Good news from around Europe
When migrants move, it is overwhelmingly to cities that they come. Migrant integration happens in cities, and it is overseen by local governments. EUROCITIES recently published its fourth Integrating Cities Report which gives a direct insight into how cities are integrating migrants today. It is now available to read in
Regions, cities and villages also ask for a strong role in running EU investment for recovery to ensure that funds reach those most affected by the pandemic. Powered by WPeMatico
Manfred Weber, Iratxe Garcia Perez and Guy Verhofstadt – three representatives of the European Parliament within the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe – discussed with CoR members the role and the contribution of regional and local leaders to the Conference. Powered by WPeMatico
The publication of the long-term vision for rural areas by the European Commission is a major success for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), which has been asking for a rural agenda since 2016. Local leaders welcome the proposal of a Rural Pact and Action Plan setting objectives and
The European Committee of the Regions strengthens its commitment to the EU’s wide-ranging legislative project of reinforcing democratic control over dominant internet platforms and restoring a levelled online economy that works for SMEs and individual consumers alike. During the June plenary session, the Committee’s members discussed an opinion which supports
Presidents of regional parliaments with or without legislative powers, Presidents of Regions and other regional entities endorsed today a Declaration which is the starting point of an Alliance of Regions for European Democracy that aims at enhancing the regions’ political impact on the European decision making process on matters with
The European project BLUE DEAL is launching a new initiative in which it seeks to establish regional cooperation between different stakeholders to promote Blue Energy (BE) in the Mediterranean (MED). The aim is to use the quadruple helix stakeholders’ approach to create a meeting point in which to generate a
The Green Growth Community (GGC) partners Dynamic Vision PC. and Anima Investment Network organised an event – hosted in the Circle the Med platform – that gathered speakers from the North and the South of the Mediterranean to share views, experiences and opportunities about the green economy in the region. The Green Growth matinee that
The Interreg MED Green Growth Community (GGC) partner event in the EU Green Week gave an overview of the outcomes achieved by the Community projects PEFMED, REINWASTE and RE-LIVE WASTE to reduce pollution in the agri-food sector. Participants could apply their knowledge and the lessons learnt from the GGC projects
The challenging times we are currently in have stopped many events from the creative industry but not Play Media Day, which was held for the sixth year in row in a combined online and offline format. CineStar Cinemas Delta Planet Banja Luka hosted 100 participants while everyone else could watch