Action at local level will ensure the success of the EU missions and the New European Bauhaus initiative

​Adapting to climate change, protecting water, greening cities, ensuring healthy food and fighting cancer are some of today’s major challenges that EU missions, launched by the European Commission, seek to address. Markku Markkula (FI/EPP), rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions’ opinion on the subject and member of Espoo City Council, stresses that missions need to be underpinned by an effective multilevel governance system linking them to local and regional development strategies, COVID-19 recovery measures and innovation funding through the Structural Funds.