With our new wall calendar we introduce you to ten challenges that affect central Europe as a whole and we bring examples of how transnational cooperation helps to overcome them by developing solutions that work best at the heart of Europe.

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Eberswalde is a small town in East Germany that deserves to be known for at least two historic events: In 1923, the world's first ever radio concert was broadcast from here. And in 2012, Europe’s first trolley-battery-hybrid-bus started operating here...  

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We make CENTRAL EUROPE more innovative and competitive by addressing key socio-economic challenges and needs related to to smart growth. We aim at more effective investment in research, innovation and education.

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We reduce the carbon footprint in CENTRAL EUROPE by increasing the use of renewable energies and improving energy efficiency while exploiting the economic growth potential of the low-carbon sector.

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We value the environment and culture in CENTRAL EUROPE by protecting and sustainably using natural and cultural heritage and resources, which are subject to increasing environmental and economic pressures as well as usage conflicts. 

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We better connect CENTRAL EUROPE by reducing gap between peripheral and less accessible regions and the area’s well-connected centres as well as improving connections of regions and cities to the European transport networks.

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