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29 Oct 2026 | Trieste

Fedriga hosted COTER seminar in Trieste, putting regions at the heart of Europe’s cohesion agenda

ECR member and President of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia Massimiliano Fedriga hosted the European Committee of the Regions’ COTER external seminar, bringing regio...

 

24 Oct 2016 | Brussels

ECR calls for reform of EU regional policy at localism conference in Italy

The ECR Group's latest localism conference looking at the future of the EU's regional policy took place in Lecce in Southern Italy on Friday 21 October.

 

17 Oct 2016 | Brussels

ECR rapporteur Daiva Matonienė's opinion on heating and cooling adopted unanimously

The opinion, which was voted through by Committee of the Regions' members during the 119th plenary, calls for more concrete action to boost sustainable heating and cooling in Europe.

 

14 Oct 2016 | Lecce

Localism top of the agenda for ECR conference in Italy

Taking place on Friday 21 October in Lecce, Italy, the ECR Group in the Committee of the Regions' forthcoming localism conference aims to look at how the principle of localism can be used to achieve a better functioning regional policy.

 

13 Oct 2016 | Brussels

Building disaster resilient communities: ECR Rapporteurs help conclude UN-CoR cooperation

Rapporteurs Adam Banaszak and Harvey Siggs, as the spokespersons of local and regional authorities in Europe on disaster risk reduction, helped launch a five year cooperation between the European Committee of the Regions and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

 

11 Oct 2016 | Brussels

ECR hosts workshop on future of Europe 2020 strategy for EWRC 2016

The debate, entitled 'The post-2020 growth and jobs agenda - what do local and regional authorities want?', examined the future of the EU's regional policy, featuring a panel including Andrew Lewer MEP for the ECR Group, Mayor of Łubianka Jerzy Zająkała, Professor Iain Begg and our Vice President Oldřich Vlasák.

 

10 Oct 2016 | Brussels

Greater localism is needed in EU energy policy if we want to achieve improved efficiency

Local and regional leaders in the Environment Commission adopted on 30 June 2016 a draft opinion on 'an EU strategy on heating and cooling' prepared under the leadership of ECR Group Member Daiva Matonienė.

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