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The first edition of the #EURegionsWeek Info Flash newsletter is out now. Read here about the registration to the event, the novelties this year, and much more.

Get ready! The countdown to the opening of registration for this year's European Week of Regions and Cities (8-11 October) has started. On Monday 9 July, you will be able to browse through the programme of this year's event and register online on our new event website. Over 170 working sessions, networking events and project visits will be organised in Brussels as part the 16th European Week of Regions and Cities, under the headline 'For a strong EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2020'. See the trailer...

On Friday 18 May, the partners of the 2018 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities met at the European Committee of the Regions to discuss organisational questions and preparations for the event in October. See the presentation shown at the meeting, which contains useful information for event partners. This year, the European Committee of the Regions and the DG Regional and Urban policy join forces with 13 other Directorates-General and 3 executive agencies of the European Commission...

This year's first local event part of the European Week of Regions and Cities was held on 8 May in Ignalina, Lithuania. The event was a Reflecting on Europe citizen's dialogue around the theme Cohesion Policy – Experience And Vision For The Future, and gathered around 50 local politicians, local entrepreneurs, youth representatives, NGO’s and communities. Two Members of the European Committee of the Regions took part in the dialogue, Arnoldas Abramavičius (EPP) from Lithuania and Andris...

This year, the European Committee of the Regions and the DG Regional and Urban policy join forces with 13 other Directorates-General and 3 executive agencies of the European Commission, over 140 regions and cities grouped in 22 regional partnerships, and a number of other stakeholders to prepare an exciting and innovative programme for the European Week of Regions and Cities 2018. The event programme consists of over 160 workshops, participatory sessions, Q&A sessions and EURegions Talks under...

It is up to you to help us develop #EURegionsWeek! You have until 27 April to share your opinion, via the online consultation on the event website. Take a look at the top 20 most popular sessions so far and see if you can find your favourite one. #cooperationiscentral: Why Central Europe needs cooperation more than ever - Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE MFF post 2020: what can NPBIs bring to the table for territorial investment? - ELTI - European Association of Long-Term Investors Industry 4.0 in EU...

Help us to design the programme of this year's #EURegionsWeek, by letting us know your preferences among the session proposals. An online consultation is open from 16 to 27 April to allow participants, partners and stakeholders of the event to give their feedback on the proposed sessions. The application for organising a session at this year's EURegionsWeek resulted in 188 proposals by partners. In a bottom-up approach, the event community now has the chance to indicate its preferences among the...

Applications are open for this year’s edition of the Youth4Regions Media Programme. If you are studying journalism or are a young journalist send us your best words or images on a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund or the Cohesion Fund. You will have the chance to join other 27 students, one from each EU Member State, in Brussels on 7 – 11 October. What we offer the winners: Practical work experience as a journalist covering Europe’s largest regional development event...

Let's talk about the future of Europe as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2018. A call is open until the 5th March for the organisation of 10 citizens' dialogues or political debates including at least one member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), between May and June 2018. All interested partners can apply, giving the priority to the following countries: Cyprus, Denmark, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia, and Slovenia. In the context of the 30th anniversary of Cohesion...

This colorful and illustrated website reports on most of the 137 workshops and events held between 9 to 12 October 2017 as part of the 15th European Week of Regions and Cities.