New edition of the RegioStars 2021 has started! 2021-02-26, Category: Programme news

On the 9^th February 2021, the next edition of the RegioStars 2021 contest, organised by the European Commission annually, has just started. If your project received co-financing from the European Union, it is innovative and demonstrates new approaches in regional development – this competition is for you!

Projects can be submitted in one of five thematic categories:

1. SMART Europe: Increasing the competitiveness of local businesses in a digital world
2. GREEN Europe: Green and resilient communities in urban and rural setting
3. FAIR Europe: Fostering inclusion and anti-discrimination
4. URBAN Europe: Promoting green, sustainable and circular food systems in functional urban areas
5. TOPIC OF THE YEAR: Enhancing green mobility in the regions: European Year of Rail 2021

As a novelty, in 2021 the finalists are invited to participate in the training sessions on communication as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities in October. The winners in the five categories, and the winner of the public choice, will be awarded during the REGIOSTARS ceremony, which will take place in December 2021 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

How to apply to RegioStars 2021?

You have to just send an e-mail to the following address: katarzyna.wantoch-rekowska@plru.eu by 12^th March 2021. Our Secretariat, together with the Managing Authority of the Programme, will choose the most interesting five projects that meet the above mentioned criteria (one programme may submit only five projects). Selected projects will receive the endorsement letters from the Managing Authority. Subsequently, the beneficiaries of the selected projects will have to send an application via the REGIOSTARS online platform.

A detailed description of the categories is here 

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