Roberta Capuis, Head of the Urban Planning and Regeneration Sector of Confcommercio-Imprese per l’Italia

The European Union has always supported the development of urban areas as engines of change to achieve a new era of environmental respect, resilience and inclusiveness, and is doing even more during this dramatic crisis so that the pandemic can become an opportunity to improve the quality of life of citizens and the activities of entrepreneurs.

The new European Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 offers territories the opportunity to define and directly manage urban regeneration projects and actions for the economic, social and environmental regeneration of cities, including…