Empowering communities by attracting investments and talents for sustainable growth and cohesion

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Local and regional | Energy | Climate and environment | Sustainable | Governance and Public administration | Cohesion | Industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs (enterprise/ startup/ business) | Circular economy
Thu 10/10/2024, 11:30 - 13:00 CET
Code: 10PW241012
Jacques Delors building, JDE 63

Speakers

Dr. Jürgen Ude

State Secretary, Representation of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU

Nuria Montes

Regional minister for innovation and industry of Valencia, Regional Ministry for innovation and industry of Valencia

Anne Besnier

CoR member and Vice President Research and Innovation, Regional Government of Centre/ Val de Loire

Moderator

Thomas Wobben

Director, European Committee of the Regions

Practical information

When: Thu 10/10/2024, 11:30 - 13:00 CET
Where: Jacques Delors building, JDE 63
Type of partnership: Regional partnership
Format: CoR Political WorkShop
Theme: Smart and sustainable growth for regions
Languages: English, German, Spanish
Website: https://europa.sachsen-anhalt.de/europapolitik/sachsen-anhalts-stimmen-in-europa/

Partners

Representation of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU

Magdeburg | Germany

Document

240828_agenda_workshop

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Reporting

Session summary

The smart and sustainable growth of Europe’s regions is crucial to promote the single market and to attract the necessary resources, such as investments and talents, and thereby to boost the EU’s global competitiveness, innovation, industry and job creation.
On Thursday, 10 October 2024, over 100 participants attended in person and online the high-level political workshop at the Committee of the Regions named “Empowering communities by attracting investments and talents for sustainable growth and cohesion”. A debate followed the insightful presentations.
The workshop discussed diverse policies, e.g. state aid, and strategies that regions use to attract and retain business and talents, and, thus, to master the demographic, digital and green transition leading to regional cohesion.

Quotes

In order to prevent a repeat of the structural upheavals that occurred after the political transition in 1990, financial and time resources are needed to shape the regional transformation.

European regions need to regain competitiveness on the global stage because in Europe, the automotive industry generates 13 million jobs (both direct and indirect).

The drone market is currently one of the most promising industrial segments. We have ambitions to make drones and unmanned aircraft technologies a regional speciality of Mazovia.