The conference National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRP plans) with local and regional authorities at the centre: myth or reality? will be held on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 16:00 to 17:30 at European Committee of the Regions (Room JDE 52)
The Cohesion Alliance event will focus on the preparation phase of the NRP plans and discuss the extent to which local and regional authorities are being considered in the plans under development.
This event will be divided into 2 sessions:
First session: presentation of studies on the involvement of LRAs in NRP plans
Introduced by moderator (Martin Guillermo Ramírez, Secretary General of the European Association of European Border Regions)
Second session - Cohesion policy 2028-2034: debate with Cohesion Alliance partners
Building on the evidence presented on the planned involvement of local and regional authorities within the NRP plans for the 2028-2034 period - and bearing in mind the ongoing interinstitutional debate on the post-2027 multiannual financial framework and the National and Regional Partnership Plans Fund Regulation (NRPP) - this session will involve a political discussion among Cohesion Alliance partners and contributors from the floor.
The event meeting will be opened by the CoR President Kata TÜTTŐ, with the participation of:
- Christoph SCHNAUDIGEL, President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
- Joris BENGEVOORD, President of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
- Lilijana MADJAR, Vice-President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- Eugenio GIANI, Vice-President in charge of Cohesion Policy and the EU Budget, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
- Carla TAVARES MEP, Rapporteur for the 2028-2034 EU budget (tbc)
The final words will be by Emil Boc and Vasco Alves Cordeiro, CoR NRPP co-rapporteur(s) (tbc)
The meeting is public and will be web streamed in EN/FR/IT/PL.