In focus: EU energy security explained

⚡️🛢️From expanding electrification to securing oil and gas imports, understanding the systems in place to protect EU #EnergySecurity can be reassuring.

Our latest in focus article helps you get to grips with the basics 👇

https://link.europa.eu/db3b9w

Preparing young people for the digital world

EU-funded projects are helping young people build digital and critical thinking skills across Europe.

#EUFunds #DigitalSkills #EURegions #EUinmySchool

Europe’s Coal Regions in Transition shape the future of clean energy

New opportunities ahead with #CoalRegionsEU!

🔬research on coal phase-out status
🚀new #exchangeEU programme 2026
📣call for Working Groups
🤝 cooperation with the EU initiatives
💡tailored advice & support
📅 events

For more details → https://link.europa.eu/ptXcjq

The International Day for Monuments and Sites

The International Day for Monuments and Sites highlights the importance of protecting cultural heritage and preserving it for future generations. Read how new digital tools support the preservation, research and accessibility of cultural heritage.

Grass as a resource for the green transition

🌱 In Denmark 🇩🇰, Sweden 🇸🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴, the Green Valleys 2.0 project is exploring how grass can be used as a resource for the green transition.

With Interreg EU funding

#EUFunds #Interreg #EUinmyRegion

From restoration to cooperation: Interreg projects shaping the future of the Danube region

Interreg projects showcased at the Paradeisinsel event highlight how EU funding supports cooperation across the Danube region.

#EUFunds #Interreg #EURegions #EUinmyRegion #DanubeRegion

Last call to be part of #EURegionsWeek 2026

⏰ Reminder: apply for #EURegionsWeek 2026 by 26 April

Showcase your EU-funded project & organise your own session.

⚠️ Drafts won’t be evaluated
✏️ Edits possible after submission

#EUFunds #EURegions #CohesionPolicy

Turning transition into real projects: Results of the first PSLF call for proposals

Turning transition into real projects

The first PSLF call backs projects helping regions invest in clean energy, infrastructure and economic diversification.

EU funding is supporting the just transition.

#EUFunds #JustTransition #EURegions

What makes EU-funded projects really work?

EU funding works best when administration works well.

A new study explores how regions can strengthen capacity to improve delivery of EU-funded programmes.

✔ Skills
✔ Governance
✔ Better results

#EUFunds #CohesionPolicy #CapacityBuilding

📆Mark your calendars on 2 July 2026 for the return of the Annual EU Budget Conference!

🗓️Save the date for the Annual EU Budget Conference 2026 on 2 July!

Join a full day of high-level discussions exploring how the EU budget drives:
📈Competitiveness
🌍Europe’s global leadership
💡Innovation

➡️Learn more & stay tuned for registration info: https://link.europa.eu/kVmqPN

When rainfall increases, cooperation becomes essential

From Spain to Ireland, regions are working together to manage climate risks.

The AGEO project helps Atlantic regions better monitor landslides and geological hazards.

💶 €3.2M budget
🇪🇺 75% EU funded
🌊 5 countries involved

#EUFunds #SmartRegions #EURegions #ClimateAdaptation #CohesionPolicy

china and pakistan release five point peace plan for ending iran war.

no mention of us and israel
call to restore full passage of strait of hormuz (no iran ability to disrupt/charge tolls).

initiative should be welcomed by pretty much everybody.

Two years of STEP. €29 billion mobilised. Hundreds of critical technology projects supported across the EU. 🎯

🎯€29 billion. 220+ funding calls. 800 excellent projects awarded a STEP Seal across Europe.

That's 2-year old STEP: a platform built to support projects in critical technologies in getting EU funding and more.

📖Learn more about STEP: https://link.europa.eu/3TmTk3

L'erreur que tout le monde fait sur l'Europe YouTube video by Xavier Delmas

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1 year ago, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became fully independent from Russia and Belarus' electricity systems, successfully integrating into the EU internal energy market by joining the European continental network via Poland lnkd.in/d7684UWj
#BalticSynchronisation #BEMIP #CEFenergy eu.smh.re/0drQ

Design, sustainability and inclusion are not abstract ideas. They can shape your next EU-funded call. A new opportunity is open for Managing Authorities and Implementing Bodies ready to integrate the New European Bauhaus into their Cohesion Policy programmes — with EU support.

Design, sustainability and inclusion are not abstract ideas. They can shape your next EU-funded call.

📅 Deadline: 16 March 2026

If your region wants to move from compliance to ambition — this is the moment.

