
the local actors to the decision making in the design of the
allocation architectures enhances the efficiency of the funds
and increases the positive effects of the projects funded under
the regional development objectives. This study aims at
exploring the performances of the three regional development
grant schemes in Turkey, established and allocated under the
pre-accession process with a special emphasis given to the
roles of the national and local actors in decision-making for
regional development. Efficiency analyses have been
conducted using the DEA methodology which has proved to
be a superior method in comparative efficiency and
benchmarking measurements. The findings of this study as
parallel to similar international studies, provides that the
participation of the local actors to the decision-making in
funding contributes both to the quality and the efficiency of
the projects funded under the EU schemes.
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Regionalization in the EU-s Enlargement to Central and Eastern
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Central and Eastern Europe, J. Schimmelfeng F., Sedelmeier U. Ed.
Cornell University Press: New York: 2005, pp. 1-29.
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Of Romania - Pre-Accession Impact Studies III, Study no. 1., 2005.
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Europeanization of domestic interest groups", Journal of European
Public Policy, vol:14:3, 2007, pp. 460 ÔÇö 481.
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Kalkınma Ajansları", Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İBF Dergisi,
vol: 2:1, 2007, pp. 65-83.
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Arayışlar: Kalkınma Ajansları ve Türkiye'de Uygulanabilirliği", Doğu
Karadeniz Bölgesel Kalk─▒nma Sempozyumu- 13-14 Ekim , 2005, pp.
149-150,. Retrieved: 13.08.2008,
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Örnek: sivas Kalkınma Ajansı", C.Ü. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi,
vol. 4:1, 2003, pp.81-97.
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[22] European Commission, Regular Report 2007, Retrieved: 12.06.2008.
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2007/nov/turkey_pr
ogress_reports_en.pdf
[23] State Planning Organization, 2008 National Program of Turkey, Ankara,
2008.
[24] A. Charnes, W. Cooper and E. Rhodes, "Measuring the Efficiency of
Decision Making Units." European Journal of Operational Research,
vol. 2, 1978, pp. 429-44.
[25] E. Demir, "Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi'nin Ülke Ekonomisine Katkısı
ve Bölge Yerle┼ƒim Alanlar─▒na Etkisi", G├£, Gazi E─ƒitim Fak├╝ltesi
Dergisi, vol. 23:3, 2003, pp. 189-205.
[1] J. Hughes, G. Sasse and C.Gordon, "Europeanization and
Regionalization in the EU-s Enlargement to Central and Eastern
Europe", Palgrave Macmillan: New York. 2004.
[2] F. Schimmelfeng, U. Sedelmeier, "Introduction: Conceptualizing the
Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe" The Europeanization of
Central and Eastern Europe, J. Schimmelfeng F., Sedelmeier U. Ed.
Cornell University Press: New York: 2005, pp. 1-29.
[3] S. Zerbinati, "Europeanization and EU funding in Italy and England. A
comparative local perspective, Journal of European Public Policy,
vol.11:6, 2004, pp. 1000-1019.
[4] B. Lippert, G. Umbach and W. Wessels, "Europeanization of the CEE
Executives:EU Membership Negotiations as a Shaping Power", Journal
of European Public Policy, vol. 8, no. 6, 2001, pp. 980-1012.
[5] P. Bursens, J. Deforche, "Europeanization of Subnational Polities: the
Impact of Domestic Factors on Regional Adaptation to European
Integration", Regional & Federal Studies, vol.18:1, 2008, pp. 1 ÔÇö 18.
[6] R. Pasquier, Romain, "Cognitive Europeanization' and the territorial
effects of multilevel policy transfer: Local development in French and
Spanish regions", Regional & Federal Studies, vol.15:3, 2005, pp. 295
ÔÇö 310.
[7] R. Ladrech, "Europeanization of domestic politics and institutions: the
case of France", Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 32:1, 1994, pp.
69-88.
[8] K. Featherstone, K., "Europeanization and the centre periphery: the case
of Greece in the 1990s-, South European Society & Politics, vol.3:1,
1998, pp. 23-39.
[9] A. Cole, H. Drake, ÔÇÿThe Europeanization of the French polity:
continuity, change and adaptation-, Journal of European Public Policy,
vol. 7:1, 2000, pp.26-43.
