One year after the Commission had launched its updated European Bioeconomy Strategy, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Committee of the Regions organised together with the European Commission an event on European Bioeconomy: Regions, Cities and Civil Society on October 16, in Brussels.

Las regiones y ciudades deben colaborar por encima de los límites administrativos para liberar el potencial de la bioeconomía en términos de crecimiento y empleo, y de su contribución a los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible de las Naciones Unidas: así lo destaca el Comité Europeo de las Regiones en un Dictamen elaborado por Jácint Horváth (HU/PSE), concejal de Nagykanizsa.

Local and regional leaders meeting in Palermo this week emphasised that the challenge of territorial cohesion can only be addressed if the EU's next long-term budget helps cities and regions to improve digital connectivity, digital public services and their accessibility to the public, while ensuring that no region is left behind in the digital transformation. Bridging the digital divide and speeding up the development of Digital Single Market through the involvement of cities and regions have been key components of the work of the current mandate of the SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of the Regions.

Members of CoR delegation back Albanian accession to EU, but stress need for sustained improvements.