The 18th European Week of Regions and Cities unfolded around the motto Restart.Europe.Together. It spread over 3 weeks, each dedicated to a thematic cluster: Empowering Citizens, Cohesion and Cooperation, Green Europe (introduced by the Opening of the Green Week organised by DG Environment).
This edition novelty, the Live&Replay platform hosting the recordings of all sessions, has allowed a larger than ever attendance to the event and to its many highlights.
The event kick-started with the the mini-documentary Together, we have built Europe: a series of seven episodes to present the evolution of the EU and the birth of cohesion policy and its impact on the EU's construction. After each broadcast, two speakers (a former EU representative and a young EU citizen) have discussed live the episode.
“Inspiring, enlightening, rewarding”, these are the words used by the young participants of the Citizens’ Dialogue .
The 2020 edition of Regiostars registered the highest numbers of entries ever - 206
The Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Ms Ferreira, announced that Anastasia Lopez from Austria and Francisco Sezinando from Portugal were the winners of the 2020 Megalizzi-Niedzielski prize.
High level events included also the first digital Opening session, with about 500 remotely connected participants and 35.000 viewers via the FB live; the Debate on the EU Annual Regional and Local Barometer with the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen; a series of political debates on German Presidency with Chancellor Merkel, on Green Deal with first EC Vice President Timmermans and on resilience and recovery with Commissioner Gentiloni.
