The Interregional Group on the Less Developed Regions has been formally set up in March 2015 to address the problems affecting this category of regions. It gives its members the opportunity to foster contacts and exchange best practices besides communicating with the European Institutions.
In the medium and long term, the Intergroup aims to:
- collaborate in the preparation of position papers as well as amendments and reports on issues of particular relevance;
- monitor the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion policy;
- collaborate in the development of European projects or favour the attraction of new investments to those regions;
- among others.
Currently, the Intergroup counts 34 full and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions from Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania and Slovenia.