Dear practitioners,

Here are the activities carried out in recent weeks and those planned for next month within the REGIO Peer2Peer Communities.  

• The Public procurement Community held its second meeting on 4th of April, with a focus on Green Public Procurement and the impact of inflation on Public Procurement procedures with the indexation of prices. Are you willing to share how your organisation is addressing inflation in PP? Would you like to contribute to the debate on the use of Strategic Public Procurement? Drop a line in Futurium discussion forum!
• The  Embedding CooperationCommunity held its second meeting on the 21st of April discussing the experience of embedding cooperation in calls, the identification of triggers and obstacles, and the development of concrete ideas on how to embed cooperation in calls. Is your programme embedding cooperation? How? Share your experiences with peers! Stay tuned and follow the news in the Futurium webpage to find out the next community meeting!
• The State Aid community featured an in-person workshop in Sofia on 26-27 April! The meeting was highly participated, and presentations ranged from topics concerning the incentive effect, economic and non-economic activities, and State aid challenges in the sectors of transport and broadband. A highlight of the meeting was the discussion on the Note prepared by the Community with officials from DG REGIO and DG COMP. During the groupwork session, participants engaged in discussions on State aid challenges and solutions in transport, environment, RDI, and digitalisation. Practitioners are planning a meeting in June. More details will be shared with you shortly.
• The Citizen participation Community met online on the 28th of April addressing the importance of trust in participation processes.  Practitioners are setting up a meeting after the summer break! Stay tuned!
• The ACB Roadmaps Community is planning its next meeting on 21st of June. Among others, topics of discussion will address challenges in implementation of the ACB Roadmaps, how MA/IB and Coordination bodies can strengthen the administrative capacity of beneficiaries. Interested in capacity building, interested in empowering beneficiaries of your programmes? Join the community!
• The NRRP and Cohesion policy Community will meet on 22nd of June and will address topics related to challenges on managing and implementing investments supported by Cohesion policy and by NRRP. How to define the synergies between these two instruments? how to ensure coordination among national and regional actors? Are you involved in the implementation and management of Cohesion policy programmes? Have you a role in the NRRP investments implementation? Drop us a line and share with peers your know-how.

Keep an eye on the Futurium platform. Click on the “Discussion forum” section of each Community, and use this space to share your doubts, questions, but also positive experiences and material useful for other practitioners.

We kindly remind you to fill in the REGIO Peer2Peer Communities survey to support us to better frame and design next meetings and promote new potential Communities!

?https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90551998/294-Regio-Peer2Peer-Communities-general-survey

React if you are ready for the next Community meetings!