Missions and Cohesion Policy: Living separate or dancing together?

The JRC-TEDAM working paper explores avenues for cross-fertilisation between the mission oriented approach and cohesion policy. On the one hand, missions can help restore a strong sense of identity into cohesion policy and strengthen its impact through more directionality. On the other hand, cohesion policy could contribute to infusing a more pronounced place-based dimension into the missions approach. The paper looks at these aspects with an eye to discussions on the future of place-based policies.