Thank you to all participants for
2️⃣ full days of vibrant debates
on #CohesionPolicy

Ursula von der Leyen
Roberta Metsola
Elisa Ferreira
Nicolas Schmit, PES lead candidate
Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺
@letta
Vasco Alves Cordeiro younous omarjee Emil Boc Oliver Röpke Kostis Hatzidakis Sven Giegold

#CohesionForum

🔔 Here we go

Join us for DAY 2️⃣

#Cohesion Forum
#Cohesion Policy
#Cohesion

The 9th Cohesion Forum is on!
'Territorial, social & economic cohesion is the promise that all Europeans are equal
The commitment that all 🇪🇺regions can give their citizens equal opportunities
That all Member States can thrive in the prosperity of our Single Market' -Ursula von der Leyen

Looking forward to 2 days of stimulating discussions about the future of a strong European cohesion policy!
The 9th Cohesion Forum is opened by Themis Themis Christophidou, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission.
ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Thrilled to host the 9th #Cohesion Forum today & tomorrow!

1.000 participants from all over 🇪🇺 and several high-level speakers will discuss #Cohesion Policy as a fundamental pre-condition for European Unity!

Join us ❗️LIVE ❗️ from 13h30 👉videliostreaming.com/Paris1/WMH/202…

ifw-kiel.de study confirms EU Regional/Cohesion Policy is an effective antidote to populism.

See also our 9th #Cohesion Report 👉europa.eu/!jTF6rX
&
👉europa.eu/!JCcFNT

76460b8f-3915-4316-b036-0c40eaa68c98-KPB_172_en_0804_V3.pdf (ifw-kiel.de)

The biggest meet-up on #CohesionPolicy takes place tomorrow
Join us for the 9th #CohesionForum 🎉

Let’s discuss the future of EU’s largest investment policy w/
Ursula von der Leyen Roberta Metsola Elisa Ferreira Nicolas SCHMIT Enrico Letta Elio Di Rupo &more
▶️ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Applications for the #Youth4Regions programme are now open!

Aspiring journalists from EU, neighboring and accession countries, this is an opportunity not to be missed 🖊️ 📸

Apply here:
ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Full house at the European Committee of the Regions COTER Committee discussing the findings of the 9th #CohesionReport

Regions and Cities are drivers of #EU competitiveness and want an active role in the discussions on the evolution of #cohesionpolicy

🙏🏻Thank you for the vibrant debate

The COTER Commission meets today. Here's the agenda ⤵

🔸Debate on cohesion policy with Themis Christophidou,
🔸Debate on Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 referral 'Cities' challenges in environmental, economic, and social transitions'.

👇 Click to follow the meeting LIVE🔴

#CohesionAlliance

Announcing 1️⃣2️⃣ new beneficiaries,

covering 1️⃣6️⃣territories from across Europe,

selected to receive technical assistance under the #JustTransition Platform

 So that no region is left behind!

europa.eu/!hnHFFw

Can European cities served by waterways operate on zero-emission vessels? ⛴️

A project, supported by #CohesionPolicy , shows that it is possible!
The 1st electric vessel set sail in #Lyon , paving the way for more sustainable & efficient 🇪🇺 urban logistics

ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Il est désormais possible d'accorder des aides d'État aux bateaux de pêche artisanale dans plusieures régions ultrapériphériques.

La sécurité des pêcheurs s’améliorera et les économies régionales seront gagnantes.

Nous tenons les engagements de la stratégie renouvelée RUPs.

#CohesionReport is just published!

Through #CohesionPolicy ,
🇪🇺 invests in its regions, people & businesses
for better quality of life,
fuelling recovery,
addressing new & longstanding challenges,
narrowing economic, social & territorial disparities

📗ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

First working meeting with Ódor Bálint
and our teams on the preparations for the 🇭🇺 Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council

🇪🇺 Competitiveness and Cohesion are inseparable and top priorities for the Hungarian Presidency

#NewEuropeanBauhaus Prizes: last few days to cast your vote and support your favorite projects or ideas.

From pioneering circular practices in construction to retrieving old forest management traditions; much to discover!

Discover all the finalists:
➡️ prizes.new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu

Thanks Themis Christophidou for a fruitful talk. There is no cohesion without the single market and no single market without cohesion. If we want to be competitive globally we need to use the full potential of all EU regions. EU investment in one is an investment in all. 🇵🇱🇪🇺

A first & stimulating exchange w/ Jan Szyszko State Secretary @MFIRR_GOV_PL on upcoming 🇵🇱 Presidency of EU Council

20 years after accession, Poland is a success story of #cohesionpolicy

Their experience is helping shape the debate on future 🇪🇺 policies & on the next enlargement

Thanks to #CohesionPolicy ,
wastewater upgrades are taking place in Velika Gorica🇭🇷
A €38 million project that will put an end to untreated wastewater being discharged into a nearby local river
This will improve significantly the locals quality of life 🇪🇺
ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Mayors & Presidents
of Regions today in Mons 🇧🇪
for 1st European Summit
with global dimension 🌍

Conviction & determination
in a vibrant room:

'Cohesion policy & Single Market are two faces of same coin.
Cost of no Cohesion Policy is cost of no Europe'
#SommetMons24