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Local and regional leaders have called for a more ambitious and stable budget for the EU's new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10), scheduled for 2028-2035, to ensure that the…

Strengthening Europe's leadership in responsible artificial intelligence (AI) requires specific attention to the role of start-ups and SMEs and the mobilisation of local and regional authorities…

Whilst a new political cycle is starting for the European Union, the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, delivered his annual address on the State of Regions and…

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms public administration across Europe, regional and local authorities are taking a central role in its adoption and governance. On 24 October, the…

As the new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10) for 2028-2035 begins to take shape, SEDEC members discussed the importance of strengthening regional innovation ecosystems with the…

Local and regional leaders have called for stronger synergies between European funds to boost place-based innovation and for those funds to be safeguard from budget cuts.

Alberto CIRIO (EPP/IT), President of the Piedmont region and Rapporteur for the CoR opinion "Challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the public sector: defining the role of…

Local and regional leaders discussed and shared their best practices on the crucial role of knowledge in strengthening innovation ecosystems at a seminar held at the European Committee of the Regions…

Improving the well-being of children and protecting them from violence, poverty and social exclusion were the main focus of the meeting of the Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment,…

Regions are playing an increasingly key role as drivers of innovation and should therefore be placed at the centre of the new EU industrial policy narrative, the European Committee of the Regions…

Today, the Joint Research Centre has published, together with the Committee of Regions, a document that aims to accompany territories towards innovative initiatives for place-based transformations…

Members of the Broadband Platform discussed topical issues that are currently very high on the agenda of the EU institutions and national authorities. The European Commission presented the first…