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This infographic/factsheets outlines the top roles at the European Committee of the Regions, including the President, the First Vice-President, presidents of the political groups and the presidents of the commissions. This infographic is double-sided and is in English and French.

The last two and a half years have been extremely tough and challenging. Governors, Presidents of Regions, Mayors, Regional and Local Councilors were the first called upon to help people, saving European lives, communities, businesses, jobs and economies. And even in the most difficult situations, we never lost sight of our commitment to working for our Union, its local and regional governments and – most importantly – for all Europeans.

Inspired by the European Year of Youth 2022, the CoR trainees of Autumn 2021 travelled to rural areas to interview young people regarding their realities facing the digital gap. The plan was to raise awareness about the realities faced by rural youth, by passing the mic to these young people to share their views and reach their peers living in urban areas. As the European Commission is pushing towards more digitalisation for all sectors and (public) services, the question of equity comes into perspective. This YFactor also attempted to highlight questions about how the EU can plan for policies considering (young) people facing the digital gap and what steps need to be made to assure that every citizen will have access to online services regardless of their geographical location. The final report contains the highlights of the project and summarises all the relevant data, from EU policies on Digitalisation, Rural Areas and Youth, to the points raised by young people during the interviews and some initial conclusions. You can access the videos uploaded on Social Media using the links in the report.

De regionala och lokala myndigheterna utgör grunden för demokratin i Europa och toppmötet i Marseille markerar deras önskan att bli erkända som en del av EU:s demokratiska struktur. ”Marseillemanifestet” är en uppmaning till Europas ledare att lyssna till de miljoner politiker som valts på regional och lokal nivå runt om i EU och som är fast beslutna att föra Europa närmare medborgarna.

Europeiska regionkommitténs toppmöte i Marseille den 3–4 mars 2022 samlade mer än 2 000 företrädare för regionala och lokala myndigheter i Europeiska unionen, som i sin tur representerar över en miljon borgmästare samt lokalt och regionalt folkvalda politiska ledare, som enhälligt sluter upp vid det ukrainska folkets sida.

Through its own activities and through those carried out with the #CohesionAlliance, the European Committee of the Regions is committed to promoting Cohesion as a fundamental value of the European Union. Read the following leaflet to see what the CoR and its partner associations have been doing together to reach this goal.

This report is published on the occasion of the 9th European Summit of Regions and Cities in Marseille, France, on 3 and 4 March 2022. It presents results from more than 130 local, cross-border and EU-wide events, which the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) held in cooperation with cities, regions and non-governmental organisations in 2021 and early 2022 in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The latter has provided the opportunity for citizens to interact with politicians across different levels of government and express their aspirations for Europe’s future. As the assembly of locally elected politicians, the CoR believes that if democracy is to be strengthened it is high time new models of dialogue and deliberation with citizens were established.

Högnivågruppen för europeisk demokrati, under ledning av Europeiska rådets tidigare ordförande Herman van Rompuy, antog sin slutrapport. Rapporten kommer att ingå i de lokala och regionala myndigheternas bidrag till konferensen om Europas framtid.

Once a year, the Secretary General of the European Committee of the Regions submits to the Plenary Assembly a report on the impact of the work of the CoR over the past calendar year. Based on the three political priorities: ‘Bringing Europe closer to its people’; ‘Building resilient communities’; and ‘Cohesion, our fundamental value’, this report is published for the first time during the January Plenary.