{"id":15156,"date":"2024-08-12T10:52:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolitni.brno.cz\/spoluprace\/vyzkumne-projekty\/functional-areas-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:42:49","slug":"functional-areas-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metropolitni.brno.cz\/en\/spoluprace\/vyzkumne-projekty\/functional-areas-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Areas in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Functional Areas in the EU <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Brno Metropolitan Area (BMA) has <\/span>participated<\/span> in the international project <\/span><\/span>Functional Areas in the EU<\/span><\/span><\/strong> managed by the European Commission and the World Bank. The project lasted two years (from May 2022 to May 2024).<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the project was to <\/span><\/span>enhance the <\/span>capacity<\/span> of participating functional areas to plan and finance investments and services across jurisdictional boundaries<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. The aim of the project was to enhance the <\/span>capacity<\/span> of functional areas to plan and finance investments and services beyond their boundaries. This is because territorial development does not take place strictly within administrative boundaries, but its positive effects are most visible in the whole functional area. This is why <\/span>EU<\/span> Cohesion Policy has focused on these areas and, through this project, has <\/span>sought<\/span> to strengthen the EU’s approach to functional areas <\/span>in order to<\/span> better promote the benefits of this approach that remain untapped. The project focused on: <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n