Europe is constantly evolving. A number of specific challenges over the next few years are highly relevant to local authorities, for example, dealing with an enlarged European Union and the future of EU funding within the Structural Funds and CAP/Rural Development Programmes post-2013. As a result the main focus of the WLGA European Office is on the following policy areas:
- Cohesion and Regional Policy
- Competition and State Aids
- Education and Culture
- Environment, Energy and Waste
- EU Economic Development Strategy: Europe 2020
- Health and Social Affairs
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Internal Market and Public Procurement
- Cross-border/Interregional/Transnational Cooperation (Interreg)
- Rural Development and Agriculture (including Fisheries)
- Transport
WLGA Briefing on European Commission Work Programme 2012
For more information contact: Iwan Williams