Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference 2020

Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times

11th-13th May 2020, Zagreb, Croatia

Conference website: https://rsaeurope.org/event/third-joint-eu-cohesion-policy-conference/

Organised by the RSA Europe, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

 

Dear List members,

 

The abstract submission deadline for Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference is fast approaching - 2nd March 2020, this is the final deadline!

The Conference will bring together a limited number of participants from academia, the European Institutions and Member State authorities to debate where Cohesion Policy is going, the evidence for its performance to date, and how its contribution to sustainable growth and jobs can be maximised.

 

The presentation of the proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and the subsequent package for proposals for the regulations of the Funds by the European Commission in May 2018 kicked off the legislative process for the new Cohesion Policy after 2020. The Commission proposals seek to strike a delicate balance between continuity and the need for reform. They have been designed to increase the focus of Cohesion Policy on a ‘smarter’ and ‘greener’ Europe and create favourable conditions for investment, but with simplified delivery mechanisms and closer links to structural reforms.

 

The European Union is committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. A Just Transition Fund will be established within the framework of cohesion policy, to ensure that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy happens in a fair way, leaving no people, no region behind.

 

Against this background, the Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference – organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and RSA Europe together with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union – aims to take stock of the challenges and opportunities for Cohesion Policy. The timing of the Conference will allow critical assessment of research evidence and policy thinking on how cities and regions could best determine their strategic funding priorities for the next programming period, in order to address development needs and opportunities effectively with the support of the Funds and in synergy with other EU instruments.

 

Abstract submission:

Please submit your abstract (up to 500 words and text only) through the RSA conference portal.

 

Abstract submission deadline: 2nd March 2020

 

If you have any questions concerning the application process, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please also forward to your colleagues which may find this of interest and distribute widely in your networks.

 

With thanks and best wishes

 

 

Lesa

Lesa Reynolds

Project Manager – Events & Conferences

 

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