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Elisa Ferreira

COMMISSIONER (2019-2024)

Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
Cohesion and Reforms

Email: cab-ferreira-contactatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (cab-ferreira-contact[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Adress: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Responsibilities

  • Assuring support for regions most affected by digital and climate transitions, including through the Just Transition Fund.
  • Working with co-legislators to establish a legislative framework for Cohesion Funds in the long-term EU budget.
  • Supporting regions and authorities in preparing their programmes, in line with their specific needs and the EU’s common objectives. 
  • Working with Member States to ensure full and effective use of EU funds and oversight of expenditure.
  • Contributing to the review of the Urban Agenda and the long-term vision on rural areas.
  • Overall responsibility for the work of DG REFORM, offering technical and financial support for reforms in Member States.
  • Coordinating technical support to those Member States preparing to join the euro.
  • Working with co-legislators towards a timely agreement on the Reform Support Programme and the Budgetary Instrument for Convergence and Competitiveness in the euro area and subsequently ensuring their full implementation.

Mission letter

1 DECEMBER 2019
President von der Leyen's mission letter to Elisa Ferreira
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European Parliament hearings

1 DECEMBER 2019
Elisa Ferreira's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire
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(356.05 KB - PDF)
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Team

Elisa Ferreira's team supports her in her daily work

My team

Media Gallery

Calendar

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Cernobbio, Italy (until 06/04): participates in the Workshop “the Outlook for the Economy and Finance” organised by the Ambrosetti Forum

  • Cernobbio, Italy

Transparency

As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.

signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.

machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.

The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.

Biography

  1. 2019 - present
    European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
  2. 2017 - 2019
    Vice-Governor of Banco de Portugal (Central Bank)
  3. 2016 - 2019
    Representative of Portugal, Single Supervisory Mechanism's Supervisory Board (SSM - ECB)
  4. 2004 - 2016
    Member of the European Parliament
  5. 2002 - 2004
    Member of the Portuguese Parliament
  6. 1999 - 2002
    Minister for Planning (Spatial and Regional Development), Portugal
  7. 1995 - 1999
    Minister for Environment, Portugal
  8. from 1977
    Professor, University of Porto
1 DECEMBER 2019
Elisa Ferreira's biography
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Declaration of interests

1 FEBRUARY 2023
Declaration of interests - Elisa Ferreira
English
(3.64 MB - PDF)
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