The European Commission is proposing an overall package of almost €530 million in financial support under the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) as an additional financial contribution to the efforts deployed by 17 Member States and three accession countries to fight the coronavirus health emergency.
The European Commission has approved an investment of more than €63 million from the Cohesion Fund to provide better access to drinking water and improved sewerage for the people living in the district of Burgas, in east Bulgaria near the Black Sea. The project will contribute to improve the quality of life of more than 300,000 people.
EU Cohesion policy celebrates International Women’s Day not just on 8 March, but every day. Indeed, Cohesion policy plays an important role in implementing gender policy in the EU – at the national, regional and local levels. It addresses gender inequality with investment measures and by mainstreaming the gender perspective horizontally in all investments.
DG REGIO has launched a study “Cross-border obstacles between EU Member States and Enlargement Countries”. Spatial Foresight, in cooperation with EureConsult and t33 perform this study.
Thanks to the financial support of Interreg POCTEFA programme, the “EGALURG” project is a true example of innovation and mobilisation to serve people beyond borders. Watch the latest episode of Smart Regions produced in collaboration with Euronews to find out more!
Share your views by 22 March 2021 on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which the Commission is currently working on.
On 1st March 2021, the European Commission has approved an investment of more than €60 million from the Cohesion Fund to upgrade the water supply and wastewater collection and treatment infrastructures in and around Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Member States have accelerated their Cohesion policy investments in 2020 by €70 billion, increasing their total cohesion expenditure to €251 billion. This corresponds to 52% of the planned €482 billion in the 2014-2020 programming period.
Tourism, culture, education: The Covid 19 pandemic has hit hard many sectors important for the Alpine space. The Alpine regions are therefore working on joint projects in the EU Strategy for the Alpine Re-gion (EUSALP) to make the Alpine space resilient and fit for the future. To do this as sustainably as possible, they are now counting on the support of the next generation.
The Commission granted an advanced payment from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide relief to the areas in France affected by the Alex storm in October 2020.
Stories from the Regions takes us to the Danish town of Svaneke on Bornholm, where Pernille Bülow owns her glassblowing workshop already since 1989.
REGIO and CLIMA invite you to a live online event with VP Frans Timmermans on 25 February, 17:00 CET. The VP (Vice-President) will be joined by some of the Ding Dong and Climate Pact ambassadors to play a game of 2 Truths and a Lie.
The European Commission has approved an investment of more than €86 million from the European Regional Development Fund in Croatia to expand its next generation broadband infrastructure, in line with the EU broadband strategy and policies. The investment will provide Croatia’s rural and suburban settlements with access to high-speed internet services to the benefit of citizens and local businesses.
From 1 March to 5 March, follow the second EU Macro-Regional Strategies week! Under the motto Reconnect, Rethink, Recover –the EU MRS Week will give a straightforward idea on the burning issues that will be tackled throughout the five days.
In this Smart Regions episode we travel to Venizy, a small municipality in Yonne, a department located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Here, EU cohesion policy has helped the village with its energy transition with the installation of a wood chip boiler to power the town hall, the school and a business.
The publication ‘Interreg response to migration challenges’ offers an overview and evidence of Interreg's contribution to migration-related challenges through 18 symbolic and outstanding project stories and serves as an inspiration for future actions.
The Beacon is a quarterly newsletter with stories, news and developments on financial instruments in the context of Cohesion Policy. The winter edition, published last week, features among other things a significant study on residential energy efficiency financial instruments in Lithuania, as well as two new videos on the combination of grants and financial instruments.
Later this year we will redevelop #ESIFOpenData to reflect the new EU budget shared management programmes adopted for 2021-2027.
The European Green Deal sets out Europe’s ambition to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Given the different starting points of various regions to face the coming changes, the Just Transition Fund was created with the aim of alleviating the socio-economic impacts of the transition, so as to ensure that everyone in Europe benefits from it.
The European Commission is opening the 14th edition of the flagship REGIOSTARS awards competition that rewards each year the best projects financed under Cohesion policy.
