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Cohesion Fund

European Fund for Regional Development

Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions – European Fund for Regional Development including for Interreg and the Cohesion Fund.

€34.6 billion in cohesion policy funds reallocated to address EU's strategic priorities

Member States have successfully reprogrammed €34.6 billion in their 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds towards the EU's most urgent strategic priorities. These include boosting competitiveness, enhancing defence and civil preparedness, promoting affordable and sustainable housing, improving water resilience, and advancing energy connectivity. This shift in EU funding will reinforce Europe's competitive edge, bolster its security and […]

Financial instruments in Cohesion policy

Special report 24/2025: Financial instruments in Cohesion policy. A revolving use of funds materialised partially | OJ C/2025/6550, 5.12.2025 One of the advantages of financial instruments in cohesion policy over grants is that reflows can be used to support additional final recipients, leading to more efficient use of public financing. Our work concluded that only […]

A modernised Cohesion policy

A modernised Cohesion policy: The mid-term review

A modernised cohesion policy to boost the EU's strategic priorities

Today, the European Commission is revising the EU's cohesion policy to better support EU competitiveness and decarbonisation, defence and security, the Eastern border regions as well as affordable housing, water resilience, and the energy transition. The objective of this initiative is to make cohesion policy more effective, by encouraging Member States and regions to invest […]

A renewed Cohesion Policy post 2027

Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions.  A renewed Cohesion Policy post 2027 that leaves no one behind

Guidelines operational programmes Structural Funds

Guidelines on the closure of operational programmes adopted for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and cross-border cooperation programmes under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (2014-2020)

The role of cohesion policy in upcoming rounds of EU enlargement

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – The role of cohesion policy in upcoming rounds of EU enlargement (exploratory opinion)

9th EU Cohesion Report

Communication on the 9th Cohesion Report

EU Cohesion Policy: 2021-2027 programmes expected to create 1.3 million jobs in the EU

Cohesion Policy funding in 2021-2027 is expected to support the creation of 1.3 million jobs, and to increase the EU's GDP by 0.5% on average by the end of the decade, and up to 4% in some Member States. It will also help deliver many common public goods, providing tangible and concrete benefits to European […]

30th anniversary of the Cohesion Fund

In the last 30 years, the Cohesion Fund has invested nearly €179 billion in the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU. Created in the Maastricht Treaty as a necessary complement to the Single Market in the Cohesion Policy toolkit, the Cohesion Fund was given the mission to support investments in transport infrastructure and […]

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Climate Adjustment Fund

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Climate Adjustment Fund financed by Cohesion and NGEU (own-initiative opinion)
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