Apply 👇 eu.smh.re/0drN

Got an EU-funded project that truly made a difference? This is your moment! Every year, the REGIOSTARS awards spotlight the most impactful projects supported by EU Cohesion Policy — projects that transformed regions, strengthened communities and delivered real results on the ...

Got an EU-funded project that truly made a difference? This is your moment.

The 2026 edition of the REGIOSTARS Awards is officially open.

📅 Applications are now open👇

#CohesionPolicy #REGIOSTARS #EUfunding eu.smh.re/0drM

The EU Global Gateway, with up to €300 billion in investments, supports projects in clean energy, digital networks, transport, health, and education, helping countries grow through fair and lasting partnerships.
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In 3 EU countries, electricity generated from renewable sources accounted for more than 75% of total electricity consumption.

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hashtag#renewables hashtag#WindPower hashtag#HydroPower hashtag#SolarPower hashtag#biofuels eu.smh.re/0dXW

Ireland: a rural innovation hub helps keep talent and jobs in local communities In Buncrana, a town of around 7 000 inhabitants in the north of Ireland, a local technology hub is helping retain skills and create new opportunities in a rural setting.

By offering shared workspaces, business support and access to networks, the hub is creating new possibilities for entrepreneurs, freelancers and small companies outside major cities.

#CohesionPolicy #RuralDevelopment #Innovation #LocalJobs eu.smh.re/0dX0

In focus: Solar energy – a shining star of Europe’s clean transition In the EU, we’re ever-more familiar with the possibilities of solar energy. It allows us to harness the energy of the sun and use it in our homes and business.

Solar energy is cheap, clean and flexible, making it the EU’s fastest growing energy source 😎 ⚡

link.europa.eu/bdgPHJ

#SolarEnergy #EnergyTransition eu.smh.re/0dW_

€60 million to help cities test the next generation of urban solutions A new European Urban Initiative – Innovative Actions call will launch in February 2026. This fourth call is designed to help cities of all sizes — especially small and medium-sized cities — test innov...

A new €60 million European Urban Initiative – Innovative Actions call will launch in February 2026.

If your city has an idea worth testing on the ground, now is the moment to start preparing.

👉 Call opens February 2026. Stay tuned. eu.smh.re/0dW-

Croatia: historic castles revitalised through sustainable cultural tourism KulTERRA, an EU-supported project in Croatia is restoring historic castles in Istria and transforming them into vibrant cultural spaces that support local economies and sustainable tourism.

In Istria, two historic castles are showing how cultural heritage can drive local life and sustainable tourism. Behind this transformation is KulTERRA, a project that combines heritage preservation with cultural tourism and local economic development.

Hungary and Serbia strengthen cooperation to manage flood and drought risks on the Tisza River An EU-supported cross-border project is helping Hungary and Serbia improve flood and drought management along the Tisza River through shared data, river monitoring and digital tools.

Hungary and Serbia: when a shared river demands shared solutionsFloods, droughts and pollution are reshaping the behaviour of the Tisza River. Through the ADAPTisa project, Hungary and Serbia are working together to better understand and anticipate these changes. eu.smh.re/0dNj

Nigel Farage would bring uncertainty to Britain’s policy on Putin The Reform UK leader has a chequered record on Russia

Sir Keir Starmer thinks he has at last found the weakness that will arrest the rise of Reform UK’s leader. It is called Vladimir Putin

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Cross-border cooperation needs people who know how to unblock things Borders still create real-life problems: different rules, procedures that don’t align, projects that stall.

Cross-border cooperation needs people who know how to unblock things📅 Open call until 31 May 2026 (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)🔗 More details here👇 eu.smh.re/0dIf

How does AI contribute to our well-being? From preventing us from strokes, to biothreats detection systems. This episode of the CORDIScovery podcast investigates how AI is bushing back the research boundaries. Tune in! 🎧 https://t.co/WVNLa88s...

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Friday for Funds - January Newsletter EU funding opportunities are open — and more are coming.

Whether you work in a public authority, SME, research centre or project partnership, this is designed to help you spot the right opportunity and move from idea to action.👉 Read the full newsletter and stay tuned — more funding opportunities, more impact, with EU support. eu.smh.re/0dI9

Inforegio - In Spain’s Valencia region, an unexpected solution is being tested to tackle urban flood risks: permeable ceramic paving.

Sometimes, climate resilience starts under our feet.#ClimateAdaptation #CohesionPolicy #Urbanflooding eu.smh.re/0dI6