Cohesion policy is not only about funds. It is about people, regions, cities. It is key for social and economic convergence.

We need a full involvement of civil society to design a #CohesionPolicy fit for the future & which ensures that citizens feel part of the 🇪🇺project.

Opening the #CohesionForum in Brussels, European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen:
This is what #CohesionPolicy is designed for: long-term investments in the connectivity, resilience and social fabric of #EUregions .

Thrilled to host the 9th #Cohesion Forum today & tomorrow!

1.000 participants from all over 🇪🇺 and several high-level speakers will discuss #Cohesion Policy as a fundamental pre-condition for European Unity!

Join us ❗️LIVE ❗️ from 13h30 👉videliostreaming.com/Paris1/WMH/202…

#CohesionForum | Commissioner Elisa Ferreira:

'The 9th #CohesionReport estimates that support of #CohesionPolicy funding between 2014 and 2027 will help creating more than 1 million jobs across the EU'

Want to know more?
Have a look at the Report ➡️ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

The #CohesionForum starts today!

Tune in 🔴 LIVE to the interviews & panel discussions on the role of #CohesionPolicy in the well-being of all people living in Europe.

Don't miss 🔖 the sessions w/ Vasco Alves Cordeiro Mirja Vehkaperä Emil Boc.

How is #Cohesion Policy helping Austria 🇦🇹 become more competitive, sustainable, and inclusive?

€ 4.3 billion in #Cohesion funding contributed to regional development since 1995!
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🚨Vasco Alves Cordeiro & Emil Boc are at the #CohesionForum to sound the alarm against a dangerous transformation of #CohesionPolicy in the future.

Because threatening 🇪🇺 cohesion means threatening the European project as a whole

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Thank you Loïg Chesnais-Girard for your strong words and support for the #cohesionpolicy for all regions in Europe. #CohesionForum

A strong statement of the possibilities in #tripletransition in the #arctic areas of EU🇪🇺 by Mirja Vehkaperä Oulun kaupunki, Oulu European Committee of the Regions #sustainable future needs #cohesionpolicy and also #cohesionfunds as an #investment that will pay back #cohesionforum

It's Bingo time at #CohesionForum , we're really close to get the entire grid of key words! What's missing ?
#CohesionPolicy

🔔 We sound the alarm before a dangerous transformation of #CohesionPolicy .

Co-rapporteurs on the future of cohesion Vasco Alves Cordeiro and Emil Boc bring these concerns to the 9th #CohesionForum .

📰 Full story: europa.eu/!P7nN4n

#CohesionAlliance

All set for the kick off the 9th #CohesionForum in Brussels!

Today and tomorrow, +1000 experts in Brussels will discuss the future of #CohesionPolicy .

More info: ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

#CohesionForum , 2nd day!

9:30 | Keynote speech by Roberta Metsola and Nicolas SCHMIT

Packed programme with many high-level speakers and 3 panels on:
🔹Triple transition
🔹Cohesion as shared objective
🔹Future of #CohesionPolicy

🔴LIVE from 9:30: europa.eu/!dwhgRQ

Very inspiring speeches & debates at the Cohesion Forum today!

We need the testimonials, good examples & engagement of all to ensure that #CohesionPolicy continues to be the motor of convergence, resilience & solidarity in 🇪🇺

Stay tuned!

My Speech 👉 europa.eu/!wGKyCh

#CohesionForum | Closing remarks from Commissioner for Cohesion & Reforms Elisa Ferreira

'An unreformed #CohesionPolicy is a risk to EU convergence. But a reform that doesn't respect cohesion DNA and identity is a risk to EU unity.'

To the 9th Report: ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Director-General Themis Christophidou addresses the welcome speech to a full room in Brussels for the #CohesionForum .

“ #CohesionPolicy is needed more than ever; today and tomorrow we take the debate to the next level”

#CohesionPolicy should promote the integration of lagging regions in the international production networks. Being part of value chains allows territories to benefit from the cohesion expenditure in regions connected via value-added trade
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#CohesionForum | Elisa Ferreira

#CohesionPolicy is hope turned into action.

It’s all about getting a better life for Europeans, and give them the opportunity to flourish where they live.

There is freedom of movement, but there is also the right to stay 🌱

#cohesionpolicy is the tool for greener future, and for all #tripletransition A concrete opening by @emilboc about the Role of cities in regional development #CohesionForum European Committee of the Regions

Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira at the #CohesionForum in Brussels:

' #CohesionPolicy is a precondition for our Unity - this is not aesthetic redistribution of income, it is rebalancing growth and development'