"Our main challenge is to cement Cohesion Policy at the main EU investment instrument at the heart of the EU, whilst ensuring that it addresses new 'cohesion' challenges in all…
"Our main challenge is to cement Cohesion Policy at the main EU investment instrument at the heart of the EU, whilst ensuring that it addresses new 'cohesion' challenges in all…
Social, economic and territorial cohesion should be promoted not only via the dedicated EU policy, but by the European Union as a whole, and financed by an adequate European budget. These are the…
Meeting the objectives of the EU Green Deal in an increasingly complex global context requires a simplified regulatory framework that guides and supports all businesses and does not stifle their…
Less-developed regions have improved their performances, triggering significant economic advantages for their citizens, but big differences remain in particular between large urban areas and the rest
The key challenges and future objectives of Cohesion Policy were the main focus of the high-level event organised by the #CohesionAlliance on 16 March. The EU-wide coalition of 12,000 signatories…
On 7 March, the 12th meeting of the Green Deal Going Local (GDGL) working group adopted its 2023 roadmap and discussed ways to boost green investments and innovative financing to allow local and…
The freshly published Communication on the two-year anniversary of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), adopted on 21 February by the European Commission, does not address any concerns raised…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) are launching a survey to take…
The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Vasco Alves Cordeiro, and the Chair of the CoR Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget ( COTER ), Emil Boc, have been…
The European industrial policy and its impact on regions and cities, including strategies to reskill workers in the framework of the green transition, the reform of the EU economic governance…
National Recovery and Resilience Plans may be less efficient and have less impact than desired if regions and cities are not effectively involved in their implementation, members of the European…
Faced with the risk of a slowdown in the fight against the climate crisis and of increasing territorial and social disparities, local and regional leaders have called for greater EU engagement to…