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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
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
The Romanian Prime Minister, Nicolae Ciucă, the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and the Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, exchanged views today with young people in Cluj-Napoca on Europe’s future and on the role youth can play in the democratic process at EU, national
The SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) are inviting local and regional authorities to share their experiences on digital education and skills through this survey. The deadline for submitting your answers is 23 May
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
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’s cities and regions are looking forward to strengthening further their cooperation with the European Commission in the fields of research and innovation, education and culture. Through the Joint Action Plan which enters its second year, regions and cities will play their part in the success of the European Year
The 8th meeting of the Green Deal Going Local working group focused on an assessment of Glasgow’s COP26 climate conclusions and the prospects for enhanced cooperation with the United Nations in view of the next COP27 summit, due to take place in Egypt in 2022. Members exchanged on the 2022
Europe’s regions and cities have welcomed the proposal to designate 2022 as the European Year of Youth. The resolution adopted today by the European Committee of the Regions’ plenary session underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in promoting youth participation in local democracy and urges to mainstream
The European Union should make improving the health of the Mediterranean Sea one of the priorities of its cooperation with countries in its southern neighbourhood, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has said in recommendations that also praise the EU for making support for youth entrepreneurship central to its