The Commission has established the Group of high-level specialists on the future of Cohesion Policy. The group will reflect on how to maximize the effectiveness of Cohesion policy with a view to tackling the multiple challenges identified in the 8th Cohesion Report, from the innovation divide to the demographic change. And how the policy will support a fair digital and green transition and regional recovery and growth. The group will meet in Brussels nine times throughout 2023. It will bring together representatives of academia, national, regional and local politicians, socio-economic partners and representatives of civil society. The Group will publish its strategic conclusions and recommendations in early 2024.
Karl Heinz Lambertz
Date: 31 January 2023
Date: 9 March 2023
Public and web-streamed session
3rd meeting - Tailored support / flexibility to support different development needs of regions (27 April 2023)
4th meeting - Role of place-based policies and development strategies (23 May 2023)
5th meeting - Reinforcing territorial cooperation and addressing challenges on European integration (04 July 2023)
6th meeting - Anchoring financial support from the policy in reforms, in the context of European Semester and in synergy with other EU policies (14 September 2023)
7th meeting - Increasing the policy effectiveness through renewed conditionality mechanisms (10 October 2023)
8th meeting - Revisiting the delivery mode/ mechanics taking into account priorities (14 November 2023)
9th meeting - Enhancing the policy capacity to respond to sudden shocks and crises (14 December 2023)
