Commission reveals winners of "RegioStars Awards" celebrating Europe's most innovative regional projects Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Jury, will announce the winners in the six separate categories of the "RegioStars Awards" 2010.
The prize giving ceremony recognises the most innovative projects that have been supported by European cohesion policy. The annual event takes place during a two-day conference in Brussels entitled "Regions for Economic Change – Building Sustainable Growth".
All EU regions were invited to submit projects which had received funding from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund or the Cohesion Fund after 1 January 2000. A record 87 eligible applications were submitted from all 27 Member States, out of which 24 projects were shortlisted by the jury. This year six awards were on offer: two "CityStar" awards - a new category highlighting the role of cities in ensuring sustainable economic development - three awards on ICT themes , and one award for information and communication.
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