In this episode of Real Economy Vice President Jyrki Katainen and Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu sit down for a joint interview to address funding of projects improving the lives of European citizens, and to highlight the synergies that EU countries can utilize.
The third edition of the EU Regional Competitiveness Index will be launched by Marc Lemaitre, Director-General of the Regional and Urban Policy DG on 27 February as 14:30 in the Committee of the Regions. This presentation will be followed by two panel discussions on its relevance for policy-making with international experts from the global (World Economic Forum), the European and the regional level. A draft agenda is attached. Registration is possible at: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/regional_competitiveness The event can also be followed live on the web at: https://livestream.com/corlive1/events/7008794 Please feel free to share this with interested colleagues
A recently-finalised Ex Post Evaluation of Cohesion Policy interventions in 2007 – 2013 has shown the extent to which EU investments have helped create jobs and growth over the past seven years. The evaluation, carried out by independent experts, focused on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund.
Welcome to the Winter 2016 edition of Panorama. In this issue Commissioner Corina Creţu takes stock of the achievements of 2016 and looks ahead to the challenges for 2017. Our main feature looks at the EU's participation in the recent Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, which allowed for the sharing of experiences from around the world in the domain of sustainable urban development. We review this year's successful European Week of Regions and Cities, reveal some of the key findings of the ex-post evaluation of the 2007-2013 funding period, and look forward to the future of the Baltic Region Strategy. Our in-depth look at one region this time features the newly-created French region Grand Est, with an interview with the region's president and a selection of recent successful projects, and In Your Own Words features contributions from Poland, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands.
The EU's Urban Agenda helps European cities voice their concerns during the development of policies which affect them, such as jobs, mobility, air quality or social inclusion. Thanks to their participation in thematic partnerships on an equal footing with national and local authorities, EU institutions, associations and other concerned parties, towns can promote best practice and proposals for improving the lives of their citizens. Four new partnerships have been launched this month.
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With its final cases selected, b-solutions, an initiative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), has now entered the implementation period, which will last until the end of June 2021.
At the 2020 Interreg Annual Event, a Youth Manifesto was presented with recommendations to shape and influence European Territorial Cooperation based on the experiences of EU youth. Now, a communication kit has been released to spread their word.
Two seminars took place on 14 and 20 April 2021 with the support of Interact and TESIM colleagues to discuss the new regulation for Interreg, Interreg IPA and Interreg NEXT programmes.
The DG Regio study on “Cross-border obstacles between EU Member States and Enlargement Countries” has so far identified about 150 obstacles for cross-border cooperation in South East Europe.
On 7 and 8 October, Interreg’s Annual Event will be taking place, marking the official launch of the new generation of Interreg programmes 2021-2027.
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