• Created in January 2013
• Missions :
• exchange between the CoR members, the Adriatic Ionian as well as EU and non-EU countries authorities of the eight States involved in the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)
• contribute as a key player in the multi-level governance to the shaping, follow-up and implementation of the EUSAIR and of its Action Plan
• tackle common challenges effectively and to affirm the region's identity and full potential
• create synergies with the existing strategies of the Baltic and of the Danube regions

• Chair: Paolo Di Laura Frattura (IT/PES)

This interregional group is connected to a Macroregional strategy. Those provide a framework endorsed by the European Council to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion in a specific geographical area (also: macro-regions).

Contact:
Intergroup Secretariat
Francesco Cocco
http://www.adriatic-ionian.eu/about-eusair/

• Created in June 2014
• Missions:
• contribute according to the multi-level governance to the shaping, follow-up and the implementation of the alpine macroregional strategy and of its Action Plan
• improve the competitiveness, ensuring the connectivity of the Alpine territory and to make the Alpine Region environmentally sustainable and attractive
• maximize synergies and exchange of good practices with the existing macroregional strategies

• Chair: Franco Iacop (IT/PES)

This interregional group is connected to a Macroregional strategy. Those provide a framework endorsed by the European Council to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion in a specific geographical area (also: macro-regions).

    
Contact:
Intergroup Secretariat
Raffaella Viviani
raffaella.viviani@regione.fvg.it

Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region
Rue du Commerce 49 - 1000 Bruxelles
Tel.: +32 (0)2 500 88 40
http://www.alpine-region.eu/

• Created in February 2008
• Missions:
• reflect within the CoR the cooperation between Baltic Sea regions and to contribute to the development of these regions in the broadest sense
• explore the impact of various EU policies, particularly as regards the economic and environmental dimension of maritime policy
• contribute to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (adopted in June 2009)

• Chair: Pauliina Haijanen (FI/EPP)

This interregional group is connected to a Macroregional strategy. Those provide a framework endorsed by the European Council to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion in a specific geographical area (also: macro-regions).

Contact:

Intergroup secretariat
Ms Åsa Bjering
Executive Secretary CPMR Baltic Sea Commission
Tel.: +32 470 69 62 66

• Created in January 2018
• Missions:
• enable the exchange of views and learn about the consequences of Brexit after the United Kingdom leaves the EU
• share ideas on solutions to be put in place to support the local and regional authorities most affected and adapt the respective regional economies
• identify shared projects which could be developed by local and regional authorities after Brexit
• contribute to the Committee's debate with a view to obtaining an overall picture of the impact of Brexit for local and regional authorities

• Chair: François Decoster (FR/ALDE)

Contact:

Intergroup secretariat
Jennifer Rousselle
jennifer-rousselle@ville-saint-omer.fr
Ville de Saint Omer
Tel.: +33 (0)3 21 98 66 53

• Created in February 2016
• Missions:
• investigate the possibility of creating a Carpathian macro-regional strategy
• organise debates, actions and projects with representatives of local authorities of the two non-EU countries sharing the Carpathian arc (Serbia and Ukraine), with the aim of including them in a future "macro-regional strategy for the Carpathian area"
• emphasise the role of local and regional governments in order to support sustainable development

• Chair: Wladyslaw Ortyl (PL/ECR)

Contact:
Intergroup secretariat
Representation of the Podkarpackie Region to Brussels
Avenue de Tervueren 48
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel.:  +32 2 738 02 23
bruksela@podkarpackie.pl

• Created in July 2015
• Missions:
• influence EU legislation by analysing CoR opinions and making sure that cross-border solutions are included
• contribute to the discussion on the future of the cohesion policy
• identify cross-border topics to be addressed at EU level
• make suggestions for events of the EGTC platform, EABR, European Week of Regions and Cities

• Chair: Pavel Branda, (CZ/ECR)

• Created in 2009
• Missions:
• defend the interests of the territories with an important automotive industry, and to find common solutions to the challenges they face
• fostering contacts among the industrial associations of the different participating regions

• Chair: Barbara Eibinger-Miedl (AT/EPP)

Contact:
Intergroup Secretariat
Claudia Suppan
Steiermark office in Brussels
Avenue de Tervueren 82
1040 Etterbeek
Tel.: +32 (0)2 7320361
automotive@stmk.gv.at

• Created in November 2010
• Missions:
• facilitate a constructive dialogue with the European Commission and the European Parliament and thus reinforcing the work of local and regional health networks on officer level (i.e. EUREGHA, ENRICH)
• discuss, among other things, the use of structural funds, the health work force, patient mobility, nutrition and obesity and health inequalities indicators

• Chair: Birgitta Sacrédeus (SE/EPP)

Contact:
EUREGHA Secretariat
Rue du Luxembourg, 3
1000 Bruxelles
secretariat@euregha.net

• Created in April 2015, suspended in May 2017 and reactivated in December 2018
• Missions:
• tackle the common issues in order to cooperate and find development strategies in the tourist and cultural field, as well as in the industrial, agricultural, health, energy and education sectors;
• help the implementation of the deliberations of the European Committee of the Regions and European Parliament concerning islands;
• proactive action and cooperation in the area of migration, which affects more than ever the island lands where people flee from war and poverty are looking for a chance of survival and hope

• Chair: Gaetano Armao (IT/EPP)
  
  

Contact :
Intergroup secretariat
Leonardo di Giovanna
Tel: +32 026392574
leonardo.digiovanna@regione.sicilia.it

• Created in March 2015
• Missions:
• collaborate in the preparation of position papers as well as amendments and reports on issues of particular relevance
• monitor the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion policy
• collaborate in the development of European projects and favour the attraction of new investments to those regions

• Chair: Tadeusz Truskolaski (PL/EA)

• Created in December 2017
• Missions:
• discuss the environmental impact of the pipeline
• present regional development from the viewpoint of local entrepreneurs and communities
• integrate the regional dimension of energy security
• focus particularly on the European Neighbourhood Policy and other external relations

• Chair: Olgierd Geblewicz(PL/EPP)

• Created in June 2007
• Missions:
• take the initiative in policy areas such as better regulation and governance
• advance the rights of the subnational level in implementing subsidiarity 
• offer to CoR members the professional experience and expertise of regions with legislative power
• focus on multi-level governance in Europe and the implementation of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles
• exchange best practice on subsidiarity monitoring mechanisms

• Chair: Jean-François Istasse (BE/PES)

Contact:
Intergroup Secretariat
Raffaella Viviani
Raffaelle.viviani@regione.fvg.it 

• Created in June 2007
• Missions:
• to coordinate the EU policy concerns and points of view of the CoR members of these regions to jointly address them within the relevant CoR bodies
• to develop its own EU policy initiatives on issues specific to the region and to push for their implementation

• Chair: Karl-Heinz Lambertz (BE/PES)

 
Contact:
Intergroup secretariat