11th plenary session of ARLEM 

ARLEM Award 2020 

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) are organising a Conference on ‘How to get people out of their cars’. The objective of the conference is to discuss solutions that can get citizens out of their cars to achieve a modal shift. 

A series of collaboration of New Women Connectors with The Code To Change for social and economic inclusion.  

The Kick-Off meeting of the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities 2020 takes place on 30 January at the European Commission. Please follow the web-streaming and ask questions on social media using the hashtag #EURegionsWeek. 

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is drafting an opinion on "Bio-diverse cities and regions beyond 2020 at the UN CBD COP15 and in the next EU strategy". The Rapporteur, Mr Roby Biwer (LU/PES) wishes to invite all relevant stakeholders to the stakeholder consultation on 30/1/2020 from 14.00 to 16.00. 

The ​​BICC has been proposed by the Council in 2019 as part of the Reform Support Programme (RSP) for euro area Member States and those willing to join it. The global amount of resources available to the BICC will be decided later this year, as part of the agreement on a new Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. The meeting has been postponed to Friday 31 January, from 10:00 to 12:00, room JDE 53. 

CoR members and alternate are appointed for 5 years, which is the length of a CoR mandate. The next mandate starts on 26 January 2020, and will last until 25 January 2025. At the beginning of a new mandate, all CoR members have to be appointed, and all organs, including the Bureau, the commissions, the working groups and the interregional groups have to be re-established. A new President, a new First vice-President and a new Bureau are elected by the members meeting in the first plenary session.  

The ECON Commission constitutive meeting will take place on 13 February 2020 ​from 09:00 to 10:00 (2nd day of the plenary session) in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 62. 

 

​​​The COTER Commission constitutive meeting (mandate VII) will take place on Thursday ​13 February 2020 from 10:30 to 11:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The CIVEX Commission constitutive meeting will take place on 13 February 2020 ​from 10:30 to 11:30 (2nd day of the plenary session) in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 62. 

​The SEDEC Commission constitutive meeting (mandate VII) will take place on Thursday ​13 February 2020 from 12:00 to 13:00 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

​​The 2nd SEDEC Commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on Monday 24 February 2020 from 11:00 to 17:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. ​ 

 

 

​​The 2nd ECON Commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on Monday 2 March 2020 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The 2nd COTER Commission meeting will take place on 3 March 2020 from 11:00 to 18:00 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels room JDE 52.