Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

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The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy is the European Commission department responsible for designing and implementing the EU’s cohesion policy and managing structural and investment funds to support regional and urban development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Directorate-General of the European Commission
European Union body
aimsTo promote balanced development of EU regions
reduce regional disparities within the European Union
support sustainable urban development
appliesTo all EU Member States
cooperatesWith Member States of the European Union
surface form: EU Member States

local authorities
regional authorities
country European Union
headquartersLocation Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
jurisdiction European Union
language all official languages of the European Union
legalBasis EU cohesion policy regulations
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
manages European Structural and Investment Funds
surface form: Cohesion Fund

European Regional Development Fund
European Structural and Investment Funds
oversees evaluation of cohesion policy programmes
implementation of cohesion policy programmes
monitoring of cohesion policy programmes
programming of cohesion policy funds
parentOrganization European Commission
partOf European Commission
policyArea cohesion policy
regional policy
urban policy
responsibleFor EU cohesion policy
design of EU cohesion policy
implementation of EU cohesion policy
regional policy of the European Union
urban policy of the European Union
sector public administration
shortName DG REGIO
supports cross-border cooperation
interregional cooperation
less developed regions
more developed regions
transition regions
urban innovation and regeneration projects
usesInstrument multiannual financial framework of the European Union
website https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/
worksOn economic, social and territorial cohesion
regional development
urban development

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Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development cooperatesWith Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
European Commission hasPart Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
European Regional Development Fund monitoredBy Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
this entity surface form: European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy