Publications

This report provides an overview of the activities and outputs of the technical assistance provided by the Secretariat Technical Assistance for Regions in Transition (START) to Lower Silesia.

This toolkit explains the central role of spatial planning for a sustainable transition at local and regional level, in particular how to deal with former coal mining assets, including infrastructure, land, and buildings.

The fifth Annual Political Dialogue of the Coal Regions in Transition Initiative took place on 11 -12 July in Velenje in Slovenia. The meeting was co-organised by the European Commission, the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development of Slovenia and the Municipality of Velenje.

The Initiative for coal regions in transition has developed this toolkit as part of its knowledge products to assist practitioners in coal regions (including peat and oil shale regions) across Europe. The aim of this toolkit is to help stakeholders to address the upskilling and reskilling needs of...

The European Union’s (EU) START facility (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) under the Initiative for coal regions in transition assists EU regions in taking measures to move away from coal, peat and oil shale energy dependence in a manner that promotes a just transition...

This profile, prepared in the course of START (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) technical assistance, outlines regional characteristics. The Principality of Asturias is a region located in the north-west of Spain, which constitutes one of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities...

This profile, prepared in the course of START technical assistance, outlines regional characteristics. Zasavje is Slovenia’s smallest statistical region by surface area, covering only 485 square kilometers. It has the second smallest population of Slovenia’s regions, with 57,204 residents as of...

From June 2023 to March 2024, a team from the EU Coal Regions in Transition Initiative’s technical assistance programme (START) worked with the Hungarian Trade Union of Mining, Energy and Industrial Workers (BDSZ) to identify and consider issues relating to economic and labour market transition in...

This paper has been developed as part of the support provided to the Regional Economic Development Agency of Stara Zagora through the EU Coal Regions in Transition Initiatives technical assistance facility START. It is one of three reports exploring opportunities for economic development and...