On 23 September 2023, Csaba BORBOLY (EPP/RO) organises a local dialogue aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues and the importance of protecting natural resources. The event "Up to the hill!" seeks to promote healthy and active lifestyle by inviting the locals to participate in a scenic hike in the open air in the mountains surrounding Lacu Rosu.  

The European Committee of the Regions hosts the presentation of the RuralCare project's final results, focused on person-centred long-term care. 

The European Committee of the Regions hosts the presentation of the final results of the STARS and ReStartSMEs projects, focused on testing tools to accelerate the adoption of Advanced Technologies for the transformation of European Industrial Ecosystems.  

​The 20th COTER commission meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 September 2023, where the COTER members will discuss three opinions, starting with discussion and vote on the opinion "the future of cohesion policy post-2027", prepared by the President of the CoR, Vasco Alves Cordeiro (PT/PES) and Chair of the COTER Commission, Emil Boc (RO/EPP) who are presenting this opinion as co-rapporteurs. ​ 

The European Committee of the Regions hosts the closing conference of the ALL-Ready and AE4EU projects, focusing on the role of regions in supporting the agroecology and urban transitions. 

The “Clean Planet" Directorate of the European Commission's DG RTD, together with the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (CAJU), and in cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions, is organising a hybrid workshop on synergies between European and national/regional research programmes in the aviation sector. It will showcase experience to date of cooperation between the regional and EU levels and outline future developments and opportunities.  

Research & Innovation is one of the 4 priority policy areas for 2023 of the SEDEC Commission, chaired by Tanya Hristova, the Mayor of Gabrovo in Bulgaria. "Science meets regions" is the flagship and this event marks 2 years of cooperation with JRC. 

​Antonio Mazzeo (PES/IT), President of the Regional Council of Tuscany, will hold a public stakeholder consultation on the CoR opinion on 2022 Annual Report on Competition Policy, he is currently drafting. The event aims to collect contributions, feedback and suggestions from Tuscan stakeholders. 

The September ENVE commission meeting will take place on Thursday 28 September 2023 from 11.00 a.m. to 17.30 p.m. and Friday, 29 September 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 13:00 p.m. (Brussels time) in the Gran Hotel Miramar, Malaga (Spain). 

The European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission are pleased to invite you to this seminar organised in the framework of their Knowledge Exchange Platform. The event will take place on Thursday, 28 September 2023, from 14:30 to 18:00, physically at the CoR, in Brussels. 

19th SEDEC commission meeting of the 7th mandate, 2 October 2023. 

The rapporteur, Mr Andrea Putzu (IT/ECR), Member of the Regional Council of Marche, will meet representatives of relevant stakeholder organisations to gather the different points of views and discuss the main issues on the thematic of the opinion. 

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 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 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. 

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 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”.