The Members of the European Committee of the Regions will hold a meeting for the 157th Plenary Session on 9-11 October 2023. 

To keep the momentum going of subnational governments and cities’ achievements leading up to and during UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center and partners United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, International Union for Conservation of Nature, (IUCN), European Committee of the Regions (CoR), and Regions4 kindly encourages participation to attend the webinar series titled “From agreement to action: the key role of subnational and local governments in the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation”.  

The 19th NAT commission meeting will take place on Thursday 5 October 2023 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels, room JDE 52. This meeting will be fully on-site. The public can follow the meeting in the listening room JDE53. For security reasons you need contact the NAT secretariat at the latest on the 2 October 2023 if you wish to participate in person.  

On 18 and 19 October, the ECON Commission will hold its external meeting and conference on Digital Resilience in Wismar (DE) at the invitation of Tilo Gundlack (DE/PES), Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 

We have the pleasure of inviting EGTCs, Euroregions and others interested in cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation to join us at the 13th EGTC Platform Meeting that will take place in Lefkara, Cyprus, on Thursday, 19 and Friday, 20 October. 

​​​The conference will bring together diverse participants from across Europe: project partners in ongoing or recently completed RRI-focused projects – RRI-LEADERS, RIPEET, WBC-INCO.NET, TetRRIS, TeRRItoria, ENTRANCES, stakeholders from the city of Sofia (Bulgaria), the region of Western Macedonia (Greece), the municipality of Thalwil (Switzerland), the city of Sabadell (Catalonia, Spain), RRI policy supporters, regional development agencies, business and industry associations, decision-makers in STI at different levels of governance (local, regional, national), as well as representatives of the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, the Committee of the Regions (list not exhaustive). Link for registration for participating in the Conference: https://www.rri-leaders.eu/2023/05/31/final-policy-conference/  

The European Committee of the Regions hosts the concert of the Leonardo 4 Children Orchestra. 

The 14th plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) will take place on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 October 2023 at Hotel Calabona in Alghero, Italy. 

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is organising a conference on "Local and regional strategies for closing the gender gap in politics: Roads taken and what´s next?" as part of the European Parliament Gender Equality Week 2023. 

The Committee of the Regions will co-host the ACT NOW Mayors’ Conference 2023 with support of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the reconstruction of Ukraine #UkraineAlliance. The conference aims to unite a dynamic group of participants. 

On 15 November 2023, the Green Deal Going Local working group will convene an expanded meeting that will focus on the future of the European Green Deal. During this meeting, CoR members will engage in a foresight exercise guided by the European Commission 

Organised in close cooperation with UNICEF, the seminar will focus on ensuring the necessary capacity-building, and the exchange of best practices among cities and regions involved in vulnerable child protection in the context of migration. 

The 20th NAT commission meeting will take place on Thursday 23 November 2023 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels room JDE 52. 

The eighth edition of the forum "Cities and Regions for International Partnerships " (formerly called "Assises of Decentralised Cooperation") will take place in Brussels on 30 November and 1 December 2023. Organised jointly by the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions, this edition aims to reflect on the contribution of regions and cities to the EU Global gateway initiative and will focus on the following four thematic areas: Inclusion, Innovation and Investment at local level, and the role of Intermediary cities. 

To keep the momentum going of subnational governments and cities’ achievements leading up to and during UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center and partners United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, International Union for Conservation of Nature, (IUCN), European Committee of the Regions (CoR), and Regions4 kindly encourages participation to attend the webinar series titled “From agreement to action: the key role of subnational and local governments in the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation”.