Debate on the future of regional policy - Public consultation

The public consultation on the future of EU cohesion policy, launched by Commissioner Danuta Hübner on 27 September 2007 during the "Fourth European Forum on Cohesion", aims at collecting ideas and contributions on the question of how the Union's cohesion policy should adapt to new challenges and how its delivery can be improved in order to maximise its impact in the future. The consultation is open until 31 January 2008 and should be based on a number of questions which were published in the European Commission's Fourth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion and which are listed here. A report on this consultation will be presented in spring 2008, together with the Fifth Progress Report on Economic and Social Cohesion. This is another chance - but also a duty - for European citizens to participate in the European construction.