The European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport organise on 14 November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium a conference on Boosting Cross-Border Regions through better Transport. The event comes as a natural follow-up to the study on missing rail links and will share the results of the study to a broad range of stakeholders and launches a public debate on the challenges of cross-border public transport services. The conference will bring together organisations associated with provision of transport networks and transport services and organisations engaged in cross-border cooperation. Invitations will be sent by the end of September 2019, with instructions on how to access the conference portal and to register for the event.

The public consultation to gather the views of stakeholders on the priority areas for EU digital infrastructure investments under the Connecting Europe Facility and the best ways to address existing connectivity needs with CEF2. • What would be the best way, to ensure synergies and complementarity with other sources of public funding, including ERDF? • Which cross-border 5G corridors should be prioritised in CEF2? The consultation is open until 11 September 2019. See Commission proposal for CEF2

If you would like your voice to be heard on issues such as: • Should the EU should support Digital Innovation Hubs to help SMEs and local administrations in their digital transition? • Is it strategically important to have a well-connected network of regional hubs to support SMEs and local administrations in their digital transition? • How can synergies and complementarity with other sources of public funding, whether from Member States and/or EU programmes be ensured? • How important do you rate the support for deployment of digital solutions for a clean planet, agri-food, smart communities, intelligent transport, health and care, justice, security or cultural heritage? Please respond to the on-line consultation by 25th of October: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/have-your-say-future-investment-europes-digital-economy

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO) regularly communicates about the European Union’s regional policy that supports job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth, sustainable development, and improves citizens’ quality of life. We are currently evaluating whether our communication tools are accessible, useful and relevant to those like you, with an interest in the regional policy. Our short survey available online will only take you 10 minutes to fill in and will help us improve our communication. We have extended the deadline for the submission of the answers: your feedback is welcome until 22 September 2019.

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport organise on 14 November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium a conference on Boosting Cross-Border Regions through better Transport.

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO) regularly communicates about the European Union’s regional policy that supports job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth, sustainable development, and improves citizens’ quality of life.

Interreg Transnational cooperation matters when it comes to find solutions to common challenges : more jobs, greener territories, better connectivities and more !

In the framework of the Council of Europe-European Union Joint Programme “Routes4U - Fostering regional development through transnational Cultural Routes, heritage policies and practices”, 7 Calls for proposals have been launched.

the 3rd Annual Forum of the Alpine Region will take place in Milan, on 28 & 29 November 2019

Interreg Europe is now refunding an important part of its fourth call projects through a lump sum against proof that activities were done.

After the elaboration of a Strategic Paper on Communication endorsed by the Executive board on March 2019, European Commission and EUSALP Italian Presidency 2019 will host in Milan, on October 24 and 25, a two-days event focused on Internal and External Communication in the Alpine region.

Followed by the request of the European Commission, the OECD published the EUSAIR Synthesis Report: Multi-level Governance and Cross-Sector Practices Supporting the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR).

Until 9 September 2019, the 24 REGIO Stars finalists are submitted to a public vote! This year, five projects from the 5 categories will be awarded in addition to a sixth “public choice” project. Vote for your favourite Interreg projects now!

The European Structural and Investment Funds Open Data platform displays how, where and when EU funding is invested in the countries and in the regions of Europe. The platform offers data visualisations at the level of EU, theme, country, funds and programmes. Raw datasets are made available from the catalogue and allow you to filter and create your own graphs.

Now is your chance to vote for your favourite project among the RegioStars shortlisted projects. Congratulations to the Interreg community on the impressive number of projects chosen! Let's hope the final awards also reflect Interreg's success in implementing good and valuable projects.

The selection process of the successful cases under the 2nd b-solutions’ call for proposals has been completed

Registrations for EU Regions Week opened on 8 July. With more than 6,000 visitors from the interreg world expected, this provides an ideal opportunity to network with interreg actors and have your voice heard

A major public consultation on proposed amendments to the GBER has now been opened by the European Commission - This represents a wonderful opportunity for the Interreg community to have its voice heard on the subject of state aid. Comments will be possible until 27 September 2019. All citizens, organisations and public authorities are welcome to contribute to this consultation.

In implementing the EC Communication "Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions", the Border Focal Point team in the INTERREG CBC unit of DG REGIO intends to identify existing cases of production of data with a cross-border dimension (Interreg funded or not)

In implementing the EC communication "Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions", the Border Focal Point team in the INTERREG CBC unit of DG REGIO intends to identify existing Cross-Border Information Centres (Interreg funded or not)