The event, to take place on the 27 and 28 March 2025 in the twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica on the Italian-Slovenian border, will be a key milestone in the preparation of the future post-2027 Interreg programmes.
For 35 years, Interreg has represented a cornerstone of European integration, promoting cross-border, transnational, interregional and outermost region cooperation to drive growth, innovation, and inclusion in all regions of Europe. It is recognised as a key instrument building solidarity, trust and mutual understanding across the EU’s internal and external borders.
The Interreg GO! event will be taking place on the 27 and 28 March 2025 in a highly symbolic location for cross-border cooperation — the twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, situated on the Italian-Slovenian border. These cities jointly hold the title of European Capital of Culture in 2025.
The conference will be a key milestone in the preparation of the future post-2027 Interreg programmes. It will present the results of public consultations for the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework. Those consultations involved all Interreg programmes, key stakeholders and, for the first time in history, almost 15 thousand citizens living on the territories covered by Interreg activities.
Discussions during the event will focus on the role of Cohesion Policy Interreg territorial cooperation programmes in addressing shared challenges, such as border security, coordinated responses to migration, environmental threats, prevention of natural disasters, reducing obstacles in public services and people to people projects. Cooperation with EU candidate and neighbouring countries, including the neighbours of the outermost regions, will also be key topics.
The Interreg NEXT MED Programme will participate in the panel session “Cooperation: shared spaces, shared goals” focused on the challenges, benefits and future perspectives for cooperation with candidate and neighbouring countries, including for outermost regions. Mr. Aldo Puleo, from the Managing Authority, will discuss the added value of a broad, regional, multi-country programme encompassing 15 countries and its importance in addressing collectively joint regional challenges in the Mediterranean, including climate change, social inclusion, SME competitiveness, skills development and health.
The Interreg GO! event will feature high-level speeches and panel discussions with the participation of Mr Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms, Ms Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Mr Aleksander Jevšek, Minister of Cohesion and Regional Development of Slovenia, Mr Massimiliano Fedriga, President of Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Mr Jan Szyszko, State Secretary in charge of Cohesion Policy in the Ministry of Regional Development of Poland, Mr Marko Koprivc, State Secretary in the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development of Slovenia, Mr Younous Omarjee, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Mr Juraj Droba, Vice President of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) of the European Committee of the Regions.
Interreg GO! is expected to welcome approximately 500 local, regional, national, and European decision-makers interested in the post-2027 EU Cohesion Policy and in its cooperation and enlargement dimensions.
The conference is organized in partnership with the Interreg Italy-Slovenia programme, the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation ‘GO!’, the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region in Italy and the Ministry for Cohesion and Regional Development in Slovenia, as well as with Interact.
More information can be found at this link: Inforegio – Interreg GO 2025
The event will be web streamed on 27 of March from 8.45 CET: Interreg GO! – Streaming Service of the European Commission
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25/03/2025
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