The EU has set up the Just Transition Fund (JTF) to help the regions who are likely to be hardest hit by the green transition. One JTF-funded project in Sweden is showing how the steel industry can reduce its carbon emissions with hydrogen technology.

In July 2023 Italy submitted an application for a contribution from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to finance emergency and recovery operations following the floods in the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy in May earlier this year.

'Cohesion Policy is here to support your investments in this future. Supporting your local strategies, your social ambitions and your innovative ideas', speech by Commissioner Elisa Ferreira for the Cities Social Summit High-level panel organised by Eurocities.

Swift agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) revision, as proposed by the Commission in June 2023, is urgently needed in order to provide the necessary resources for crucial new needs, which cannot be financed under the MFF ceilings as they currently stand.

The eighth edition of the Just Transition Platform (JTP) Conference took place on 23-25 October 2023. Hosted by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Directorate-General for Energy in co-operation with the European Committee of Regions, the hybrid event brought together over 200 attendees in Brussels and a further 400 online.

Last week, the Commission has approved Cohesion Policy support of more than EUR 73 million from the 2014-2020 programming period to build the second section of the Šafárik Square-Janíkov dvor tram line. The investment is part of an overall aim to improve public transport in the Petržalka borough of the Slovak capital, Bratislava.

Bulgarian ports are getting a major upgrade for efficiency. Yesterday the European Commission and Bulgaria were inaugurating the Port Community System (PCS), which the EU co-funds with EUR 4 million from the European Regional Development Fund.

More than 200 local actors gathered in Budapest, Hungary, last week to celebrate their life-changing achievements with the help of EU funds 2014-2020: 10.000 additional places in nurseries, 40.000 in kindergarten, over 2.000 primary healthcare units renovated, 3.700 hectares of new business parks in less developed settlements.

The deadline for applications to the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2024 has been extended to 17 November at 19:00 CET.

This event will give you the opportunity to learn about the support offered to EU regions by the European Commission through the Talent Booster Mechanism and the Harnessing Talent Platform, among other things.

Thanks to the PICSA European sustainable construction project supported by the EU’s cohesion policy, thousands of buildings have been thermally insulated in record time in the Spanish region of Andalusia.

Seven countries across the European continent; Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Norway, have carried out more than 45 activities to move from isolation to inclusion as part of the European I2I project co-funded by the European Cohesion Policy.