EU Regional Competitiveness Index: RCI 2013

To improve the understanding of territorial competitiveness at the regional level, the European Commission has developed the Regional Competitiveness Index – RCI- which shows the strengths and weaknesses of each of the EU NUTS 2 regions. RCI was first published in 2010 as the result of a coordinated action between the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Regional Policy. The index development started in 2008 and builds on the methodology developed by the World Economic Forum for…

To improve the understanding of territorial competitiveness at the regional level, the European Commission has developed the Regional Competitiveness Index – RCI- which shows the strengths and weaknesses of each of the EU NUTS 2 regions. RCI was first published in 2010 as the result of a coordinated action between the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Regional Policy. The index development started in 2008 and builds on the methodology developed by the World Economic Forum for the Global Competitiveness Index. It covers a wide range of issues related to territorial competitiveness including innovation, quality of institutions, infrastructure (including digital networks) and measures of health and human capital.