Day: March 5, 2022

Commissioner Schmit visits award-winning centre for early school leavers in Ireland

Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, visited the Youthreach Clondakin centre near Dublin. Co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), the center has a long standing reputation for helping young people aged 15-20 who left school early to bounce back – and take their first successful steps toward

European Summit of regions and cities: what to look out for on day 2

The European Summit of regions and cities continues on 4 March with another packed programme of high-level speakers and wide-ranging discussions on the key topics of democracy, inclusion, education and youth. French President Emmanuel Macron is the key speaker of the day, taking part in the plenary session debate on

European Charter for Youth and Democracy: The CoR and the European Youth Forum join forces to give a fresh impetus to European democracy

In the context of the 2022 European Year of Youth and the Conference on the Future of Europe, the European Committee of the Regions, the EU’s voice of regions and cities together with the European Youth Forum, the voice of young people in Europe, today launched the co-creation process of

EU local and regional leaders: “The fight for Ukraine’s democracy is the fight for Europe’s democracy”

During the 9th European Summit of Cities and Regions in Marseille, local and regional leaders from across Europe were united in their support for Ukraine in the war against Russia and committed to supporting the Ukrainian people. With the war in Ukraine showing democracy cannot be taken for granted, the

Commission suspends cross-border cooperation and transnational cooperation with Russia and Belarus

European Commission Press release Brussels, 04 Mar 2022 The Commission has suspended the cooperation with Russia and its ally Belarus in the European Neighbourhood Instrument cross-border cooperation programmes (ENI CBC) as well as in the Interreg Baltic Sea region programme. Powered by WPeMatico