Implementation Dialogues

Upcoming Implementation Dialogues

Commissioner Magnus Brunner:

• 24 June 2025.
• Strengthening The EU’s Civil Security Competitiveness and Facilitating Market Uptake.
• More information here.

Commissioner Jozef Síkela:

• 24 June 2025.
• Implementation Dialogue on International Partnerships.
• More information here.

Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto:

• 24 June 2025.
• Implementation Dialogue on Sustainable Urban Development of Cohesion Policy.
• More information here.

Commissioner Glen Micaleff:

• 26 June 2025.
• Youth Policy Toolbox.
• More information here.

Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis:

• 27 June 2025.
• Towards relevant, simplified and cost-efficient European official statistics.
• More information here.

Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis:

• 27 June 2025.
• The Recovery and Resilience Facility reporting and administrative burden.
• More information here.

Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera:

• 30 June 2025.
• Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs).
• More information here.

Commissioner Costas Kadis:

• 1 July 2025.
• Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive (Brussels).

Commissioner Costas Kadis:

• 24 November 2025.
• Implementation dialogue on small-scale coastal fisheries (Brussels).

 Past Implementation Dialogues

Commissioner Jessika Roswall:

• 10 April 2025.
• Environmental Assessments and Permitting (Brussels).
• More information here.

Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas:

• 15 April 2025.
• High-speed rail in Europe.
• More information here. 

Commissioner Andrius Kubilius:

• 19 May 2025.
• EU Defence Industry and Defence Omnibus, discussing the EU non-defence and defence regulatory frameworks.
• More information here.

Commissioner Hadja Lahbib:

• 21 May 2025.
• Implementation dialogue on the humanitarian landscape with Commissioner Hadja Lahbib.
• More information here.

Commissioner Christophe Hansen:

• 3 June 2025.
• Common Agricultural Policy.
• More information here.

Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu:

• 3 June 2025.
• European Education Area.
• More information here.

Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra:

• 5 June 2025.
• Road Transport and Buildings Decarbonisation: Making it Work for People and Businesses.
• More information here.

Commissioner Marta Kos:

• 10 June 2025.
• Implementation Dialogue on Private Sector Investment.
• More information here.

Commissioner Dan Jørgensen:

• 11 June 2025.
• Permitting for renewable energy projects and related infrastructure.
• More information here.

Commissioner Jessika Roswall:

• 10 April 2025.
• Environmental Assessments and Permitting (Brussels).
  
  The Implementation Dialogue on environmental assessments and permitting was held in Brussels on 10 April. It featured an open and fruitful exchange with several stakeholders, including business and industry, civil society, public authorities and judges.
  All actors expressed the need to balance different interests including the need to advance on decarbonisation objectives, ensure energy security and a high level of protection of the environment and human health. 
  There was broad consensus on the need to step up efforts on implementation of existing EU legislation in this area . In particular, participants underlined the need for digitalisation of environmental assessments and permitting procedures; improving data quality and data sharing on environmental assessments in order to accelerate procedures and save costs. There was a broad call for the Commission to clarify certain aspects of environmental assessment procedures and permits by way of guidance documents, to further support Member States’ capacity building, including where possible through funding, and to facilitate dissemination of best practices across Member States authorities and stakeholders.
  Commissioner Roswall stressed her keen intention to work and deliver on simplification objectives, taking into account the views of stakeholders, in close cooperation with Executive Vice-President Séjourné and Commissioner Jørgensen, and their respective services as concerns the areas of their competence.

Commissioner  Apostolos Tzitzikostas:

• 15 April 2025.
• High-speed rail in Europe.
  
  The Implementation Dialogue on High-Speed Rail (HSR) was held on 15 April 2025. It was attended by high-level stakeholders from rail operators, infrastructure managers, passenger organisations, cities and civil society, trade unions, private investors, rolling stock leasing companies, construction and engineering companies, EIB, ERA, and the EU Rail Joint Undertaking. 
  
  The very constructive exchange covered the question of implementing highspeed rail from a number of different angles, including planning, construction, financing, rail operations and passenger experience. 
  
