Regio Waves

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Regio Waves is the podcast series, produced by the European Commission, investigating the policies that provide local solutions to European and global issues. Regio waves explores the many sides of the EU Cohesion Policy, one of the most, concrete and flexible policy in the EU. Guided by journalists and through the words of experts and officials, Regio Waves sheds light on the EU’s big challenges, from economic disparity, through green and digital transition to the Covid, refugee and energy crises. Discover the quiet force behind European Integration with Regio Waves!
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Border regions: the final frontier of cooperation

Dec 09 2023 30 mins

Think of the outlines of your country on the map in your classroom: where does a country end? What’s beyond those outlines? In today’s episode of Regio Waves Ricardo Ferreira and Maja Radovanovic invite us to travel to border regions within the EU. How’s the life of the citizens of border regions? Legal, administrative, infrastructural obstacles make the internal borders of t

Cohesion Policy: Put the money where EU’s mouth is

Dec 09 2023 29 mins

Cohesion Policy can feel technical and complicated: how to explain its purpose to a classroom of teenagers? Solidarity is the answer, and Cohesion policy is there to do that. But is it only about the money? What are its implications? How does solidarity look at local and European level or in the face of unprecedented crisis? Zdenka Trachtova interviews Marc Lemaitre, Director Gener

EU stands with Refugees

Dec 09 2023 20 mins

Since February 2022, over seven million refugees left the Ukrainian territory, with a large amount finding shelter in Poland. How do Polish cities manage to integrate those citizens? Does the initial solidarity of the local population lasts? Being the Mayor of Łódź since 2010, Hanna Zdanowska, this episode’s guest, explains the dynamics, the current state of aff

Fund thy Neighbour: EU Support for Ukraine

Dec 09 2023 28 mins

Regio Waves is back! With our new host Fiorella Lavorgna, dive into the many ways in which Cohesion Policy adapts to ever-changing circumstances and new crises. In our first episode, we'll delve into the power of the EU in tackling global threats, starting from the war in Ukraine and looking beyond to the security of the continent. How does the war affect the EU budget and the path

Green EUtopia VS Energy Crisis

Dec 09 2023 22 mins

Citizens and policy-makers need to take a hard look at mobility in the face of Europe’s ongoing efforts to become carbon-neutral. This rings true for most EU cities, where cars have enjoyed decades of unchallenged primacy. What will future cities look like? Will they be greener, more inclusive? Car-less? Can we even afford to dream of future cities, in the middle of the present e

Growing pains and Cohesion policy

Dec 09 2023 39 mins

How to foster growth without raising inequalities? Is Cohesion policy the right tool to spread opportunities, innovation and prevent regions from falling into the development trap? Follow Fiorella Lavorgna in conversation with European Commission’s Peter Berkowitz and Professor Micheal Storper while they unpack recipes for growth and whether it is time for some tampering. &n

OK Doomer: cooling the green transition

Dec 09 2023 35 mins

“Don’t look up”, Snoop Dogg and Greta Thunberg are the milestones of this discussion on how to effectively communicate the need for a green transition. In this episode of Regio Waves, Philosopher Timothy Morton and Sevim Aktas, policy officer for the Climate Action department of the European Commission, discuss ways to make the green transition COOL! Moving away from the doom

The EU’s Geography of discontent

Dec 09 2023 29 mins

Cohesion policy is about leaving no one behind, but what happens when citizens feel left-behind? What is the development trap and how is it correlated with Eurosceptic views and voting patterns? Is the EU failing to help “the places that do not matter” or is it failing to make itself understood? In this episode, Zdenka Trachtova discusses brain drain, regional disparities, popu

Unhitching the coal engine from the Just Transition Train

Dec 09 2023 28 mins

How can EU funds turn coal into green gold? Meet the alchemists of the Just Transition Fund Marta Wnuk from the European Commission and Dariusz Stankiewicz Dariusz from the Polish region of Silesia.In this week’s episode of Regio Waves, follow Fiorella Lavorgna on her trip to Poland, where she uncovers the challenge of phasing out coal-mining while protecting the miners. &nb

Voices of You(th)

Dec 09 2023 22 mins

When crisis arise, young people are the ones to struggle. Those who are new to the labour market are the most vulnerable and at risk of unemployment. They seize the opportunities and keep moving forward, but it is not always an easy path. How is the European Union protecting the Next Generation? Are young people’s voices heard sufficiently at the highest political level? What doe