The Spanish annual communication event on regional policy and European funds – Acto anual de política regional y fondos europeos en España – is hosted by the Spanish general secretary of European funds of the Ministry of Finance. It rewards the achievements and best communication practices of projects co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The ERDF invests in strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion across European regions. The awards ceremony was held in Madrid on 29 November 2022. This year, the participants once again showed ‘Una manera de hacer Europa’ – A way to make Europe- with their diverse and innovative projects to build a better tomorrow for all European citizens. 12 projects were selected as finalists in 4 categories: regional, national administration, and local authority level, and European territorial cooperation. The selection criteria were how well the project communicated its activities to potential beneficiaries, its incorporation of innovative elements, its contribution to the resolution of a problem identified at territorial level, and consideration of the principles of equal opportunities, non-discrimination, social responsibility and environmental protection. All participants present physically or online voted for their favourite project in each category. Nadie Sin Su Ración Diaria (digitalization of the food donation system), Imagen Molecular de Alta Sensibilidad (a new positron emission tomography scanner), MOAI Labs (research and innovation to prevent loneliness of the elderly) and the urban gardens of Salamanca (revitalization of a degraded area) are the winner of this 2022 edition.

At the OECD Social Economy Summit closing session, University of Sussex student Yasmin Morais shared her poem "what do you see?", inspiring us to reflect on the past and imagine a better future. We'd like to share it with you. Rewatch the full session "Shaping our future: A youth call to action": https://www.oecd-events.org/cfe-leed-social-economy-oecd-global-action/en/session/f9bb8d27-008d-ed11-9d7a-6045bd8894c2

Study concluded by February 2023 to assess the impact from former Action Planning Networks that conducted Small Scale Actions.

The green transition is changing jobs, skills, and local economies. It poses new challenges but also opportunities, both of which will differ across places within countries. The new OECD report: Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2023: Bridging the Great Green Divide, provides novel evidence on those risks and opportunities across regions in 30 OECD countries. Read the report in the link: https://www.oecd.org/publications/job... Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Follow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

Local, but European. Practical, but inspiring. #HotlineCohesion brings you the most interesting youth opportunities linked to EU Cohesion Policy.

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CORALLIA is a unit of the Athena research centre in Greece that brings together hi-tech clusters, business incubators, and extensive entrepreneurship programme. Corallia works with more than 500 innovative enterprises and has established three high tech clusters, an attractive proposition for investors, who have so far pumped over 500 million euros of private and foreign investment into the organisation. For more information on EU regional policy, please visit our website: https://europa.eu/!Yy67HF Follow us on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EUinmyregion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/euinmyregion - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euinmyregion/

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This video summarises the results of the report 'Exploring Consumer Travel Attitudes and Expectations to Drive Tourism Recovery' produced for the European Travel Commission It identifies trends and behavioural changes related to travel, based on in-depth interviews with consumers from European markets (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and long-haul markets (Australia and the United States), as well as interviews with experts in the tourism industry. The report was produced with consultants from Silverlining Research, the video was produced with consultants from Stone's Throw Media. Download the full report at: https://etc-corporate.org/reports/exploring-consumer-travel-attitudes-and-expectations-to-drive-tourism-recovery-2/

This video summarises the results of the report 'Exploring Consumer Travel Attitudes and Expectations to Drive Tourism Recovery' produced for the European Travel Commission It identifies trends and behavioural changes related to travel, based on in-depth interviews with consumers from European markets (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and long-haul markets (Australia and the United States), as well as interviews with experts in the tourism industry. The report was produced with consultants from Silverlining Research, the video was produced with consultants from Stone's Throw Media. Download the full report at: https://etc-corporate.org/reports/exploring-consumer-travel-attitudes-and-expectations-to-drive-tourism-recovery-2/

Local, but European. Practical, but inspiring. #HotlineCohesion brings you the most interesting youth opportunities linked to EU Cohesion Policy.  The Youthopia Project is co-funded by the Directorate General for Regional and Urban policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission.

The green transition is changing jobs, skills, and local economies. It poses new challenges but also opportunities, both of which will differ across places within countries. The new OECD report: Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2023: Bridging the Great Green Divide, provides novel evidence on those risks and opportunities across regions in 30 OECD countries. Read the report in the link: https://www.oecd.org/publications/job-creation-and-local-economic-development-26174979.htm Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Follow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

The green transition is changing jobs, skills, and local economies. It poses new challenges but also opportunities, both of which will differ across places within countries. The new OECD report: Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2023: Bridging the Great Green Divide, provides novel evidence on those risks and opportunities across regions in 30 OECD countries. Read the report in the link: https://www.oecd.org/publications/job-creation-and-local-economic-development-26174979.htm Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

On day 2 of the #YEPA launch, Alberto Carvalho Neto of @JEUNEorg , @KarenGreveYoung and @nbosma_se share their views on the key barriers. 🔗 https://yepa-hub.org @EU_Commission Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