  There was a broad consensus on the need to overcome capacity bottlenecks with the support of the proposed capacity regulation and new infrastructure investments. Several stakeholders raised the need to reduce permitting delays to improve project delivery. Some operators highlighted the importance of full implementation of EU rail legislation to allow new companies to enter the market. Many stressed the need to simplify and accelerate the process of vehicle authorisations for cross-border train operations and to improve coordination on the deployment of European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) to strengthen interoperability and safety. Standardisation of infrastructure components would help achieve economies of scale and reduce costs. There was a general agreement on the need to reduce unnecessary national technical and operational rules. There was a broad call for long-term funding stability and continued EU-level funding for cross-border infrastructure projects. Some participants suggested to explore possible private finance involvement using various instruments (EU guarantees, blending instruments, green bonds, Regulatory Asset Base model).
  
  Commissioner Tzitzikostas emphasised the significance of high-speed rail (HSR) for connectivity, decarbonisation and competitiveness. Building on the network set out in the 2024 TEN-T Regulation, the Commission will adopt a plan to develop highspeed rail. Participants expressed broad support for the Commission’s preparatory work on this plan.

Commissioner  Ekaterina Zaharieva:

• 25 April 2025.
• Startups and Scaleups.
  
  The Implementation Dialogue on Startups and Scaleups, hosted by Commissioner Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, took place on 25 April 2025 in Brussels. The dialogue featured an open and constructive exchange with a broad range of stakeholders, including representatives from startups and scaleups, venture capital funds, national investment agencies, industry associations, accelerators, and academic organisations.
  
  The dialogue aimed to gather stakeholder feedback on the key obstacles faced by innovative companies and possible actions to address these issues at EU and Member State level through more simplified and effective implementation of existing measures or the development of new instruments. For that purpose, the discussions focused on the (lack of) progress on innovation policy objectives and past initiatives across the topics of access to finance, reduction of regulatory and bureaucratic burdens, access to markets, skills and talent and improving the access to research infrastructure, data and services.
  
  There was broad consensus on the need to strengthen efforts to improve access to finance. Several stakeholders called for the expansion of existing instruments, such as the European Innovation Council, while emphasising that application and disbursement processes must be simplified. Participants also underlined that public instruments for startups and scaleups should not compete with private funding, but instead focus on mobilising private capital. Stakeholders noted the lack of progress in implementing the EU Blue Card Directive across Member States, highlighting its low and uneven uptake. Some participants proposed EU-wide information campaigns and the establishment of national helpdesks to improve awareness and accessibility. There was also broad support to extend the scope of the Blue Card to include entrepreneurs. Participants also highlighted the importance of simplifying regulatory frameworks in the EU to facilitate cross-border expansion of companies, expressing support for a pan-European law corporate structure (so-called 28th regime).
  
  Commissioner Zaharieva underscored her keen intention to work and deliver on simplification and implementation objectives and underscored her intention to take into account stakeholders’ views for Commission initiatives such as the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, which was adopted on 28 May 2025, and the forthcoming European Innovation Act and 28th regime.

Commissioner Andrius Kubilius:

• 19 May 2025.

• EU Defence Industry and Defence Omnibus, discussing the EU non-defence and defence regulatory frameworks.
  
  The Dialogue featured an open and fruitful exchange with 35 companies and organisations from the EU’s Defence Technological and Industrial Base, representing 18 Member States.

  Industry stakeholders emphasised their readiness to speed-up and ramp-up defence production and also that the EU needs to act now, including on investments in innovations to be used on the battlefield as crucial priority. Multiple stakeholders welcomed the simplification efforts of the EDF, highlighting uncertainty of Member States co-financing as a major problem, as well as the need for continuity in funding projects throughout the R&D process. 
  
  For defence legislation: Stakeholders expressed that the Commission should encourage Member States to facilitate transfers, for instance through more and broader use of General Transfer Licences. Stakeholders emphasised that fast procurement is crucial in the current geopolitical context. To speed up procurement, European preference and the Commission to signal demand were emphasised.
  
  For non-defence legislation: Industry stakeholders mostly agreed on the need for fast-track permitting and broad exemptions in environmental and chemical legislations (such as REACH) to give certainty to investors. Also, several stakeholders stated that the interpretation of the existing legislation should be adapted to address the current challenges.
  
  Commissioner Kubilius concluded that the Dialogue brought forward concrete regulatory hurdles the EU defence industry is currently facing and which could feed into the ambitious Defence Simplification Omnibus Proposal. He stressed his keen intention to deliver on simplification objectives in the proposal which the Commission will put forward in June.