RSA Europe News

New call for visitors launched to join peer exchanges on solutions to cross-border obstacles The initiative will select 100 visitors from across Europe to participate in ten exchange visits focused on real-life solutions to challenges affecting border regions. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and Fundación CEER (FCEER), have opened […]

By Marcus Atkinson, Head of RSA Partnerships and Engagement The ARL International Summer School 2026, ‘New Directions in Urban Infrastructures’, took place from 8 to 10 July at the University of Amsterdam, organised in partnership with the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association, the University of Amsterdam and the Regional Studies Association /RSA […]

By Marcus Atkinson, Head of Partnerships and Engagement, Regional Studies Association. As part of RSA Europe’s ongoing engagement with EU policy debates, I attended the Committee of the Regions’ High-Level Dialogue on the Future of Cohesion Policy on 18 November. Coming only weeks after the European Week of Regions and Cities, this second experience offered […]

A new report from the University of Strathclyde reveals that Scotland received over £7.7 billion in EU Cohesion Policy funding over the past 50 years, helping to create 235,000 jobs. The study, What has EU Cohesion Policy funding done for us?, produced by Strathclyde’s European Policies Research Centre (EPRC) for the Scottish Government, reviews the […]

By Marcus Atkinson As the newly appointed Head of Partnership & Engagement at the RSA, I went to Brussels for my first European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek), a two-day event with 220 sessions and over 300 speakers, attracting more than 6,000 participants from all over Europe.   Attending with Alan Kinder, in addition to […]