The European Regional Development and Cohesion funds, the classical tools of the EU’s cohesion policy, will disburse €242.9 billion euros during the 2021-2027 period, 30% of which will go to greening.
In this episode we discuss how the cohesion policy contributes to protecting the environment and tackling climate change, taking a closer look at what the next seven years have in store compared to the previous budgetary period of 2014-2020.

Cohesion and Recovery fund: friends or foes?

Cohesion Policy is the European Union’s mechanism that supports its economic and social cohesion. Its’ main subjective is to reduce the disparities between the various regions and reassure the competitiveness of the less expanded economies. The regional development funds, the “engine” of cohesion policy, are vital to each country’s economy because the define the development of many sectors, such as tourism, infrastructure, education and others. Cohesion policy is a key element in the Union’s disposal to tackle any possible crisis, such as the COVID- 19 crisis.