- The event will be web streamed: Interreg GO! – Streaming Service of the European Commission
- More information can be found at this link: Inforegio – Interreg GO 2025
The European territorial cooperation initiative Interreg is holding its main annual event this Thursday and Friday in the border cities of Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia). The focus of the event is to assess the future of a programme aimed at reducing disparities in development levels across European regions, as well as to evaluate the implementation of the current 2021-2027 programme and identify best practices.
Among these, the strategic importance operation Firepoctep+, led by the University of Vigo, stands out, with researcher Juan Picos participating in a session on disaster management and extreme weather events this Friday. This project is the only one focused on combating wildfires selected to take part in this event.
#InterregGO sinala #firepoctep+ como exemplo de cooperación na prevención de catástrofes 🔥
www.uvigo.gal/universidade…— Juan Picos 🌲🌳 (@jpicos13.bsky.social) 28 de marzo de 2025, 9:57
Source: European Commission
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.
🏆Today is the day 🏆 The Grand Finale of #InterregSlam 2024-2025 is happening from 15:00 to 17:00 CET.
Tune in live at the link below, watch the 6 finalists, and vote in real-time for your favorite performance: webcast.ec.europa.eu/interreg-go-…
Good luck to all 🍀
#Interreg #35YearsofInterreg
— Interreg (@interreg.eu) 27 de marzo de 2025, 7:02
The 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 Parliamen and Mr Juraj Droba, Vice President of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) of the European Committee of the Regions.
The Interreg GO! event 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 EGTC GO!, the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region in Italy and the Ministry for Cohesion and Regional Development in Slovenia, as well as with Interact.
FOR JOURNALISTS ONLY:
If you want to attend in person, to confirm your attendance, please register at this link, stating under the tab ‘Organisation type’ that you are a journalist:
https://register.event-works.europa.eu/dgscic/Interreg_GO_25_HLE/e/lk/k/
The registration via the link will be done for the first day only, whereas on the second day you will follow a programme dedicated to journalists.
The first day includes the opportunities to interview high-level participants from the Member States and the EU institutions. On the second day the journalists will be provided with possibility to attend:
- dedicated presentation about Interreg and Cohesion Policy
- visits of the EU cofinanced project