Episodios

  • Border regions: the final frontier of cooperation

    Border regions: the final frontier of cooperation
    Dec 10 2023
    Think of the outlines of your country on the map in your classroom: where does a country end? What’s beyond those outlines? In today’s episode of Regio Waves Ricardo Ferreira and Maja Radovanovic invite us to travel to border regions within the EU. How’s the life of the citizens of border regions? Legal, administrative, infrastructural obstacles make the internal borders of the EU still a very much real issue for people living and working close to a border. Learn about Interreg, the policy that removes these obstacles and pushes the boundaries of cooperation. European integration in a nutshell.

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    31 m
  • Cohesion Policy: Put the money where EU’s mouth is

    Cohesion Policy: Put the money where EU’s mouth is
    Dec 10 2023
    Cohesion Policy can feel technical and complicated: how to explain its purpose to a classroom of teenagers? Solidarity is the answer, and Cohesion policy is there to do that. But is it only about the money? What are its implications? How does solidarity look at local and European level or in the face of unprecedented crisis? Zdenka Trachtova interviews Marc Lemaitre, Director General of the Regional department of the European Commission and Francesco Molica Director for Cohesion and EU Budget at Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions to understand the many ways in which Cohesion Policy adapts to European people’s needs.

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    29 m
  • EU stands with Refugees

    EU stands with Refugees
    Dec 10 2023
    Since February 2022, over seven million refugees left the Ukrainian territory, with a large amount finding shelter in Poland. How do Polish cities manage to integrate those citizens? Does the initial solidarity of the local population lasts? Being the Mayor of Łódź since 2010, Hanna Zdanowska, this episode’s guest, explains the dynamics, the current state of affairs and talks about the benefits of having more people living in the city.

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    21 m
  • Fund thy Neighbour: EU Support for Ukraine

    Fund thy Neighbour: EU Support for Ukraine
    Dec 10 2023
    Regio Waves is back! With our new host Fiorella Lavorgna, dive into the many ways in which Cohesion Policy adapts to ever-changing circumstances and new crises. In our first episode, we'll delve into the power of the EU in tackling global threats, starting from the war in Ukraine and looking beyond to the security of the continent. How does the war affect the EU budget and the path to a greener future? European Commission experts Kadri Uustal and Antonia Battaglia lend their voices to unravel these complex issues.

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    28 m
  • Green EUtopia VS Energy Crisis

    Green EUtopia VS Energy Crisis
    Dec 10 2023
    Citizens and policy-makers need to take a hard look at mobility in the face of Europe’s ongoing efforts to become carbon-neutral. This rings true for most EU cities, where cars have enjoyed decades of unchallenged primacy. What will future cities look like? Will they be greener, more inclusive? Car-less? Can we even afford to dream of future cities, in the middle of the present energy crisis? Zdenka Trachtova discusses with Linda Gaasch, Councilwoman for Luxembourg City for the Greens and Member of the Committee of the Regions.

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    22 m
  • Growing pains and Cohesion policy

    Growing pains and Cohesion policy
    Dec 10 2023

    How to foster growth without raising inequalities? Is Cohesion policy the right tool to spread opportunities, innovation and prevent regions from falling into the development trap?

    Follow Fiorella Lavorgna in conversation with European Commission’s Peter Berkowitz and Professor Micheal Storper while they unpack recipes for growth and whether it is time for some tampering.


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    40 m
  • OK Doomer: cooling the green transition

    OK Doomer: cooling the green transition
    Dec 10 2023
    “Don’t look up”, Snoop Dogg and Greta Thunberg are the milestones of this discussion on how to effectively communicate the need for a green transition. In this episode of Regio Waves, Philosopher Timothy Morton and Sevim Aktas, policy officer for the Climate Action department of the European Commission, discuss ways to make the green transition COOL! Moving away from the doomsaying and the bickering of a polarized political landscape, how to call to action and bring about the green transition?

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    35 m
  • The EU’s Geography of discontent

    The EU’s Geography of discontent
    Dec 10 2023
    Cohesion policy is about leaving no one behind, but what happens when citizens feel left-behind? What is the development trap and how is it correlated with Eurosceptic views and voting patterns? Is the EU failing to help “the places that do not matter” or is it failing to make itself understood? In this episode, Zdenka Trachtova discusses brain drain, regional disparities, populism and just transition with Lewis Dijkstra, Head of the Economic Analysis Sector at European Commission’s DG Regio.

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    29 m