📷 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu talked about #Resilience and #Security, but we did not hear about local realities and #CohesionPolicy 📷 Cities and regions carry the weight of security, energy or housing. Europe must recognise, empower and fund local governments www.linkedin.com/posts/counci... #SOTEU

The main things to check tomorrow in the #MFF package: 1️⃣What will be the role of #localgov in defining their own investment and reforms priorities? 2️⃣How will #PartnershipPrinciple be implemented? 3️⃣Can the objectives of economic, social and territorial #Cohesion be truly met ? #CohesionAlliance

🎙️ What is #SDG3 about, and why is it important for local governments? @marineg.bsky.social explains how towns and regions drive health and well-being 📍We are at #HLPF2025 in NYC, bringing the voice of local leaders to global debates @platforma4dev.bsky.social #GlobalGoals #HealthForAll

💻 Have you played our game #Geoguessr in which you spot EU-funded projects around Europe? At #CitiesForum 2025, visitors to our stand have guessed many of the locations correctly! 🎯 Plus, we have added new locations from Kraków! 🇵🇱🗺️ 🔗 Let's play? openguessr.com/maps/communi... #CohesionPolicy

📄 @uclg.bsky.social President Jan van Zanen presented today our Political declaration on the #NextMFF to @ec.europa.eu for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela ❗️He expressed his concern for the drastic reduction of development budgets globally 👉 Read it now! platforma-dev.eu/wp-content/u...

Interesting ranking of questions and contributions at the Brussels Economic Forum plenary session this morning #EUBEF25 1️⃣The end of the mannels era ? 2️⃣people and skills in focus 3️⃣economic, social and territorial cohesion 🙂

As i presented today @ccre-cemr.bsky.social publication on #EUSemester impact on #localgov I also discovered a recently adopted opinion by @eesc.bsky.social on reforms and investment proposals as part of the EU Semester cycle 24-25. Key recommendations there 👇 www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/...

"We have also learnt that local authorities must be deeply involved in designing reforms and investments. Because every territory has its own specific needs." That will be my take from this morning speech from @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on next #EUBudget @ccre-cemr.bsky.social #localgov #LRG

‼️It's taking place on Wednesday in Brussels! Don't miss this @ccre-cemr.bsky.social event on online violence against #WomenInPolitics. Register now 👇👇👇👇

Key takeaways from the first panel of our #EUBudget event: ✅ Reforms must be co-created with local and regional governments 🔄 Simplification and flexibility are essential 🎯 We must maximise the impact of every € 📚 Time to turn #RRF lessons into change #CohesionPolicy #FinalCallRegionsMFF

Panel 2 at our #EUBudget event showed how to make the Cohesion Policy work post-2027. The debate was rich and urgent, from subsidiarity and simplification to fair rules and rural voices. 🏛️ Regions all together must help shape the future EU! #NextMFF #FinalCallRegionsMFF

J'ai contribué à la dernière édition du Trait d'Union, le magazine de l'actualité des pouvoirs locaux bruxellois, pour parler du travail du @ccre-cemr.bsky.social et en particulier de notre dernière publication qui éclaire l'impact du #SemestreEuropéen sur les collectivités territoriales en Europe.

"The growing trend towards the nationalisation of EU policies is leading to a concentration of investment in already well-positioned territories at a time when action on the ground must be strengthened" 📰 Read 'The #EUGreenDeal at crossroads': ccre-cemr.org/impactgoal-c... #FinalCallRegionsMFF

Can Europe’s competitiveness strategy succeed without strong cities and regions? #eucohesionpolicy,#urbanpost2028 ccre-cemr.org/impactgoal-c...

I wrote this piece on the forgotten dimension of the #CompetitivenessCompass for CEMR 👇

🌍 Local govs are the core of #CohesionPolicy The debate is 🔥 We're proud to see CEMR's work referenced by the European Parliamentary Research Service and that the importance of place-based solutions to fight disparities are given recognition. 🎯 📘 The study: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

#BeyondGDP “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” William Bruce Cameron. Check the new report by the JRC: europa.eu/!HgWVDM Introducing the Sustainable and Inclusive Wellbeing dashboard. @cisl.cam.ac.uk @ceps.eu @eurohumph.bsky.social

This week i've participated in the #ECoPP plenary meeting discussing the future of #PartnershipPrinciple in the next programming period of EU funds. This is a video from last year meeting sharing different perspectives but all agreeing on the importance of #PartnershipPrinciple shorturl.at/vnjP7

*Be Clear about why #Partnership is important (good&accountable investments) *Be Bold (new ideas to make it happen) *Be Political (we are getting at MFF stage) *Be Concise (partic to policymakers) *Be Resilient (3yrs of negs) These are the advice of DG Regio DDG DeMichelis in closing #ECOPP Plenary.

The report i worked on for the @ccre-cemr.bsky.social on European Semester was covered by Brussels Express brussels-express.eu/the-european...

📊 #LocalDataTuesday 0.0% of GDP: The average debt of local governments in the EU. Local and Regional Governments demonstrate good financial management but face a dilemma: ⚖️ Contribute to budgetary consolidation versus 💡 Investing in green and digital transitions 👉 ccre-cemr.org/wp-content/u...

The #EuropeanSemester has begun! Today at CEMR, we presented our study "Top Level Decision – Local Consequences" on how EU decisions impact local govs. We call for better involvement of regional leaders in shaping policies for a fairer Europe ccre-cemr.org/impactgoal-c... @thomasprorok.bsky.social