Good news from around Europe
The Knowledge Exchange Platform, a joint initiative of the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission, held its first meeting of 2022 on 22 June with the topic of Building Synergies for Successful Green and Digital Transitions. Powered by WPeMatico
European Commission Press release Brussels, 24 Jun 2022 The Commission adopted its Partnership Agreement with the Netherlands, laying down the country’s Cohesion Policy investment strategy worth €2 billion for the period 2021-2027. Powered by WPeMatico
The European Committee of the Regions expresses its full and unequivocal support to the decision taken today by the EU Heads of State and Government to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova. This important signal of political support will encourage our Ukrainian and Moldovan
As the European Year of Youth 2022 is soon reaching the halfway mark, debates at the CoR’s SEDEC Commission meeting on 21 June focused around youth policy. Mainstreaming the youth dimension across EU policies, improving the young people’s participation in democratic life and promoting the social inclusion of vulnerable young
We welcome the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE) and in particular the calls to create a system of local EU Councillors as a way to bring Europe closer to people in its regions, cities and villages and to improve European Democracy. Powered by WPeMatico
Members of the EQAVET Network took part in the second EQAVET Peer Review organised by the Czech Republic on ‘linking initial and continuing vocational education and training and its quality assurance mechanisms.’ Powered by WPeMatico
The EQAVET Network met in Paris for the 2022 Annual Network Meeting to discuss the implementation of the EQAVET framework, with a particular focus on continuing VET. Powered by WPeMatico
From 10 to 13 October will take place the European Week of Regions and Cities, the biggest annual event dedicated to Cohesion Policy. This event, jointly organised by DG REGIO and the European Committee of the Regions, aims to demonstrate the importance of the local and regional levels for good
On the 21st and 22nd of June 2022,EU40 – the Network of Young MEPs &, MEPs Kympouropoulos (EL-EPP), Peter-Hansen (DK-G/EFA), Vedrenne (FR-RE), and Moretti (IT-S&D), will host a two-day in-person conference of young elected politicians from right across the European Union. The initiative, which falls under the high patronage of
European Commission Speech Brussels, 21 Jun 2022 Dear colleagues, Borders have always been at the leading edge of European cooperation. Border regions are the living laboratories of European integration. And I… Powered by WPeMatico