Year: 2021

The CoR and the Joint Research Centre step up their cooperation to pilot Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability in EU regions

The EU’s pilot initiative “Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability” (S4) was launched in Seville today by the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and the Director for Growth and Innovation of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), Mikel Landabaso. The initiative represents a voluntary

Cohesion policy: cities and regions warn against delays and trends towards centralisation as a result of the pandemic

The full respect of the “partnership principle” and its implementation under the new instruments financed by Next Generation EU, such as the Just Transition Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, are among the main requests included in the opinion adopted today by the members of the European Committee of

The CoR signs the Declaration on Combatting Homelessness, stressing the need for action at local level

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) endorsed today the official launch of the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness and signed the Lisbon Declaration, which sets the target of eradicating homelessness in Europe by 2030. The SEDEC Commission Chair Anne Karjalainen, who represented the CoR in the high-level conference and

National recovery plans can make the Green Deal real but only if cities and regions are fully brought on board

The Green Deal Going Local working group of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) held its sixth meeting today with the green recovery as its top priority. Members discussed the importance of involving local and regional authorities in the implementation phase of the national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs)

Natura 2000 Award open for applications!!

The Natura 2000 network, engaged in protecting threatened species and habitats, launched the 6th edition of the Natura 2000 Award.  Preserving biodiversity is an extraordinary challenge that requires strategic efforts and people that work tirelessly, thus the aim of the award is to demonstrate what the Network 2000 is, what it

What is Good Nutrition and Why is It Important

Seriously pump it up and have a great time with it. An outline will assist you keep your thoughts in order and remind you to cover all the important points you want to make to the scholarship board. It is very practical to see your suggestions on paper, and have

ARLEM Award 2022

As bolstering sustainable economic development remains one of the three priorities of ARLEM, the Assembly continues to be invested in supporting young entrepreneurs. After what is now the third successful edition of the ARLEM Award – Young local entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean, the 2022 edition just opened for applications. Once