European territorial cooperation towards territorial cohesion?
提出一个概念框架，评估欧洲领土合作（包括边境焦点点的资金外支持）对欧盟凝聚政策最终目标——领土凝聚的贡献，基于跨境协会领导人和欧盟委员会官员的专业知识。
Understood in some conceptual analysis as a pillar of territorial cohesion and due to its critical role in promoting territorial integration, territorial cooperation is often presented as one of the major positive achievements of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy. In this context, this article proposes a conceptual framework to assess the contribution of the European Territorial Cooperation process, including the beyond-funding support from the Border Focal Point, to the ultimate goal of EU Cohesion Policy: territorial cohesion. For that, expertise from the leaders of European cross-border associations is used, as well as European Commission officials.