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In today’s Focus of the Week we will take a look at the relationship between the European Union and the regions!

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Roland Strauss and the EU Innovation Trends team

Focus of the week: EU and the regions

Regional policy targets EU regions and cities, boosting economic growth and improving quality of life through strategic investment. It is also an active form of solidarity which focuses support on the less developed regions.

EU regional policy funding focuses on 4 priorities:

Regional policy delivers results. Between 2007 and 2012 it helped EU countries:

create 769 000 jobs
invest in 225 000 smaller businesses
fund 72 000 research projects
bring broadband coverage to 5 million more EU citizens
quality of life in cities through 11 000 different projects improve

Regional policy is delivered through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. National and regional authorities are responsible for managing the funds from day to day. These Managing Authorities select, finance and monitor the projects that can best help to serve local needs. They provide information on funding opportunities to potential beneficiaries, including:

public bodies
the private sector (businesses)
universities
associations & NGOs

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the institution which acts as the voice of regions and cities in the European Union (EU). It represents local and regional authorities across the European Union and advises on new laws that have an impact on regions and cities (70% of all EU legislation).

The CoR is a political assembly composed of 350 members and 350 alternates from all EU countries (grouped by political party and headed by the President) who have been elected at local or regional level (for example as Mayors or Presidents of a region). They come to Brussels up to six times a year to debate their opinions on proposed legislation and agree on resolutions for further action by the EU.

News & Events

Autonomous, zero-emission buses bound for Jaworzno, Poland
An ERDF-funded project in Jaworzno wants to put the Polish city on the map as the first venue to test self-driving buses on the country’s roads.
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The EIB reinforces its support to the Mediterranean region

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has today underlined its commitment to building economic resilience and supporting growth and job-creation in the EU Southern Neighbourhood.
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COST Connect - Sustainable Energy in the Danube Region
COST Connect, Sustainable Energy in the Danube Region will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 10th October 2018.
With the launch of the macro-regional EU Strategy for the Danube region (EUSDR) in 2011, the need for enhanced cross-border cooperation and coordination in research and innovation was clearly expressed.
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Calls for Proposals

Solutions for increased regional cross-border cooperation in the transmission grid

Proposals will demonstrate integrated hardware and software solutions for cross border flows in the transmission grid in a regional context.

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Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes

The COFUND scheme aims to stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development, spreading the best practices of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions.

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Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism

The various forms of cultural tourism in Europe are important drivers of growth, jobs and economic development of European regions and urban areas. They also contribute, by driving intercultural understanding and social development in Europe through discovering various types of cultural heritage, to...

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News Highlights

Italy- EIB provides 95 million euros for the expansion of LUISS University
The EU bank is supporting the five-year investment plan of the Italian LUISS University with95 million euros. A first loan tranche of 50 million euro has been signed today in Rome in the presence of EIB Vice-President Dario Scannapieco, the LUISS Managing Director Giovanni Lo Storto and the Dean of the university, Andrea Prencipe

3 solutions helping reduce the use of plastic bags
Single-use plastic has become part of our everyday lives. In the EU alone, we collectively use 100 billion bags per year, or over 70 bags per person per year. That is a huge amount, considering the significant part that ends up in our oceans.

New EU rules ensure better protection for 120 million holidaymakers this summer
As of Sunday 1 July, travellers booking package holidays will enjoy stronger consumer rights. Not only will traditional package holidays be covered, the new rules will also protect consumers who book other forms of combined travel, including self-customised packages, where the traveller chooses different elements from a single point of sale online or offline. The new rules will also introduce protection for 'linked travel arrangements' when the traveller purchases travel services at one point of sale, but through separate booking processes, or, after having booked one travel service on one website, is invited to book another service on a different website.

Events

EIT RawMaterials at the Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC 2018)
The Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC 2018) will bring together a diverse crowd of change-makers, innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, practioners and decision-makers who share a passion for sustainability.

It’s Time for Cyber Security Scaleups to Shine!
This is the 3rd edition of the ECSO (the European Cyber Security Organisation) event supporting European Scaleups and SMEs. At the event, they will be able to showcase their technology and to introduce themselves to industry leaders and integrators that are looking for the most promising cyber security companies.

Networking event with SUEZ in Barcelona – Join the resource revolution!
European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot is promoting a networking event with SUEZ. The event will take place in the Museu Agbar de les Aigües in Barcelona on 14 and 15 November. Companies funded under the EIC pilot are invited to apply until 29 August.

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