How can EU respond to natural disasters? On 10 May, Dr. Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) made a presentation of the study “EU tools to respond to natural disasters”. The European Union has special tools and mechanisms to respond to natural disasters and for enhancing Read more…
On November 15, Ms. Fabienne Leloup from the University of Louvain presented the main findings and conclusions of the study on “cross-border cooperation in healthcare” during a meeting of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI). The main objective of this study, commissioned by the REGI committee in December 2020, was Read more…
What is the role of artificial intelligence in urban development and what are its implications for cohesion? On 27 September, Julie Pellegrin, project leader, and Louis Colnot, policy analyst from the Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL) made a presentation of the study “Artificial Intelligence and Urban Development”. Artificial intelligence (AI), Read more…
Presentation of EU lagging regions study during the REGI Committee meeting on June 15 What are the EU’s lagging regions and what are the challenges they are facing? What role is cohesion policy playing and what could the EU do to support them better? These are some of the issues Read more…
How EU Cohesion Policy contributes to reaching the goals of EU Climate Policy? On 25 May, Dr Andrea Ciffolilli from Ismeri Europa made a presentation of the study “Cohesion Policy and Climate Change”. In view of the importance of fighting climate change, EU institutions have been setting increasingly ambitious targets Read more…
How can the Just Transition Fund support the EU transition to climate neutral economy? That was the main question of discussion during the workshop on Just Transition Fund (JTF) organised by Parliamentary Committee for Regional Development (REI) on 19 February 2020. During the workshop, independent experts provided information about the Read more…
How can the cohesion policy support gender equality in the European Union? On 4 November, Manuela Samek Lodovici from Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale made a presentation of the study “Gender Dimension of the EU Cohesion Policy”. The study analyses how EU cohesion policy addresses the gender dimension and the Read more…
What are the key current and emerging issues in EU cohesion policy? That was the main subject of a presentation provided by Carlos Mendez, Senior Research Fellow at the European Policies Research Centre Delft (EPRC Delft), to the Members of the European Parliament’s committee on regional development (REGI) on September Read more…