Member States have successfully reprogrammed €34.6 billion in their 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds towards the EU's most urgent strategic priorities. These include boosting competitiveness, enhancing

The European Commission, together with the Azores 2030 Programme, and local authorities, hosted a conference in Ponta Delgada on poverty and social exclusion in the Azores. Regional leaders, academics

A new evaluation confirms that EU investment through the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) helped millions of people improve their skills, find work and stay in

Do you have an ESF+ funded project that made a real difference in your region? The REGIOSTARS Awards, organised annually since 2008, celebrate outstanding EU-funded projects driving regional

In this episode of our Make it work series, Euronews travels to Kapfenberg, Austria to explore how the ESF+ funded FairPlusService helps companies improve working conditions for female workers and

The European Pillar of Social Rights aims to ensure timely access to affordable, high-quality preventive and curative healthcare. Unfortunately, social inequalities still prevent many people from

Finding affordable housing is becoming increasingly difficult for vulnerable people across Europe. Euronews’ new Make It Work episode explores how a housing first initiative in Brno (Czechia) is

The European Commission has published the mid-term evaluation of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), covering the period from June 2021 to the end of 2024. The ESF+ is the EU’s main funding

A new Make It Work episode explores how a cross-border recruitment event in the upper Rhine region uses sports and games to connect employers and jobseekers from France and Germany. “We’re sharing a

A Czech project funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) has received the 2025 REGIOSTARS Award in the category A social and inclusive Europe. Early support for families at risk offers free