URDICO-Factsheet Ghent
Case Studies
February 02, 2026
This factsheet is one of the annexes of the URDICO Final Report and provides an overview of Ghent’s urban profile, administrative structure, and socio-economic role within the Flemish Region. It outlines the city’s engagement with EU Cohesion Policy, including its co-steering role in the Antwerp–Ghent ITI, participation in ERDF and ESF programmes, and its long-term, neighbourhood-focused approach to integrated urban development.
The factsheet also highlights Ghent’s selected challenges and main achievements, covering issues such as administrative complexity, funding alignment, and co-financing requirements, alongside successes in translating multi-fund EU resources into strategic, socially inclusive, and climate-resilient urban interventions.
This publication comes from an ESPON project
[URDICO] - Urban Dimension of Cohesion Policy and other EU programmes
Project
February 18, 2025