{"id":153513,"date":"2024-10-07T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=153513"},"modified":"2024-10-07T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:18:11","slug":"22nd-european-week-of-regions-and-cities-opens-today-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/22nd-european-week-of-regions-and-cities-opens-today-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd European Week of Regions and Cities opens today in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa\u00a0<strong>Ferreira<\/strong>\u00a0and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves\u00a0<strong>Cordeiro<\/strong>, launched the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/regions-and-cities.europa.eu\/#:~:text=The%20European%20Week%20of%20Regions%20and%20Cities%202024\"><strong>22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0European Week of Regions and Cities<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>during a press conference in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EURegionsWeek-2024_opening.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EURegionsWeek-2024_opening.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EURegionsWeek-2024_opening.png 580w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EURegionsWeek-2024_opening-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four-day event will bring together a diverse mix of stakeholders, project promotors and practitioners, researchers, and journalists, and will provide an opportunity to look back on\u00a0<strong>the many achievements of Cohesion Policy\u00a0<\/strong>during the current Commission mandate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s also an opportunity to discuss\u00a0<strong>how the Policy can best continue to fulfil its EU Treaty mission\u00a0<\/strong>of promoting economic, social, and territorial cohesion across the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cohesion Policy delivering for a better Europe since its creation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cohesion Policy has for decades played a crucial role as\u00a0<strong>Europe&#8217;s convergence machine,<\/strong>\u00a0helping less developed regions to catch up with the EU average. This has ranged from supporting the construction of critical, missing infrastructure links, such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/regional_policy\/en\/newsroom\/news\/2022\/07\/26-07-2022-eu-cohesion-policy-commission-welcomes-the-inauguration-of-one-of-the-biggest-eu-funded-projects-in-the-eu-and-in-croatia#:~:text=26%20July%202022.%20Today%20is%20inaugurated%20one%20of\">Pelje\u0161ac bridge in Croatia<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/regional_policy\/whats-new\/newsroom\/07-06-2023-eu-cohesion-policy-the-largest-bridge-over-the-danube-opens-for-circulation_en#:~:text=EU%20Cohesion%20Policy%3A%20The%20largest%20bridge%20over%20the,country%20and%20with%20the%20wider%20Trans-European%20Transport%20Network.\">Br\u0103ila bridge in Romania<\/a>, as well as providing support to the area of research and development, for example, by helping to procure\u00a0<strong>supercomputers<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>robotic facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past five years, Cohesion Policy has continued to deliver for European citizens, by:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>supporting\u00a0<strong>2.7 million<\/strong>\u00a0businesses;<\/li>\n<li>expanding education infrastructure and equipment benefitting around\u00a0<strong>18 million\u00a0<\/strong>children and young people;<\/li>\n<li>supporting the creation of\u00a0<strong>260,000<\/strong>\u00a0jobs in new enterprises;<\/li>\n<li>safeguarding\u00a0<strong>13.5 million<\/strong>\u00a0people thanks to flood protection measures;<\/li>\n<li>enhancing the energy performance of\u00a0<strong>380,000\u00a0<\/strong>households;<\/li>\n<li>improving the broadband connection for\u00a0<strong>3.1 million<\/strong>\u00a0households; and<\/li>\n<li>supporting at least\u00a0<strong>12.8 million<\/strong>\u00a0people to participate in education and training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the current mandate alone, Cohesion Policy has been at the forefront of the EU&#8217;s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has supported efforts to welcome Ukrainian refugees following Russia&#8217;s war of aggression against Ukraine and help Europeans deal with the ensuing energy crisis. It quickly<strong>\u00a0mobilised billions of euros to help all EU regions face the effects of these unprecedented crises,\u00a0<\/strong>helping them to bounce back economically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cohesion Policy remained steadfast during these times, continuing to\u00a0<strong>translate the Commission&#8217;s political priorities into concrete actions on the ground,<\/strong>\u00a0with substantial support for the green and digital transitions, and job growth and employment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most notably, it came forward with a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/funding-tenders\/find-funding\/eu-funding-programmes\/just-transition-fund_en#:~:text=Find%20out%20what%20the%20EU%E2%80%99s%20Just%20Transition%20Fund\">Just Transition Fund<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(JTF),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>which is directing\u00a0<strong>\u20ac19.7 billion\u00a0<\/strong>to help the economic and social diversification of the\u00a0<strong>96 regions<\/strong>\u00a0across all EU Member States that are\u00a0<strong>most impacted by the transition to a net-zero economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/regional_policy\/funding\/solidarity-fund_en#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20Solidarity%20Fund%20(EUSF)%20supports%20EU\">EU Solidarity Fund<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(EUSF) during the current mandate has supported\u00a0<strong>20\u00a0<\/strong><strong>EU\u00a0<\/strong><strong>countries<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>four candidate countries\u00a0<\/strong>to deal with the impact of major catastrophes, offering a total of\u00a0<strong>\u20ac<\/strong><strong>4.6 billion\u00a0<\/strong>in support. This has helped countries recover from major, natural climate disasters such as floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, as well as deal with the consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Making Europe more competitive in the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The current 2021 \u2013 2027 generation of Cohesion Policy programmes also strives to\u00a0<strong>guarantee Europe&#8217;s economic security\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>European citizens prosperity in the future.<\/strong>\u00a0Under the EU&#8217;s flagship initiative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/strategic-technologies.europa.eu\/index_en#:~:text=The%20Strategic%20Technologies%20for%20Europe%20Platform%20(STEP)%20was\">\u2018Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0(STEP) launched this year, Cohesion Policy is investing in\u00a0<strong>critical technologies<\/strong>\u00a0such as clean tech, deep tech and biotech, which are key for the energy transition and Europe&#8217;s future competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In just seven months since the launch of STEP, Member States have proposed investments worth\u00a0<strong>more than \u20ac6 billion<\/strong>\u00a0via the Cohesion Policy programmes to support these technologies. For example, Romania plans to allocate\u00a0<strong>\u20ac261 million<\/strong>\u00a0in Cohesion Funds to large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) research projects, while the region of Cantabria in Spain is earmarking\u00a0<strong>\u20ac15.5 million<\/strong>\u00a0to a green lithium production project for the automotive sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ensuring Cohesion Policy is fit for the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With less than a year before the Commission will table its Cohesion Policy proposals for the 2028 \u2013 2034 programming period, discussions on the future design of the Policy are essential to ensure that it continues to fulfil its mission of\u00a0<strong>reducing<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>economic, social, and territorial disparities across the EU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drawing lessons from the implementation of Cohesion Policy to date, ongoing discussions include the adoption of a more performance-based model, strengthening the link between reforms and investments, offering built-in flexibilities to react to unforeseen events, and faster implementation and simplification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Week of Regions and Cities is the\u00a0<strong>biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to Cohesion Policy.<\/strong>\u00a0Under the motto \u2018Empowering Communities&#8217;, this year&#8217;s edition will welcome approximately\u00a0<strong>5,000 participants<\/strong>\u00a0across nearly\u00a0<strong>200 sessions<\/strong>, to discuss common challenges for Europe&#8217;s regions and cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sessions will cover topics such as Cohesion Policy&#8217;s contribution to enhance competitiveness and convergence in European regions and cities, and ways to improve smart and sustainable growth and to strengthen European democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/es\/ip_24_5049\">European Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa\u00a0Ferreira\u00a0and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves\u00a0Cordeiro, launched the\u00a022nd\u00a0European Week of Regions and Cities\u00a0during a press conference in Brussels. 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