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In 2023, we gathered 3,000 practitioners in 10 different communities and organised 26 thematic events, some of which involving more than 200 participants, both in-person and online. What's more important: we are now able to set-up a new community on any topic linked to the EU regional and urban policy in just 1 month. Community members exchange good practices, promote joint reflections and develop new tools to help the implementation of cohesion policy programmes. Join us and discover a world of opportunities to develop your skills and help your organisation grow.

On 22 and 23 March, the REGIO Peer2Peer Communities on Selection of Operations and DNSH will meet in Copenhagen to explore the connections between these two topics. You can now attend via web streaming!

On 22-23 March, a joint meeting on selection of operations and do-no-significant-harm principle will happen in Copenhagen. If you cannot attend in person, register now for the live streaming of the plenary sessions. Click on the link below, but be quick! Registrations are open until Thursday 16 March at 4 pm CET.

A TAIEX-REGIO Study Visit on Smart Governance took place in January in Romania. Discover how you can learn about Cohesion policy implementation through REGIO Peer2Peer exchanges.

How mainstream programmes can contribute to cross-border, interregional, and transnational cooperation actions? To help you navigate the challenges and opportunities linked to embedding cooperation in your programmes, a new REGIO Peer2Peer Community was set up on 14 December by more than 60 staff of programme authorities from all around the EU. Join the ongoing discussions and discover what is in it for you and your programme.

You are between 18 and 28 years old and passionate about international & transnational cooperation? You have ideas on how to shape the Danube Region and improve mobility, environmental protection, competitiveness, education and security in the Danube Region? Then APPLY NOW for the Danube Youth Council!

Thank you for registering for our presentation of the REGIO Administrative Capacity Building Tools. You will discover several opportunities that the Directorate-General for EU Regional and Urban Policy has set up to support programme authorities build up their administrative capacity. Click on the link below to join the meeting. We will start at 11 am sharp; we recommend you to join a few minutes earlier to make sure that everything works fine. Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

This is to remind your registration for our presentation of the REGIO Administrative Capacity Building Tools.

The Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region will take place on 14-15 December and will focus on the theme of sustainability in the Alpine region.

The Commission has granted €373 million to five European Social Fund (ESF) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) operational programmes (OPs) in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy to help the countries with coronavirus emergency response and repair in the framework of REACT-EU.

The A1 motorway is a north-south motorway that runs through central Poland. The 44-kilometre co-financed stretch, which starts at the Częstochowa bypass and runs north to the town of Tuszyn, is an important segment in the A1 axis, which forms the backbone of the country’s transport system. It is the last missing segment of the A1 motorway. The segment receiving EU co-financing today is set to be completed by November 2022. Together with the wider A1 motorway project it improves mobility and life quality in Poland.

The 19th edition of EURegionsWeek ‘Together for Recovery’ is ready to take off virtually, with its 300 sessions dedicated to Cohesion, Green transition, Digital transition, Citizens’ engagement for an inclusive, participative and fair recovery. Log in and create your profile to start your journey with us. See you online from 11 to 14 October!

Your weekly REGIO newsletter is going on holidays and will be back in September to keep providing you with Cohesion Policy news and updates. Stay tuned and enjoy the summer!

While the link between COVID-19 prevalence and urban design characteristics has created many debates in the media and the public, it is not clear how different design parameters such as connectivity, block size, land use mix, or polycentricity can influence infection and mortality rate and the capacity of cities to respond to the pandemic.

The age of big data and smart city technologies provides city governments with an unprecedent potential for data-driven decision-making. Helping cities to realise the potential of city data is a core commitment of the European Commission and embedded in the European policy framework.

This episode of the "Stories from the Regions" series brings us to the historic building of the National Sports Academy in the centre of Sofia, Bulgaria. Watch it now!

2020 was one of the most challenging years in the history of the European Union: a relentless pandemic and a severe economic crisis. In this context, EU cohesion policy’s support to healthcare and economic activity was literally vital.

The ‘e-Schools project’, which has attracted significant attention since its launch in 2015 as a pilot project, aims to bring Croatian schools into the digital era. The project set out to make a long-term impact by paying particular attention to sustainable planning and implementation, as well as the strong involvement of the beneficiaries.

Citizens from across Europe discussing the future they want for our Union and the issues and debates that are important to them … This may sound far-fetched but the Conference on the Future of Europe is aiming at nothing less than making this a reality.

The EEA and Norway Grants represent Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway’s commitment to stimulate more sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe, promote bilateral cooperation and tackle shared challenges. The funding period 2014-2021 represents the most ambitious effort to date resulting in a total budget of €2.8 billion dedicated to strengthening bilateral relations and reducing social and economic inequalities in Europe.