The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is currently drafting an opinion entitled "Effectively engaging local and regional authorities in the preparation of the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes for the 2021-2027 period". The rapporteur for this opinion is Mr Juraj Droba (SK/ECR), Chairman of the Bratislava Self-Governing Region. 

As bolstering sustainable economic development remains one of the three priorities of ARLEM, the Assembly continues to be invested in supporting young entrepreneurs. After what is now the third successful edition of the ARLEM Award – Young local entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean, the 2022 edition just opened for applications. Once more, we encourage young entrepreneurs (up to 35 years old) from the Mediterranean region to showcase their successful cooperation with their local and regional authorities. 

The European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission are pleased to invite you to their joint Knowledge Exchange Platform event to take place linked to the European Research and Innovation Days, on Tuesday 22 June 2021, from 09:30 to 12:00, online. 

The 9th meeting of the COTER commission will take place online (via Interactio) on Tuesday 22 June 2021 from 11:00 to 16:30 (Brussels time). 

​​With the European Green Deal, the European Union committed to 'zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, economic growth that is decoupled from resource use and no person and no place is left behind'. Cities and regions are crucial partners to deliver the European Green Deal. To create resonance and ownership among societies, the European Green Deal needs a local component, rooted at the governance level closest to the businesses and citizens. 

On 5 May 2021, the Commission presented a communication on "Updating the 2020 Industrial Strategy: towards a stronger Single Market for Europe's recovery". 

The webinar will look at the state of digital transformation in European regions and will explore ways to develop an enabling regional policy framework for a digital transition of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), showcasing some best practices and collaboration initiatives from the European Entrepreneurial Regions. 

The 8th SEDEC commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on 23 June 2021 from 11:00 to 18:15 remotely via Interactio. 

The path towards a more energy efficient Europe starts at the local and regional level. Local and regional authorities play a key role for the success of the European Renovation Wave strategy. The European Committee of the Regions, with the adoption of the Opinion on the Renovation Wave, urges for the establishment of direct financing mechanisms for local and regional authorities to undertake renovation projects. Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions, the Covenant of Mayors Initiative, the European Investment Bank, the European Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the European City Facility Initiative will debate and provide the participants of the YEPs Programme of the CoR with the key information, tools and financial support opportunities for local and regional authorities to reduce energy consumption and greenhouses emissions. 

This event is part of DG MOVE's official programme for the European Year of Rail 2021 and is supported by the COTER Commission of the European Committee of the Regions. ​​​It relates to the objectives of the Green Deal (decarbonisation of transport and promoting a modal shift to rail) and the promotion of social, economic and territorial cohesion. 

The CoR and the OECD are organizing the fourth edition of the Cities and Regions for the SDGs roundtable, a two-day online event that will focus on the SDGs as a framework for long-term COVID-19 recovery strategies in cities and regions. 

 

​The Members of the European Committee of the Regions will meet remotely for the 145th plenary session on 30 June and 1-2  July 2021.  

On 1 July, eight weeks after the conference's launch, Studio Europa Maastricht is organising this special edition of Workplace Europe in collaboration with the European Committee of the Regions. A high-level panel discussion will open the event, after which interactive sessions will be held. The ideas and insights collected will be shared with the Committee of the Regions, the organisers of the Conference on the Future of Europe and all participants. 

Regions4 Sustainable Development, a long-standing partner of the Committee of the Regions, is organizing a High-Level Event in preparation of the 2021 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) hosted by the United Nations in July. The event is titled: "Building a Sustainable and Resilient Future: Subnational Governments Leading Integrated Approaches for People, Planet, and Prosperity"