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Childcare is considered to be a highly personal topic with no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. So where does the European Union fit in? Following on from a workshop on local approaches to improving childcare opportunities, the Moderator and Gender Equality Policy Officer, Greet Vermeylen answered a few questions about her unit’s work on childcare and why is it so important for Europe. How do you examine the state of childcare across the EU? Greet Vermeylen has mentioned the three elements which...

After three days of stimulating and entertaining sessions, the 16 th edition of the #EURegionsWeek is coming to an end. In addition to parallel workshops happening during the morning and early afternoon, the last day of the Week will end with a closing session in the presence of Commissioner of EU Regional Policy Corina Creţu, President of the Committee of the Regions Karl-Heinz Lambertz and former US Ambassador to the EU Tony Gardner.

Regional partnerships The regional partnerships organised 7 sessions in their venues on various topics such as: investing in people for regional success; green islands; future housing and inclusive cities; circular economy; interregional cooperation; and urban transformation. The networking session "The green economy as a development opportunity for EU islands" was organised at the Square Conference Centre on 9 October by the Region of Sardinia, the Balearic islands, the Collectivity of Corsica...

LASSO and ART2WORK associations help young people to improve their lives Renewed Belle-Vue brewery hosted ART2WORK and LASSO conference, which took place on Tuesday, October 9. Through videos and speaking about their experiences, the two rapporteurs presented their projects —cofunded by European Regional Development Fund —, which is addressed to young people, from 12 to 30 years, to let them improve their lives through cultural initiatives. Ine Vos, representative of LASSO (Brussels network for...

You missed the daily live videos? They are available on the EURegionsWeek youtube channel. Learn how cities are testing new ways to tackle local challenge with Marc Lemaître ( interview).; and watch the interview of Denis Tersen, Managing Director of Lille Metropole 2020 World Design capital 2020 to know more about design and user-focused method to boost economic, social, cultural and environmental development. The RegioStars ceremony video is available online, as well as the video of the high...

The EU sets up an initiative to help 41 cities develop and implement digital policies, facing the big societal challenges of today The very near future seems to be just like the present: based on digitalization. It can be said that Europe has good results in terms of digitization: 58% of European households have ultra-fast connectivity and 4G mobile networks covers 91% of the EU population. However, 43% of Europeans still lack basic digital capabilities. There are cities in Europe that need...

More than two thousand young people applied, but just eight lucky chosen ones –aged between 18 and 30– had the opportunity of being part of the new Road Trip Project. They traveled through four different routes: Danube, Baltic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, discovering cultures, telling stories and meeting with people... Another way to get to know the continent through this new initiative of the European Commission. Louis, who did the Mediterranean route, is grateful that he had a chance of...

The Interact programme took the initiative to pursue the Luxemburgish tradition of a project slam for Interreg projects. In this new edition on the occasion of the #EURegionsWeek 2018, the following 6 finalists were retained further to their entries along the 3 categories "Climate change adaptation", "Inclusive Growth including migrants’ integration" and "Cultural Heritage": DRIM (co-financed under Interreg Transnational Cooperation programme Danube, ARCHIVE (co-financed under Interreg Cross...

Already 2 days have passed since the #EURegionsWeek started but still many exciting activities are happening. The third day of the Week will have a focus on the latest updates from urban agenda, announcing the winners of the Urban Innovative Actions. During the afternoon the "Interreg Talks: 6 projects, 1 slam" will also take place. The purpose of this session is to present the high impact of Interreg projects in an entertaining and easy way. The day will end with the screening of five short...

During the 2018 EU regions week, health officials and professionals came together to discuss the challenges and reforms for the future of health in Europe. Despite the fact that several European countries provide decent healthcare to its citizens (source:WHO), the EU still faces potential healthcare problems. On the positive side, Europeans are now living longer than ever before. If we go back to 2002, the average EU person lived only until 77.7 years, which increased to 81 years in 2016. This...