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The regions of Europe arejudgedby fDi staff and contributorsand ranked by their strategy to attract Forone-off copyright licences forreproduction of fDi magazine articles telephone 0207 873 4871. 32foreign investment. Alternatively,for both services e-mail [email protected] ENgliShlEpS Local enterprise partnerships replaced the regional development agencies in England in 2011. fDi ranks 36themonhow they haveperformed in the past fiveyears. mEThOdOlOgy An explanation of the methods behind the fDi European Cities and Regions of the Future2016/17 40 ranking. February/March 2016 www.fDiIntelligence.com 1 INTRODUCTION EUROPEAN CITIES AND REGIONS OF THE FUTURE 2016/17 European Cities and Regions of the Future2016/17 Winners fDi’s EUROPEAN CITIESAND REGIONS OF THE FUTURE 2016/17 RANKING PROVIDESAN INVALUABLEBENCHMARK FORASSESSINGTHE CONTINENT’SINVESTMENTLANDSCAPE. 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