City and municipal administrations are closest to citizens. Hence, their services and activities are an essential part of crisis response. Currently, we observe the tremendous territorial impact of the COVID-19
Revised EUSDR Action Plan is published
In 2010/2011, the European Council launched the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Ten years after, the European Commission published a revised Action Plan. Preceding the publication, the EUSDR Presidency
Funding for measures to tackle SARS-COV-2COVID -19
In view of the great challenges linked to the spreading of the coronavirus (SARS-COV-2/COVID-19), the European Union (EU) adopted a package of measures. The measures provide support to build capacities
EEA and Norway Grants Open Calls in the Danube Region
The EEA Grants and Norway Grants represent the contributions of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reducing social and economic disparities in the European Economic Area (EEA) and strengthening bilateral relations
FUNDING ALERT : CEI COVID-19 Extraordinary Call for Proposals
The Central European Initiative (CEI) has launched an Extraordinary Call for Proposals 2020 as a response to the unprecedented pandemic COVID-19. The Call for proposal addresses three areas of intervention:
DG Regio supports citizens involvement with two Pilot Actions
The Partnership Principle is one of the key principles in EU Cohesion Policy. It encourages all EU member states to involve stakeholders at all stages of implementing Cohesion Policy funding.
CEU offers Roma Graduate Preparation Program
The Central European University (CEU) opened a call for application for the Roma Graduate Preparation Program (RGPP) 2020/21. This is a full-time, non-degree program and students need to stay at
NALAS published finance indicators of local governments in SEE
How much revenues do local governments in South-East Europe get? How do local governments spend their money? Is this money coming from taxes or grants? These basic questions are referring
EU develops uniform rules to boost crowdfunding
Last month, the European Parliament (EP) and the European Council reached a deal on EU-wide rules for crowdfunding services in the European Union. Both, EP and Council aim at defining
Managing functional urban areas in a multi-level governance system
Spatial planning requires good coordination between policy sectors and administrative levels. However, the level of formalisation of coordination in spatial planning varies widley. Particularly, in the Danube Region, many cities
