Metro Case – Newsletter No.3
Metro Case — Newsletter No.3 The Metro Case Newsletter No.3 is now available, presenting the latest findings from the Interreg Europe project on metropolitan governance and policy improvement. Published in September 2026, this third issue explores the results of the Governance State of the Art, the partners’ SWOT analyses and the good practices identified across…
METREX at 30: Three Decades of Metropolitan Cooperation
METREX at 30: Three Decades of Metropolitan Cooperation Daily life does not stop at administrative boundaries. People cross them every day to work, study, access services and move between different places. Economic activity, transport networks and many of the systems that shape metropolitan areas extend across them too. The institutions responsible for planning and governing…
Europe’s competitiveness needs a metropolitan dimension: a new EconoMETREX White Paper
Europe’s competitiveness cannot be addressed solely as an economic or industrial challenge. It is also a territorial one. A new White Paper developed within EconoMETREX explores why metropolitan areas should play a stronger role in shaping and delivering Europe’s competitiveness agenda. Europe’s competitiveness has returned to the centre of the European policy debate. Closing the…
DIGIREG final results: understanding Europe’s digital transition through a territorial lens
Digitalisation is transforming the way people live, work, access public services and interact with institutions. It is also changing how businesses operate, how public authorities plan services and how territories compete and cooperate. However, this transition is not taking place in the same way everywhere. While some European regions benefit from strong digital infrastructure, widespread…
Mission Possible: how mission-oriented approaches can strengthen urban and regional economies
How can cities and regions steer innovation and economic development towards broader societal goals? On 23–24 September, Mission Possible: Driving Innovation in Dutch Cities will bring together policymakers, economic strategists and urban practitioners in The Hague and Utrecht to explore how mission-oriented and place-based approaches can translate ambitious goals into action. Against a backdrop of…
PREPARED: building stronger governance for one of Europe’s key transport corridors
PREPARED – Policy Rethink: Enhanced Planning and Governance for the North Sea–Rhine–Mediterranean Corridor examines how one of Europe’s most strategic transport corridors can be planned and governed more effectively across national, regional and metropolitan boundaries. The project was developed following the 2024 revision of the EU’s TEN-T Regulation, which merged the former Rhine-Alpine and North…
A new metropolitan era begins for Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot
The approval of the Metropolitan Act marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Gdańsk-Gdynia Sopot Metropolitan Area. After years of voluntary cooperation, the metropolitan area now has a formal legal framework and new tools to coordinate development across the region. Officially established under the Act as the Metropolitan Association in the Pomeranian Voivodeship,…
