The Danube Participation Day will take place on 21 October 2020. Please save the date! This year, the Danube Participation Day will continue its efforts on youth participation. After
European Week goes virtual
This year, the European Week of Regions and Cities introduces a couple of innovations in its format. In view of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission and European Committee
How does your city perform in achieving the SDGs?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out the global development agenda until 2030. In doing so, the goals aim at pushing forward environmental sustainability, social inclusion and economic development through
How to engage people online in policy development?
Planning the post-pandemic socio-economic recovery, launching a profound shift towards green development to deal with the impacts of climate change, EU programming post-2020, and the new Action Plan of the
Providing evidence for local territorial strategies post 2020
With the State of the Territory (SOET) report, ESPON provides evidence for regional development strategies post-2020. The SOET report presents territorial findings and highlights policy tools and case studies in
Urban Innovation Actions Survey open until 22 May
The current financial period is coming to an end. At the same time, managing authorities of EU programmes are preparing for the next programming period 2021-2027. Against this background, the
Non-Paper: Recommendations for citizen-centric macro-regional strategies
In November 2019, a group of stakeholders from the macro-regional strategies reached out to the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) of the European Parliament. The aim was to explore areas
Apply now for the 3rd BACID Call for Proposals
The BACID programme aims at strengthening the capacities of local administrations in the non-EU countries of the Western Balkans and Moldova. Against this background, the programme particularly addresses the economic,
Local and regional responses to COVID-19
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
