title: Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
text: # Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
  
  The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.
  
  The DG Regional and Urban Policy is responsible for European Union measures to assist the economic and social development of the less-favored regions of the European Union under Articles 158 and 160 of the Treaty of Rome.
  
  In 2020 it had 618 employees.
  
  ## Instruments - Funds
  
  * European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
  * European Structural and Investment Funds (Cohesion Fund)
  * Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA)
  * European Union Solidarity Fund
  