[10] E. Thielemann, E., "The Price of Europeanization: Why European
Regional Policy Initiatives Are a Mixed Blessing", Regional & Federal
Studies, vol.12:1, 2002, pp. 43 ÔÇö 65.
[11] M. Sumpíková M., J. Pavel and S. Klazar, "EU Funds: Absorption
Capacity and Effectiveness of Their Use, with Focus on Regional Level
in the Czech Republic, Conference on Problems facing the New Member
States. Retrieved: 02.05.2008.
www.nispa.sk/_portal/files/conferences/2004/papers/200404061630450.
[12] G. Oprescu G., D. Lumini, F. ─░lie and D. Pislaru D., "Analysis of
Absorption Capacity of the EU Funds in Romania", European Institute
Of Romania - Pre-Accession Impact Studies III, Study no. 1., 2005.
[13] J. Beyers, B. Kerremans, Bart, "Critical resource dependencies and the
Europeanization of domestic interest groups", Journal of European
Public Policy, vol:14:3, 2007, pp. 460 ÔÇö 481.
[14] F. Tutar, M. Demiral, "Yerel Ekonomilerin Yerel Aktörleri: Bölgesel
Kalkınma Ajansları", Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İBF Dergisi,
vol: 2:1, 2007, pp. 65-83.
[15] M. Berber, E. ├çeleb├ºi, "T├╝rk Bölgesel Kalk─▒nma Politikalar─▒nda Yeni
Arayışlar: Kalkınma Ajansları ve Türkiye'de Uygulanabilirliği", Doğu
Karadeniz Bölgesel Kalk─▒nma Sempozyumu- 13-14 Ekim , 2005, pp.
149-150,. Retrieved: 13.08.2008,
www.metinberber.ktu.edu.tr/linler/kajans.pdf
[16] M. S. Öncül, "Kalkınma Organizasyonu olarak Kalkınma Ajansı ve Bir
Örnek: sivas Kalkınma Ajansı", C.Ü. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi,
vol. 4:1, 2003, pp.81-97.
[17] European Commission, Regular Report 1998, Retrieved: 12.06.2008.
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/pdf/key_documents/1998/turke
y_en.pdf
[18] Regional Development Specialization Commission, Report on Regional
Development, Ankara, 2000.
[19] Official Journal, The Attachment to the Decision no.2002/4720, no.
24884, 22 September, 2002.
[20] State Planning Organization, NUTS II Regions in Turkey, Retrieved:
14.07.2008, www.dpt.gov.tr
[21] Pre-Accession Economic Program of Turkey, Ankara, 2007.
[22] European Commission, Regular Report 2007, Retrieved: 12.06.2008.
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2007/nov/turkey_pr
ogress_reports_en.pdf
[23] State Planning Organization, 2008 National Program of Turkey, Ankara,
2008.
[24] A. Charnes, W. Cooper and E. Rhodes, "Measuring the Efficiency of
Decision Making Units." European Journal of Operational Research,
vol. 2, 1978, pp. 429-44.
[25] E. Demir, "Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi'nin Ülke Ekonomisine Katkısı
ve Bölge Yerle┼ƒim Alanlar─▒na Etkisi", G├£, Gazi E─ƒitim Fak├╝ltesi
Dergisi, vol. 23:3, 2003, pp. 189-205.
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strong motivation for decision-making in the candidate
countries in shaping the regional development policy where
there is an envisioned transfer of power from center to the
periphery. The process of Europeanization anticipates the
candidate countries configure their regional institutional
templates in the context of the requirements of the European
Union policies and introduces new instruments of incentive
framework of enlargement to be employed in regional
development schemes. It is observed that the contribution of
the local actors to the decision making in the design of the
allocation architectures enhances the efficiency of the funds
and increases the positive effects of the projects funded under
the regional development objectives. This study aims at
exploring the performances of the three regional development
grant schemes in Turkey, established and allocated under the
pre-accession process with a special emphasis given to the
roles of the national and local actors in decision-making for
regional development. Efficiency analyses have been
conducted using the DEA methodology which has proved to
be a superior method in comparative efficiency and
benchmarking measurements. The findings of this study as
parallel to similar international studies, provides that the
participation of the local actors to the decision-making in
funding contributes both to the quality and the efficiency of
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