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" Europe is built on cohesion!". With these meaningful words, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), opened this past Monday the 2020 plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen then strengthened Tzitzikostas’s statement with the desire for a common vision to face the future. As Apostolos Tzitzikostas repeatedly emphasized during the opening session that “ local authorities and...

On October 13, Members of the European Committee of the Regions gathered both in Brussels and online. They talked about how they dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic in their communities and shared their visions on economic recovery. Crowdfunding & the City The lack of financial resources and sufficient investment in public services highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis has been the subject of much discussion in recent months. In response, Luca Menesini (IT/PES), President of the Province of Lucca (...

Members of the European Committee of Regions ( CoR) emphasised the importance of a cohesive and inclusive response to the coronavirus crisis to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the committee’s plenary session during European Regions and Cities week. Other issues raised by assembled members touched on climate change, Brexit, the migrant crisis and the 2021-2027 long-term EU budget. Chancellor Merkel was speaking at the event to outline the priorities of Germany’s presidency of the Council of...

Angela Merkel welcomes the second Eu Regions week with a long distance discussion on the priorities of the German Presidency of the European Council. At a time when nothing seems to be the same; where the pandemic has led Europe to an economic and social crisis, a crisis that needs definite and sustainable change. It seems that the crisis has found an unprepared Europe, a Europe with significant gaps in various areas, such as health, education, the environment. A Europe threatened by the refugee...

The first week out of three of this year's #EURegionsWeek is dedicated to the thematic cluster Empowering Citizens. Check out the online programme and discover interesting working sessions on topics ranging from e-democracy, co-creation in public services, entrepreneurship and many more. During the first week, from the 5 to 11 October, we will also travel through time to rediscover Europe together. Each day a new episode of a mini-documentary will be published on the event website. Each episode...

The second week of this year's #EURegionsWeek is dedicated to the thematic cluster Cohesion and Cooperation. Taking place from 12 to 16 October, this week includes the highest number of working sessions, together with all the political highlights. Make sure to register to the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to regional policy, this year in a fully digital format, and to watch all the Key moments live. Do not miss the speech " Annual Regional and Local Barometer - State of the Union...

The third week of this extended edition of the #EURegionsWeek (19 to 22 October) will revolve around the theme “ Green Europe”. On 19 October, the week will begin with the Opening of the Green Week (organised by DG Environment) in Lisbon with Commissioner Sinkevičius and Commissioner Ferreira as a handover moment with the European Week of Regions and Cities. The programme of the third week is fully dedicated to the Green Europe theme, with a variety of working sessions on topics such as...

Despite the difficulties generated by the COVID 19 pandemic, the #EURegionsWeek 2020 will offer to participants more than 500 digital working sessions to discover over three consecutive weeks in October, from 5-22 October, covering various topics along the thematic priorities Empowering Citizens; Cohesion and Cooperation; and Green Europe. Due to the security measures and sanitary situation caused by the pandemic, this year will be the first ever fully digital EURegionsWeek: all working sessions...

Would you like to organise a side event of the #EURegionsWeek 2020? Side events must relate to the thematic priorities of the #EURegionsWeek 2020 and must be organised digitally between 5-9 October 2020, 12-16 October 2020 or 19‑22 October 2020. Side events' organisers are entirely responsible for the content and organisation of their event. The online application is available on the "Side events"-section of the event website and must be submitted by 2 September 2020 at the latest. Only a...

The session organisers involved in this year's #EURegionsWeek were invited to a third partners' meeting on 26 June. The aim of the virtual meeting was to provide them with more specific information on the organisation of the #EURegionsWeek 2020, given the exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the European Week of Regions and Cities will spread over three consecutive weeks in October, each dedicated to one timely topic: 5-9 October: Empowering Citizens, 12-16 October...