Eurada News nº401 - June 2020 Flexible Cohesion Policy Regional Development Agencies are modifying their programmes supported with European Structural and Investments Funds. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 the regulations provided additional advantages to redirect resources to the areas most impacted by the crisis and to simplify the management procedures Important changes in cohesion policy rules Over recent [...]
Eurada News nº401 - June 2020 Interreg: Celebrating 30 years of neighborhood cooperation In 1990, the Interreg programme was created to formally facilitate and encourage cooperation across borders. Now in its 30th year, Interreg continues to raise awareness and bring action to important issues the EU is facing today Cooperation is one of the main characteristics of the EU which revolves around the sharing and exchange of experiences or best [...]
We would like to draw to your attention a call for speakers to take part in a workshop at the URBIS Smart City Fair in Brno, Czech Republic, which is due to take place on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2020. The subject of the workshop will be “p2p (peer-to-peer) energy market platforms” [...]
Last Thursday EURADA hosted a meeting between the Spanish Association of Regional Development Agencies (Foro ADR) and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), represented by Gustavo López. The aim of the event was to debate and analyse the new version of the Cohesion Alliance, a declaration document that addresses the most pressing challenges [...]
On the 5th, 6th and 7th of May the Kick-Off Meeting of the project ENTRANCES –which stands for ENergy TRANsitions from Coal and carbon: Effect on Societies– took place, and EURADA had the pleasure to take part in it. The project aims to research and analyse the challenges that the carbon-intensive regions are facing following a multi-contextual framework: 1) the de-carbonisation policies; 2) the ongoing processes of de-territorialisation; 3) the territorial dimension of clean energy transition. Throughout 36 [...]
EURADA is very pleased to inform you about the online conference SME support for the post-COVID era – to be held on the 29th of June 2020 from 13:00 to 15:00 (CET) – that will be organised by us. This event is an online conference from ESSPO, an Interreg Europe project with the goal of addressing the efficiency of SME support policies and developing comprehensive support portfolios. These serve to identify and establish synergies between different services and to intelligently target relevant segments of [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 The Hidden Cost of Card Payments – EuroCommerce Call for a Reform of the Interchange Fees Regulation The increasing usage of payment cards in recent years – intensified by the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis – has raised concerns over the substantial market power held by operators of payment [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 How can digital financial services help MSMEs? Adapting to change is crucial for keeping Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) relevant and able to grow. Although in the current climate of economic contraction, survival is perhaps a more appropriate aim than growth, moving with the times is still of [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 The Commission’s SME strategy and the role of RDAs The EU SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe lists three pillars to focus on and a strategy for governance to comprehensively address the needs of diverse SMEs. EURADA believes that Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) have a role to [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 ESSPO Final Conference Although there is not a chosen date yet, the final conference of the Interreg project ESSPO is drawing near. Learn which will be the main topics and what is the project about. The Final Conference of the project ESSPO, in which EURADA takes part, will not take [...]
