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
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
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