🤝 Flavia Santia from @ENMItaly and Solène Le Coz-Fortis from @DGEntreprises gave us the lowdown at today's #YEPA launch event in Brussels. Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

YOUTHopia - Co-funded by DG Region. The main purpose of the YOUTHopia project is to raise awareness of the concrete benefits that Cohesion Policy offers to boost the economic and social well-being of its citizens and regions through programmes, projects and services, with a focus on youth employment, and the transition towards a green andclimate-neutral Europe. The aim is to foster the engagement and long-lasting capacity of regions, young beneficiaries, and media professionals across Europe to communicate about Cohesion policy. Through the enhanced use of multiple digital platforms, products, and audiovisual storytelling, as well as large-scale events and jobs fairs, the Action promotes stories and faces of Cohesion policy’s success in these territories, while reaching out to a larger audience by means of a campaign relaunch at the transnational stage.

Interested by the topic of digital transition? Whether you are a newbie or a tech expert, go to MOODLE.URBACT.EU and create your Moodle account using an e-mail address, to make the most of all modules!

URBACT webinar for the launch of the "Keeping up with the digital transition" Moodle. Register and discover this brand-new platform: moodle.urbact.eu

This OECD webinar was held on 8 March 2023. and explored how stronger rural-urban partnerships can reinforce resilience in the face of future shocks and build a sustainable future. Three consecutive sessions discussed how stronger rural-urban collaborations can help recovery and build resiliency, how rural-urban interdependency can be measured and how rural-urban partnerships can help overcoming barriers to rural-urban co-operation. Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

Here are some tips from the inspiring participants at today's #YEPA launch with the @EU_Commission 🔗 https://yepa-hub.org Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

This webinar is the fourth in the OECD Dialogue on the Future of Regions, held on 28 February 2023. https://www.oecd.org/regional/globalisation.htm Follow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

Discover the brand new Interreg Aurora. The programme offers great opportunities and enables new and exciting cross-border cooperation between Sweden, Finland and Norway in the northernmost part of Europe and Sápmi. Granted of a budget of approximately EUR 165 million, the programme aims to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and attractiveness of the programme area through social inclusion, digitalisation and just green transition. For more information on EU regional policy, please visit our website: https://europa.eu/!Yy67HF Follow us on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EUinmyregion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/euinmyregion - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euinmyregion/

ChatGPT and other large AI-based “generative language models” are taking the world – and our news feeds – by storm. As Beta versions of the software are made available to the general public, observers are getting excited about the capabilities and the vast array of potential applications. But what does this mean for small businesses? Read more on the Cogito Blog post here: https://oecdcogito.blog/2023/02/08/digital-smes-separating-the-chit-and-the-chat-gpt/ Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Visit our blog: https://oecdcogito.blogFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

Connecting people across regions has never been more important. In 2020, global Internet traffic was estimated to be more than 3 zettabytes – the equivalent of 325 million households watching Netflix simultaneously, at all times. By 2022, these flows will be 1,000 times greater than in 2002, 20 years earlier. These data flows keep us informed, entertained and connected to work, friends, and family. They also provide increasingly important routes to access to key services – in retail, health and public support. Throughout the pandemic, these connections have been critical in keeping many jobs, sectors and services going. However, while urban communities flourish in the online world, too many rural areas remain digital deserts. Read more on the OECD Blog post: https://oecdcogito.blog/2022/01/28/reaching-digital-deserts-extending-access-to-broadband-has-never-been-so-important/ Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Visit our blog: https://oecdcogito.blogFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

After six decades of consistent growth, the unprecedented shock of the global COVID-19 pandemic saw tourism come to a near complete standstill. Two years on, there’s still huge uncertainty for the tourism sector. What lies in store for tourism in 2023 and beyond? Rea more on the blog post here: https://oecdcogito.blog/2022/12/08/is-tourism-turning-the-tide/ Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfeFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

Just a few months after another record-breaking summer of heat waves, European cities are bracing for a potentially devastating energy crisis in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. While the unseasonably warm weather this autumn postponed some of the pain of energy price hikes and shortages thus far, winter looms... Read more on the Blog post here: https://oecdcogito.blog/2022/12/02/winter-is-coming-how-european-cities-are-responding-to-the-energy-crisis/ Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Visit our blog: https://oecdcogito.blogFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

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This webinar is the fourth in the OECD Dialogue on the Future of Regions, held on 28 February 2023. https://www.oecd.org/regional/globalisation.htmFollow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

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Põlva in south-eastern Estonia is proud of its flagship public high school the first in the country with a near-zero carbon footprint. Polva Gümnaasium is a European project that offers sustainable energy solutions ranging from the choice of building materials, such as wood, to the way this smart building is run. For example, the project has installed blinds that automatically go up or down depending on the light, and which help regulate the temperature inside. The building dates back to Soviet times and was completely rebuilt in 2016 For more information on EU regional policy, please visit our website: https://europa.eu/!Yy67HF Follow us on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EUinmyregion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/euinmyregion - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euinmyregion/