Regional authorities call for EU Missions to continue until at least 2030

A network of European regional authorities has called for the EU Missions, an initiative launched in 2021 under the Horizon Europe programme to address major societal challenges by mobilising research, innovation and the co-design of concrete systemic solutions, to be maintained.

The European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) published a statement on 06/10/2026 calling for "ensuring that the EU Missions continue until at least 2030, as originally foreseen, allowing sufficient time to deliver their objectives and assess their full impact and propose pathways for their continuation".

In its proposal for Horizon Europe 2028-2034, the European Commission suggested funding EU Missions through work programmes running until the 2030 budgetary year, taking into account their legal…