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Preparations for the #EURegionsWeek 2023 have officially started! The two co-organisers, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the European Committee of the Regions, officially launched the new edition during the kick-off on 13 February. After a warm welcome to the onsite and online participants, the organisers presented the main themes of this year's edition and its key milestones. If you missed the meeting you can watch the recording and find all...

The European Week of Regions and Cities gathered 20 000 registered participants and 500 partners online and at the event site across 300 sessions. During the closing ceremony, some of the achievements of European cohesion policy on implementing European solidarity were acknowledged, such as creating better possibilities for social inclusion and searching for solutions to the energy crisis, while also taking concrete actions – funding public building projects and improvements in infrastructure...

Energy transition is a term we hear now more than ever due to the energy crisis. But why is it that vital? How do we achieve it? This process plays a critical factor in creating a sustainable environment of living and assuring that, at some point, we will reach climate resilience. In the current situation, we need to find alternative ways of using energy and reach forward-looking actions that will also benefit our health and our lives. Many cities around the world and governments are trying to...

Have you missed a session or would you like to watch it again? All recordings of the #EURegionsWeek 2022 sessions are now available! Browse the past editions programme.

The Megalizzi-Niedzielski prize for aspiring journalists found its two new winners during the 20 th European Week of Regions and Cities held in Brussels, Belgium. This recognition, which honours the memory of two journalists who passed away after a terrorist attack in Strasbourg in 2018, awards the effort and performance of professionals in the field. Only six have been nominated among the participants of the Youth4Regions programme for aspiring journalists, chosen across Europe and neighbouring...

Fake news, disinformation, hate speech, anti-government protests and a lack of youth participation in politics. Currently, democracy in Europe and around the world is struggling. One question remains: how can we reach young people, inspire them for democracy and protect them from disinformation? More than two thirds of the world’s population is living in a non-democratic country or in a country where democracy is in danger. Since 2017 there have been increasing anti-government protests around...

EURES (EURopean Employment Services) is a European cooperation network that provides jobseekers in Europe with employment opportunities. Would there be equal working conditions for all Europeans in the future? This and more questions were raised at the info session "How young people can enter the labor market with the help of EURES network cooperation" held on October 13, 2022 as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities. "I believe my story proves that when you have a clear goal in your...

"Strong with illegal immigration, kind with war refugees." These words, spoken by Abruzzo Region President Marco Marsilio at the opening of the workshop organized by the European Committee of Conservatives and Reformists, draw a clear and irrefutable distance between different lines of thinking on immigration policy that differ from European directives. Hungary has no intention of changing its stance on immigration. The security of territories also begins with a selection between non-war...

The TV channel Euronews reaches way more countries than the EU member states. During the ongoing war in Ukraine and women's protests on the streets in Iran, it has continuously been reporting on the conflicts in both Russian and Persian. “They took it down in Russia, but people always find ways to watch it,” says Jorge Liboreiro at Euronews during the European Week of Regions and Cities. Even if you are not familiar with it, chances are you have seen it in a hotel lobby. Euronews is a TV channel...

“This is the most educated generation in history”, this way began a speech by the coordinator of the workshop “Attracting and retaining youth in the EU’s regions and cities”, Andrew Paterson, Senior Counsellor at OECD, during the European Week of Cities and Regions 2022. “We already know that young people care about sustainability, enjoy food, culture, and physical activity, care about technology, and want to stay connected wherever they are”, he continued. But how do we attract them and keep...