EditoriALLWiktor Szydarowski, Director, ESPON EGTC

European challenges at the heart of renewed territorial planningYves Le Breton, Director General National Agency for Territorial Cohesion, (ANCT) France

We're going to do it because it's hard, not because it's easyMariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London.

15-minute city // 30-minutes territoryCarlos Moreno, Professor and the scientific director of the ETI Chair - Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University. Interview to Marie-Lorraine Dangeard, ANCT

Holding the European social model when challenged by external pressures, internal effects and continuous crisesChrista Schweng, president of the European Economic and Social Committee

The evolution and future of Cohesion PolicyPeter Berkowitz, Director Policy Development and Economic Analysis, at the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

The eighth Cohesion Report: initial reflections on the future of Cohesion PolicyNathalie Sarrabezolles, Chairwoman of the COTER commission of the CoR and Member of Finistère Departmental Council

Addressing policy challenges in urban and spatial planning through EU cohesion policy Efthimios Bakogiannis, Secretary General of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment in the Ministry of Environment and Energy in Greece, and Assistant Professor, National Technical University of Athens

The right questions to ask about the future of cohesion policy Francesco Molica, Director for Regional Policy, CPMR

The economic and social impact of COVID-19: a selection of policy responsesNora Sanchez Gassen and John Moodie, Senior Research Fellows, Nordregio

Lagging regions: how to bounce forwardAnnabelle Boutet, Head of the Foresight, Monitoring and Innovation Unit, French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT)

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: Europe’s next crucial stepsUrmas Paet, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee

Rebuilding Ukraine after the war, with support from the EUOleksandr Slobozhan, PhD in public administration Executive Director of the All-Ukrainian Association of Local Governments Bodies (Association of Ukrainian Cities)

From destruction to a new dimension of sustainability in post-war UkraineEugenia Maruniak, D.Sc., Leonid Rudenko, Academician, D.Sc., Prof., Sergiy Lisovskyi, D.Sc., Yuriy Palekha, D.Sc.

EIB is ready to support EU efforts to rebuild UkraineJean-Erik De Zagon, the Head of the EIB representation in Ukraine. Interview to Nikos Lampropoulos, ESPON EGTC

Cross-border public services: a pathway for full territorial cohesionValeria Cenacchi and Ricardo Ferreira, European Commission, DG Regio, Border Focal point

Rising awareness of brownfield potential Lorraine Mazur, Senior Consultant, Damiano Ravera, Junior Consultant, Ramboll Management Consulting

New geographies, new institutional frameworksLanfranco Senn, Università Bocconi, Globus et Locus and Luca Garavaglia, Globus et Locus

Making Ground Book summaryAdrian Vickery Hill, researcher Osmosnetwork Valeria Fedeli, professor Politecnica di Milano

Impacts of the health crisis on the accessibility of services of general interestMar Ortega-Reig, Universitat Politècnica de València, Carsten Schürmann, TCP International, Adrian Ferrandis, Universitat de València

6AIKA: when cities pool resources together to develop solutions for common challengesAna Robalo Correia, Senior consultant , Deloitte Margarida Campolargo, Community and Project Manager, OASC Martin Brynskov, Chair, OASC

Outlook of the Czech PresidencyMilada Hronkova, Department of European Territorial Cooperation, Ministry for Regional Development, Czech Republic