1 March 2020
Project starting date
27 March 2020
Project preparatory event in Zagreb
Postponed due to the pandemic situation and replaced by an international preparatory meeting on 27 October 2020
April-October 2020
Consultation with EACEA, the Executive Agency on project implementatoin under the pandemic created new circumstances
5 May 2020
Consultation among project partners on the methodology of developing the questions on which the text of the report is based
September-October 2020
Elaboration of a joint approach and position of project partners to be presented at the kick-off event
8 October 2020
Participation at the European Week of Regions and Cities
20 October 2020
Participation at the Annual Forum of the EUSBSR
22 October 2020
Participation at the Annual Forum of the EUSDR
27 October 2020
Conquering new heights. The hidden potential of macro-regions. Project kick-off event. Collection of reflections and proposals.
November-December 2020
On the basis of proposals received a questionnaire is developed covering the 10 issues of the Shadow Report
January 2021
Public consultation starts with broad dissemination of the questionnaire. This process continues throughout the year with systematic approaches to CSOs operating in the macro-regions and using the various international events.
February 2021
Responses to the questionnaire start pouring in. The process continues till February 2022.
1 March 2021
Project presentation at the civil society session of the 2nd EU Macro-Regional Strategies Week and at its High Level Group meeting (5 March)
1-4 March 2021
Participation at the EESC organised Civil Society Days
29 March 2021
Project presentation at the Danube Local Actors Platform of Priority Area 10 of the EUSDR
9 May 2021
Contribution to the proceedings of the Conference on the future of Europe through its multilingual digital platform
11 May 2021
„In-between”: a project interim evaluation event with follow-up proposals
12 May 2021
Project presentation at a Polish macro-regioal assembly
14 May 2021
Project presentation at an event of the Citizens Take Over Europe initiative
31 May – 1 June 2021
Participation at the Annual Forum of the EUSAIR
28-29 August 2021
Europe Festival in a Baltic Sea setting. An EUSBSR consultation of the Shadow Report project in Mariager, Denmark
September-October 2021
Round trip of Kurt, our Danish project colleague in the Baltic Sea countries advocating the Shadow Report project
12 October 2021
Participation at the European Week of Regions and Cities
26-27 October 2021
Participation at the Annual Forum of the EUSDR in Bratislava, Slovakia
25 November 2021
Voices from the Alpine Region and beyond: an online EUSALP consultation of the Shadow Report project
December 2021
Elaboration of the first draft of the Shadow Report on the basis of responses received to the questionnaire and the consultations
18-19 February 2022
In focus: youth – a EUSDR consultation of the Shadow Report project in Budapest, Hungary
4 March 2022
Mediterranean voices: an EUSAIR consultation of the Shadow Report project in Palermo, Italy
9 March 2022
Presentation of the Shadow Report at the 3rd EU Macro-Regional Strategies Week
26 April 2022
The way forward: Project concluding event