146th CoR Plenary Session

12/10/2021 : 00:00 (CET) - 14/10/2021 : 23:55 (CET) Hybrid meeting Charlemagne Building & online Green Deal; Future of Europe; Environment policy

The Members of the European Committee of the Regions will hold a hybrid meeting for the 146th Plenary Session on 12, 13 and 14 October 2021.

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The session will include debates on:

The 2021 EU Annual Regional and Local Barometer with Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions and Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-president of the European Commission

The Priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU with Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia

Raising Ambition, Stronger Governance: Leaders Together for a Glocal Green Deal with Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries and Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku and Member of Local Governments for Sustainability, ICLEI Vice-President

Natural Disasters: Responding to Emergencies and Building Resilience in Cities and Regions with Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management and Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Head of UNDRR

The Conference on the Future of Europe with Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography

Agenda

Tuesday 12/10/2021

14:30
FORMAL OPENING OF THE SESSION
1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2021-03355-00-01-CONVPOJ-TRA) 2. Approval of the minutes of the 145th plenary session, held on 30 June, 1 and 2 July 2021 COR-2021-02294-00-00-PV-TRA – COR-2021-02294-00-01-PV-REF COR-2021-02294-01-00-PV-REF - COR-2021-02294-02-00-PV-REF COR-2021-02294-03-00-PV-REF - COR-2021-02294-04-00-PV-REF 3. Statement by the president
15:00
DEBATE ON THE 2021 EU ANNUAL REGIONAL AND LOCAL BAROMETER
4. Statements by: • Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions • Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
16:00
PRESENTATION OF A RESOLUTION
Short presentation of the resolution to be adopted: 5. 2021 EU Annual Regional and Local Barometer COR-2021-03857-00-00-PRES-TRA – RESOL-VII/015
16:15
REVISION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
6. Ad hoc commission on the revision of the Rules of Procedure 2021 COR-2021-01802-00-01-PAC-TRA Rapporteur: Per Bødker Andersen (DK/PES)
16:25
PRESENTATION OF OPINIONS
7. The EU strategy on the rights of the child and the European child guarantee Own-initiative COR-2021-02601-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/021 Rapporteur: Jari Andersson (FI/EPP) 8. European Digital Identity COR-2021-03686-00-00-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/019 Rapporteur-General: Mark Weinmeister (DE/EPP) 9. Effectively engaging local and regional authorities in the preparation of the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes for the 2021-2027 period Referral Presidency COR-2021-02505-00-00-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/012 Rapporteur: Juraj Droba (SK/ECR) 10. A Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU: Anticipate, Prevent, Protect, Respond Own-initiative COR-2021-01900-00-00-PAC-TRA – CIVEX-VII/009 Rapporteur: Karl Vanlouwe (BE/EA)
17:35
VOTING SLOT: ADOPTION OF RoP AND FOUR OPINIONS
19:00
ADJOURNMENT

Wednesday 13/10/2021

09:00
9TH EUROPEAN SUMMIT OF REGIONS AND CITIES IN MARSEILLE IN 2022
11. Presentation of the 9th European Summit of Regions and Cities in Marseille in 2022
09:20
PRESENTATION OF AN OPINION
12. Protecting Industrial and Craft Geographical Indications in the European Union Own-initiative COR-2021-02689-00-01-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/016 Rapporteur: Martine Pinville (FR/PES)
10:00
DEBATE ON THE PRIORITIES OF THE SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
13. Statement by Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia COR-2021-03355-01-00-PSP-TRA Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
11:30
PRESENTATION OF AN OPINION
14. New Consumer Agenda Strengthening consumer resilience for sustainable recovery Own-initiative COR-2021-00407-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/016 Rapporteur: Alexia Bertrand (BE/RENEW E.) Statement by David Cormand (FR/Greens/EFA), Member of the IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
11:50
VOTING SLOT: ADOPTION OF ONE RESOLUTION AND TWO OPINIONS
13:00
BREAK
15:00
DEBATE ON RAISING AMBITION, STRONGER GOVERNANCE: LEADERS TOGETHER FOR A GLOCAL GREEN DEAL
15. Statements by: COR-2021-03355-02-00-PSP-TRA • Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries • Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku and Member of Local Governments for Sustainability, ICLEI Vice-President Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
16:00
DEBATE ON NATURAL DISASTERS: RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CITIES AND REGIONS
16. Statements by: COR-2021-03355-03-00-PSP-TRA • Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management • Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Head of UNDRR Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
17:00
PRESENTATION OF A RESOLUTION
17. Resolution on COP26 COR-2021-03726-00-01-PRES-TRA – RESOL-VII/017
17:15
VOTING SLOT ON ONE RESOLUTION
17:30
DEBATE ON EU LOCAL MATTERS
18. Statements by: COR-2021-03355-01-00-PSP-REF • Empowering young people to advocate for a sustainable future - Sari Rautio (FI/EPP) • Just and clean energy transition and Food systems: how the Green Deal can be the beneficial solution for LRAs - Georgios Kasapidis (EL/EPP) Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
18:00
ADJOURNMENT

Thursday 14/10/2021

09:00
RESUMPTION OF THE PLENARY SESSION
09:00
DEBATE ON THE CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
19. Statement by Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography COR-2021-03355-05-01-PSP-TRA Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
10:30
PRESENTATION OF AN OPINION
20. Union of equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 Own-initiative COR-2020-05861-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/015 Rapporteur: Kate Feeney (IE/RENEW E.) Statement by Pierre Karleskind, member of the European Parliament
10:50
VOTING SLOT ON ONE OPINION
11:20
OTHER DOCUMENTS
21. Election of Bureau members (COR-2021-03355-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision) 22. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2021-03355-00-00-PSP-TRA) (for information) 23. Any other business 24. Date of the next meeting
11:30
END OF THE PLENARY SESSION
The plenary will be followed by a REGI-COTER meeting from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the European Parliament, the EWRC Closing Ceremony from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. and a debate on "Cities fostering democracy in the European Union: urban perspective for the Conference on the future of Europe" in the GASP Room of the Charlemagne Building from 2.30 to 5 p.m.