Interreg IPA South Adriatic will join to Interreg GO event on 27-28 March 2025 in the symbolic twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, situated on the Italian - Slovenian border, the 2025 European Capital of Culture.
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 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 stakeholdersand, 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.
High-level speakers include:
- Mr. Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
- Ms. Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement
- Mr. Aleksander Jevšek, Minister of Cohesion and Regional Development of Slovenia
- Mr. Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
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.
More information and the agenda can be found at this link: Inforegio - Interreg GO 2025
The event will be web streamed: Interreg GO! - Streaming Service of the European Commission