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...
FIFTH REPORT ON THE STATE OF EUROPEAN REGIONS AND CITIES
The fifth EU Annual Report on the State of Regions and Cities was presented by the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to European, national and regional leaders, decision-makers and stakeholders at the...
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 22ND EUROPEAN WEEK OF REGIONS AND CITIES
Registration is now open for this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities, which will take place from 7-10 October, and has now become the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. The three-day event...
EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL & GREEN LEAF AWARDS FINALISTS
The finalists for the latest European Green Capital & Green Leaf Awards have been chosen, with the seven cities selected based on their accomplishments and ambitions in addressing urban environmental challenges connected to the triple planetary crisis of climate...
EU ACCESS CITY AWARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The EU’s 2025 Access City Award competition is now open for applications, which will once again recognise and celebrate outstanding work being done by European cities to become more accessible for individuals with disabilities. The award is organised by the European...
EU ALLIANCE ON LOCAL-REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO RECONSTRUCT UKRAINE
The international community now recognises that local government will be key to Ukraine's reconstruction and recovery, leaders of the European Committee of the Regions said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 12 June....
EUROPEAN COMMISSION OUTLINES BLUEPRINT FOR A EUROPEAN DEGREE
A blueprint for a European degree, recently announced by the European Commission, now paves the way for a new type of joint programme, delivered on a voluntary basis at national, regional, or institutional level, and based on a...
EU ‘JUST TRANSITION FUND’ – Midlands Region set to receive €18m
Fifteen projects in the Midlands are due to receive €18m in grant aid from the ‘EU Just Transition Fund’ (EU JTF) programme, with all of the awarded projects to invest in local communities to create employment and to diversify the local economy of the Midlands region....
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS – 160th Plenary Session Round-Up
The 160th Plenary Session represented the final Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary Session before the Local and European Elections on 7 June. From an Irish Delegation standpoint, it represented the final plenary for Cllr Kate...
