EU Missions on track to meet their 2030 ambition

In a recent press release, the Commission expressed its support to the 5 existing EU Missions and the launch of a 6th one for the New European Bauhaus

During their first two years, the EU Missions  have supported the Commission’s work on the European Green Deal. Since their inception, they have demonstrated their potential to accelerate change. They have also connected and supported EU policies and programmes with local action and citizen engagement. They are on track to achieve their ambitious goals by 2030 in critical areas such as adaptation to climate change, improving the life of cancer patients, cleaning up the marine and freshwater ecosystems, making cities climate-neutral, and making soils healthy.

Achievements and challenges

The Commission’s official Communication highlights the main achievements of the Missions, while also identifying challenges they have encountered and proposing a set of actions to address these, among which:

• Intensifying discussion with political actors, notably Member States, on how to streamline EU Missions’ governance to make it more efficient, inclusive, and effective;
• Mobilising a broader portfolio of instruments to secure greater participation of the private sector, including public-private partnerships and the public procurement of innovation;
• Undertaking targeted actions to support local and national communication efforts to boost citizen engagement and raise public awareness of EU Missions.

A new EU Mission

Given the potential of the Missions instrument to galvanise change, and the fact that the New European Bauhaus initiative already shares several characteristics with EU Missions, the Commission begins the preparatory phase for a dedicated new EU Mission, following the same process as for the first five. The New European Bauhaus has already developed synergies between research and innovation investments, other funding instruments, and private sector investment.

The new EU Mission would engage with people to build greater social acceptance for Green Deal policies, promoting social ownership of green solutions and encouraging behavioural changes needed to meet Green Deal targets.

The Commission will work closely with the Member States and the community at large to define this approach.

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