Valentina Corsetti
Programme Manager, Unit Spain and Portugal, DG REGIO, European Commission
The evolution of EU policy’s urban dimension has gone hand in hand with horizontal, vertical and territorial integration of EU policies. In the post-pandemic era, increasingly complex and nuanced challenges call for the mainstreaming of the integrated approach in urban policies more than ever before. The new Cohesion Policy highlights a fundamental role for cities to rebuild a smarter, greener, more connected and social Europe which is closer to its citizens, providing different territorial instruments for integrated and participatory development.
