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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...

 

29 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Guido Castelli and Pavel Branda on doing more on cohesion, the just transition and energy prices

In the debate on Cohesion as Value within the Conference on the Future of Europe, at the European Committee of the Regions' last COTER commission meeting, held in Brussels on 28 October, Mr Guido Castelli called for the creation of a new EU Agency dedicated to social cohesion, to enable emergencies to be dealt with more quickly and without bureaucracy.

 

27 Oct 2021 | Łódzkie

Supporting Entrepreneurship – Local Government Experiences from Abroad

The European Economic Forum has been organised periodically for several years by the Łódzkie region in Poland and has become a fixture in the calendar of the most prominent business events in the country. It provides a platform for entrepreneurs to share their experiences and covers various business topics including entrepreneurship, logistics, transport, new technologies, research, and innovation among other topics.

 

27 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Tjisse Stelpstra at EU Sustainable Energy Week and how to kick-start the hydrogen economy

ECR member and regional minister of the Drenthe Province in Northern Netherlands Tjisse Stelpstra was invited to speak about the regional importance of hydrogen in the EU at an event in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week organised by the European Commission.

 

26 Oct 2021 | Brussels

ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák asked Commissioner Ferreira not to overlook the situation of regional airports

Alongside the REGI-COTER meeting of 18 October 2021, ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák discussed with Commissioner Elisa Ferreira the importance of funding for regional airports and the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of National Recovery and Resilience Plans. Mr Vlasák explained that regional airports find themselves in a critical situation due to the pandemic and urged for more funds to be given to support them.

 

25 Oct 2021 | Strasbourg

ECR members call for a united response from local and regional authorities to Europe's challenges

When the plenary session of the Conference on the Future of Europe took place this weekend in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the voice of more than one million local and regional elected politicians was heard more clearly than ever thanks to an expanded delegation.

 

18 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Pavel Branda urges MEPs to involve more local and regional authorities in defining new Cohesion Policy priorities

Speaking at the REGI-COTER meeting on 18 October, ECR COTER coordinator Pavel Branda said: "We need to involve more local and regional authorities in drawing up Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes. This is a key condition so that these are configured strategically to mirror the real needs of the area in question.

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