We are pleased to present three new brochures showcasing our outcomes: 1. Pilot Actions – testing and transferring best practices.
2. New Solutions – five ready-to-use approaches for stronger metropolitan governance.
3. Comprehensive Overview – combining Pilot Actions and New Solutions in one publication.
We invite you to explore and share these publications within your networks to help extend the impact of MECOG-CE experience and approaches across Europe.
What’s Next? With the five new solutions in place, the MECOG-CE project is entering a decisive phase. The focus now shifts from developing practical solutions to putting them into strategic planning.
• Strategy for Central Europe – Project partners are drafting a strategy for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance across the region. This strategic document will provide guidance and concrete roadmap for metropolitan areas to strengthen their potential.
• Tailored action plans – Each participating metropolitan area is preparing its own action plan covering a broad set of priorities for the better functioning of metropolitan areas. These plans will ensure that the tested and refined approaches become lasting tools for improving metropolitan governance and cooperation.
• Next international meeting – In November 2025, partners will gather in Turin to discuss the draft strategy and action plans, exchange insights, and shape a shared approach to metropolitan cooperation.
• Seminar in Brussels – On 19 November 2025, the European Parliament will host the seminar The Metropolitan Imperative: Pathways for enhancement of EU competitiveness. Organised within the MECOG-CE project, this event will bring together experts, policymakers, and metropolitan representatives to explore how Europe’s metropolitan areas can drive growth, innovation, and cohesion in the next EU programming period.
• Final conference – Save the date: 19 March 2026, Brno, Czechia. This closing event (note the new date!) will showcase the project’s key results, lessons learned, and innovative solutions for metropolitan governance. It will also provide a platform for dialogue on the future of metropolitan cooperation beyond MECOG-CE.
The coming months will therefore be crucial — transforming knowledge and experience from tested best practices into Strategy and actions, while placing metropolitan areas in the spotlight of Europe’s competitiveness and cohesion policy debates.
