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01 February 2013 Europe's cities and regions set out plans to make renewable energy a major player after 2020
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has called on the EU to set its sights past 2020 and commit to developing a long-term strategy that enables renewable energy to become a real competitor and truly alternative energy source for...[more]
01 February 2013 RegioStars Awards 2014 now open
The objective of the RegioStars Awards is to identify good practices in regional development and to highlight original and innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions.[more]
29 January 2013 Final Conference BICY: Europeans are cycling more than ever
It seems that all over Europe the crisis is viewed as a chance and cyclists have the power and the will to promote this form of active transport in a self-organised, bottom-to-top manner.[more]
18 January 2013 The INTERREG IVB North-West Europe Programme is recruiting a Finance Officer
The NWE Programme based in Lille, France is currently looking for a Finance Officer. This is a challenging opportunity to : - Join an international team working in the field of territorial and regional development - Use your...[more]
16 January 2013 Cultural and creative industries and the Europe 2020 Strategy
"Creative industries are increasingly a source of growth in the EU" says the annual European Competitiveness Report. [more]
13 December 2012 ESPON publishes Factsheets for new period of Structural Fund programmes 2014-2020
The ESPON TerrEvi project (Territorial Evidence Packs for Structural Fund Programmes) has produced Factsheets for Cross-border and Transnational Co-operation Areas, which aim at supporting the design and implementation of the new...[more]
30 November 2012 EU member states consider macro-conditionality as done deal
The EU member states support the principle of macro-conditionality linking the aid from Structural Funds to good economic governance, which has previously been contested by the European Parliament and autonomous regions. This...[more]