REGIOFLASH: latest news on Regional and Urban Policy

The annual REGIOSTARS Awards celebrated its 15-year anniversary in style this year. In a change from previous formats, 15 EU-funded projects were nominated from past editions and the three winners were chosen by the public.

Are you a journalist working in an EU region and wishing to learn more about Cohesion Policy, EU funds and policies? If so, you are invited to apply to the study programme #EUinMyRegion Media Trips launched today.

The Commission has announced the winners of the 2022 REGIOSTARS Awards for the best Cohesion Policy supported projects in the EU. To celebrate the Awards’ 15th anniversary, 15 projects were nominated among finalists and winners of the past editions.

Our new toolkit informs young people in the regions, especially in the most remote or disadvantaged areas, including rural or outermost regions, about all the opportunities, training, and career options the EU and cohesion policy can offer to them.

€106 million from the Just Transition Fund (JTF) will be invested to support just climate transition in Normandy, France. 14% of France’s CO2 emissions happen in the Seine Valley and Bresle Valley.

€148 million will support a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy of the French ‘departement’ Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, following today’s decision of the Commission.

In 2021-2027, Spain will benefit from €37.3 billion in Cohesion Policy funding to accelerate the country's green transition, finance innovation and digitisation, increase the employment rate and improve local social services. The strategy and details for these investments are set out in the Partnership Agreement between Spain and the Commission.