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Re-Cereal is one of the finalist projects nominated for this year’s edition of the RegioStar Award. The Interreg project between partners from two Italian and one Austrian region shows that overcoming border barriers and cooperating can help regions of the EU to be more competitive. The project: back to the roots "Creating new opportunities whilst revitalizing cultural heritage" is how the main goal from Re-Cereal can be summarized. The project was initiated by Dr. Schär, a South Tyrolean...

The #EURegionsWeek 2018 was officially closed on Thursday afternoon with Corina Crețu, Commissioner for regional policy, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the European Committee of the Regions, and guest speaker Anthony Gardner, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. Anthony Gardner, Former US Ambassador to the EU, delivered his keynote speech “Cities and Regions: the Promise of Europe'. He shared his view that Europe’s regions and cities are a key part in addressing some of Europe’s...

One of five crucial points of the EU strategy is to reduce urban poverty across its member states. The goal for 2020 is to lower the cases of people who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion by 20 million. In Europe, there is a noticeable division between rich and poor regions. The difference in the way that regions are developed can be seen within just a few miles. The next World Design Capital for 2020 is Lille Metropole. For the first time, the WDC project is not only aimed at developing...

Many thanks to the 6000+ participants, 300+ partners and 30 Master Class participants who made this year's #EURegionsWeek so successful and impactful. This 16th edition was full of energy and creativity. The 140+ regions and cities have shown their determination to influence the debates on future challenges; and to call for a strong cohesion policy. Let's keep in touch online and get ready to select the themes of next year's edition very soon.

#EURegionsWeek story 1 Check out how Malmö and Lund established Malmö Lund a ‘new’ metropolitan region. The vision, strategy and action plan developed through the project will provide a benchmark for local urban actions and municipal cooperation for many years to come. [bean:7:view-mode:default]{undefined as Default} #EURegionsWeek story 2 Valencia region generate tailor-made approaches to effectively tackle societal challenges and boost young employment. [bean:8:view-mode:default]{undefined as...

According to the French sociologist Emil Durkheim, the city is the place where the relationships are weaker and where anonymity can develop. To combat this, urbanists try to create new spaces of socialization, but how to create strong links between inhabitants? How to empower them to create more opportunities? The smart cities could be the solution: a place to develop business and make citizens happier. Six cities in Finland try to meet the challenge and want to export their model throughout the...

The project of labor integration and social inclusion for refugees of the Regional Service of Employment and Training of Murcia (SEF) is one of the five winners of RegioStars. It's the second consecutive year that the SEF gets one of these awards, in this case in the category of migratory challenges. In the last edition, it was recognized for its project of labor insertion of women victims of gender violence. With the current situation of migratory movement that lives the Iberian Peninsula and...

The Cohesion Policy plays an important role in terms of innovation in European regions. The link between public administration and private sector finds its best realization in projects funded by European institutions and, in order to confirm it, there's the Abattoir, a popular food market in Anderlecht that attracts 100,000 visitors each week. It's an old site that little by little combines past to a long-term perspective, becoming also a good economic reality that rediscovers the canal area...

Because the vote every five years is not enough The closeness of Europe to its citizens is one of the European Union's priorities during the EU Regions Week. But, does it mean that Europe was not close enough to its citizens before? Is the rising of the nationalists and populists which decided EU do something about it? And the most important question: how to do it? Without a doubt, it's one of the most important challenges for the EU before the 2019 European elections. Europe tries to interest...