Building synergies for Europe’s regions and seas: Highlights from the Macro-Regional and Sea Basin Strategies Days 2025
The Macro-Regional and Sea Basin Strategies Days (MRS & SBS Days) took place in Brussels on 24–25 September 2025, gathering policy-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders engaged in shaping Europe’s cooperation across…
Interreg Europe to launch podcast on regional good practices – Share your views
Interreg Europe is preparing to launch a new podcast series showcasing inspiring stories, good practices and thematic knowledge from projects across Europe and beyond. To ensure the podcast reflects the…
Civil society calls for stronger role in EU macro-regional strategies
Civil society organisations active in the EU macro-regions are urging the EU, the Member States and other stakeholders to give them a stronger and more structured role in shaping and…
Council conclusions on the EU macro-regional strategies
On 16 September 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on the fifth Report of the European Commission on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies. The Council acknowledged…
Women, older people, and migrants are key to tackling EU labour shortage
Better integrating underrepresented groups — such as women, older people, migrants and persons with disabilities — into the job market can help to mitigate skills and labour shortages. It can…
Cohesion funding reform maintains focus on less favoured regions
The European Parliament has given its final green light to changes in EU cohesion and social funding in response to new challenges. Funding can be channelled to new priorities such…
Nomad exhibition of Adriatic-Ionian young artists arrives to Brussels
The art exhibition “Living Without Leaving? The Perspective of Adriatic-Ionian Young Artists” opens a vivid cultural window into the dilemmas faced by young people across the Adriatic-Ionian region. Supported by…
Mediterranean Coast and Macro-regional Strategies Week: The voice of youth for the future of Europe
During this year’s Mediterranean Coast and Macro-Regional Strategies Week (Izola, Slovenia, 15-17 September 2025), special attention was given to young people. At the Young Minds, Solutions for Europe – Voices…
Többségben az EU-bővítés pártolói, de szükség van átlátható kommunikációra
Az Eurobarometer frissen publikálta közvélemény-kutatásainak az eredményeit, melyek azt mutatják, hogy az európai polgárok többsége (56%) támogatja az Unió további bővítését. Az új tagok csatlakozása iránt különösen a fiatalok lelkesek;…
Civil society at the heart of Europe’s future – Connect on European civil society strategy
As the European Commission develops its new policy, a civil society strategy, Connect, the macro-regional civil society network has stepped forward with a clear message: Europe’s future depends on strong,…