The Green Deal Going Local working group of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) held its sixth meeting today with the green recovery as its top priority. Members discussed the importance of involving local and regional authorities in the implementation phase of the national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs) which will support the European green transition in the next years. The meeting took place while the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen continues her tour through the EU capitals to hand over the endorsement of NRRPs to European leaders, and "make" the recovery "real".

Európska komisia spustila v roku 2008 Dohovor primátorov a starostov v snahe pomôcť mestám a regiónom plniť ciele EÚ v oblasti klímy a energetiky do roku 2020. Odteraz bude dohovor zohrávať ešte väčšiu úlohu, keďže sa jeho záväzok v oblasti klímy zosúlaďuje s cieľom EÚ dosiahnuť do roku 2050 klimatickú neutralitu a zriaďuje sa nová komora národných vyslancov na podporu šírenia dohovoru v každom členskom štáte. Dohovor primátorov a starostov má viac než 10 000 signatárov. Poskytuje im technickú podporu a finančné poradenstvo, aby mohli navrhovať a zavádzať energetické a klimatické plány, ktoré pomôžu udržať globálny nárast teploty pod úrovňou 1,5 ℃ , čo je najvyššia ambícia Parížskej dohody.

The Ukrainian government and members of the CoR called on the European Union on 13 February to support cooperation between cities and regions as a means to help Ukraine's decentralisation, a reform process hailed by top EU officials as a major success. The head of the EU's Support Group for Ukraine suggested that the EU would particularly like to nurture municipal and regional partnerships focused on good governance.

As the EU launched its new space programme last June, the European Committee of the Regions warns about the duplication of structures and requests that available funding focuses on the space industry and its market development