EVALUATION MODEL OF REGIONAL POLICY’S INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION

Abstract

The subject of the article is the evaluation of achievements in regional policy in the content of the European Union. Without common approach as to evaluating progress and development based on integral indices and calculus as well as the authentic source of information, there is always room for subjectivity. Integration into the European Union accelerates to solve the difficulties of regional policy in Lithuania. To pay attention to the regions – is constant part of the policy of European Union countries. The article focuses on working out an effective evaluation method, which could be applied to achieve reliable results and would be effective in solving problems of regional development. The prepared evaluation methodology of regional policy influence in the context of NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union, situated in the territory of twelve new the EU member states is applied empirically.