Open Days 2015 - "European Regions and Cities: Partners for Investment and Economic Growth", Brussels 12-15 October 2015

In 2015, over 400 cohesion policy programs and more than 100 financial programs supported the area of ​​rural development and fisheries policy, worth over 500 billion euros.

The reformed cohesion policy will make available 351.8 billion euros for investment in European regions, cities and the real economy. It will be an investment and a way to reach the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; creation of economic growth and jobs, fight against climate change and energy dependence, reduction of poverty and social exclusion. The set goals will be achieved with the help of the European Fund for Regional Development through its key priorities, such as support for small and medium-sized enterprises, where the goal is to double the financial support from 70 to 140 billion euros over the next 7 years to support development. and investment funds in the period until 2020.

OPEN DAYS 2015 will be the perfect forum for national and regional management authorities, which as end users and EU institutions will create the conditions to exchange information and facilitate networking for new approaches to the use of funds.

The main theme of the Open Days manifestation in 2015 will be "European regions and cities - partners for investments and economic growth", and the entire program part of the event will be divided into three themes units:

1. Modernization of Europe - Regions in the energy union and the single digital market.
2. Business-oriented regions - development of small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation and job creation;
3. Places and spaces - Urban and rural development, integration of urban and rural spaces;

Within three sub-thematic areas, participants are invited to propose solutions to the challenges that arise in the management and implementation of the aforementioned challenges through cross-border, inter-regional and transnational dimensions.