APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR ‘REGIOSTARS AWARDS 2026’
The Europe-wide search for the outstanding REGIOSTARS projects of 2026 is now open, providing an opportunity to showcase those EU-funded projects that have made a real difference in your region, which will serve to inspire others to replicate these initiatives across...
EUROPEAN WEEK OF REGIONS AND CITIES 2026
The 24th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, which will take place in Brussels this year from 12 to 14 October, is inviting regional/local governments, EU fund managers and partners to showcase their own cohesion policy and regional development. The...
EUROPEAN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE (9-10 JUNE)
EuroPCom, the European Public Communication Conference, is Europe's largest annual gathering of public communication experts, jointly organised by the EU institutions. The 17th edition of EuroPCom will take place on-site on 9 and...
COMMITTEE OF REGIONS VIRTUAL ASSISANT FOR ‘EU REGIONS WEEK 2025′
For the first time ever, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) deployed a virtual assistant during the European Week of Regions and Cities 2025, which took place in October in Brussels. The AI tool was designed to enhance the visibility and impact of CoR events, and the...
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE REPORTS ON STATE OF REGIONS AND CITIES
Some of the most urgent challenges facing Europe’s territories, alongside local solutions that inform policy decisions for the EU’s future, are outlined in the European Committee of the Regions’ sixth edition of its EU Annual Report on the State of Regions and Cities,...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR EU BUDGET 2028-2034
The European Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – the largest long-term EU budget in the bloc’s history amounting to just under €1.98 trillion – is to merge farming and regional policy programmes into country-specific national and...
LOWDOWN ON ‘URBAN MOBILITY DAYS 2025’ IN LITHUANIA
Urban Mobility Days (UMD) will take place from 30 September to 2 October in Vilnius – the capital of Lithuania and European Green Capital 2025 award winner. As the European Commission’s principal urban mobility policy conference, UMD will provide an opportunity to...
EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL AND GREEN LEAF AWARDS 2027
The deadline date for all entries to the 2027 European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards is on the horizon, and those European cities committed to sustainability will have until Tuesday 15 April to apply for this latest edition of the European Green Capital and...
IRELAND PARTICIPATES IN ‘EUREGIONS-4-COHESION ALLIANCE’ EVENT
The Irish Regions European Office (IREO) and Ireland’s three Regional Assemblies participated in a series of meetings and a seminar with the EURegions4Cohesion Alliance, in the European Parliament on 2 October. The event was...
NAVIGATING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN EU CITIES AND REGIONS
The Irish Regions European Office (IREO) in collaboration with the Capital Cities and Regions Network (CCRN) and Dublin City Council hosted a workshop entitled ‘Navigating Smart and Sustainable Growth in Cities and Regions’...
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS’ 162ND PLENARY ROUND-UP
The 162nd plenary of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) represented the penultimate session of the mandate and coincided with the 22nd European Week of Regions and Cities in October. The plenary featured a comprehensive agenda of...
BOYNE VALLEY MAPPED OUT AS WORLD LEADING EXPERIENTIAL DESTINATION
An ambitious new seven-year tourism strategy has been mapped out by the county councils in Meath and Louth for the Boyne Valley, which aims to position the region within Ireland’s Ancient East as one of the world's leading...
