Publications

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...

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...

This report outlines recommendations for developing a strategic framework to assist the Stara Zagora region in Bulgaria. It focuses on transitioning from its traditional coal-based industry to a more sustainable and diversified economic model including a sustainable and innovative agricultural...

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan of Bulgaria (NRRP), approved in May 2022, assumed that coal-based electricity generation shall cease by 2038. This transition timeline is supported by the decision of the National Assembly in January 2023 and confirmed in the submission of the Territorial...

In 2023, the EU Coal Region’s in Transition technical assistance programme (START) worked with worked with the Wielkopolska Social Economy Support Center (WOES)1 and “Europe, a Patient” to engage with local stakeholders to map the potential opportunities for the development of social enterprises and...

Spain has emerged as a frontrunner in the global wind energy sector, boasting the fourth-largest installed capacity worldwide. The arrival of renewable energy as the main energy source of the future is particularly evident in the region of Aragón and its former coal region of Teruel, which is on the...