14:00- 15:00, Sala kameralna
Developing a unified position of the EU’s eastern flank regions regarding the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028–2034. The debate will specifically focus on the postulate to embed a dedicated resilience objective within the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR), reform fund allocation algorithms, and ensure preferential conditions for investment implementation (co-financing rates of 85–95%).
Key Discussion Topics:
Cohesion equals security: Why traditional GDP per capita criteria for EU fund allocation are insufficient in the face of hybrid pressure and blocked eastern markets.
From Interreg to CPR: Transforming the specific objective of “more resilient regions bordering Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine” from a narrow cross-border cooperation instrument into a horizontal priority encompassing the ERDF, ESF+, and the Cohesion Fund.
Flexibility and preferential treatment: Increasing project co-financing rates to 85–95%, easing thematic concentration requirements, and permanently revising regional state aid and de minimis thresholds.
A new dimension of territorial cooperation: Building the North-South cooperation corridor (the Baltic–Black Sea axis), integrating rescue procedures, and establishing cross-border healthcare access zones as a vital complement to hard strategic investments.
Why attend? A pivotal debate for Presidents and Marshals of European regions, directors of managing authorities, EU funds experts, representatives of regional development ministries from border states, and European policymakers shaping the EU budget legislation for the 2028–2034 perspective.
