October 2019 will mark one year since the launch of the 2018 updated European Bioeconomy Strategy, which put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. To mark the occasion, and to find out what is happening with local bioeconomies, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission will hold an event to take stock of progress and to find out what is planned for the next few years. Guest speakers from governments, businesses, workers, academia and NGOs will be invited to discuss bioeconomy strategies, the importance of education and training, Europe's blue bioeconomy, and the link between our bioeconomy and food.  

This lunchtime debate, co-organised by the coR and the EPRS, will provide an opportunity to deepen reflection about the role of regions and cities in the EU in the years to come. The following questions amongst others will be discussed: - What is the current "state of the European Union" and what are the lessons learned from 2019 for the EU's institutional setting? - How do the agendas of the EU institutions affect regions and cities and vice versa? - What are the issues of most concern for regions and cities and how will the European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament address them? 

The Smart project aims to stimulate the emergence of a cooperative alternative within the collaborative economy in Brussels 

BruxMUN is a three day conference that will push more than 100 university and high school students to develop their diplomatic and social skills and to engage themselves in their own education.  

The 5th meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Territorial Development of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) will be held in Brussels, on Friday, 18 October 2019. 

The European Committee of the Regions is drafting an opinion on "the European Commission Report on Competition Policy 2018" for which the rapporteur is Mr. Dominique Lévêque (FR/PES), Mayor of Aÿ-en-Champagne.  

The 25th ECON Commission Meeting will take place on 22 October 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52.​  

Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and reducing reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favored regions is one of the key objectives of the European Union that is enshrined in the EU Treaties. Cohesion policy is the main European investment policy intended to support Member States and their regions and cities to achieving this objective. 

The 25th COTER Commission meeting will take place on 23 October 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The European Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Fair Trade Advocacy Office, the Global Competition Law Centre of the College of Europe and the Center for Economics, Law and Society at University College of London, with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on “Sustainability and Competition Policy: Bridging two Worlds to Enable a Fairer Economy” on Thursday 24 October 2019, Brussels, CoR/EESC, Rue Belliard 101, Room JDE 62  

EuroPCom, the European Public Communication Conference, is the l​argest annual meeting point for experts in the field of public communication and jointly organised by the EU institutions in Brussels. The 10th edition of the conference will take place on 7 and 8 November 2019. 

​​The 26th NAT commission meeting will be held on the 12th November 2019 in the building of the European Committee of the regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. Working documents to be discussed during the NAT commission meeting are: Cross-border health care Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World's Forests. 

​A joint initiative of the NAT Commission of the European Committee of the Regions, Rurality-Environment-Development network and RUMRA - Conference on The impact of the resolution on addressing the specific needs of rural, mountainous and remote areas in the work of the European Parliament post-2020 12 November 2019 (3 – 6 p.m.) European Committee of the Regions, 101 rue Belliard/Belliardstraat, Brussels, room JDE 51.  

Conference co-organised by the Committee of the Regions with EFI (European Forest Institute) and Rosewood. While playing a major role in protecting biodiversity and providing various ecosystem services, forest also bring important economic benefits.  

The CIVEX commission will be holding its 25th meeting and conference on 7-8 November 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.  

16th meeting of the Technical Platform for Cooperation on the Environment 

The 9th Subsidiarity Conference which will be jointly organised by the European Committee of the Regions and the Conference of the Presidents of Italian Regional Parliaments, will take place on 22 November 2019 in Rome, Italy.  

The 26th SEDEC Commission meeting will take place on 27 November 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The 26th CIVEX Commission Meeting will take place on 9 December 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

• The first session, will take a look at how the 2019 European Semester worked on the ground and will address the limits of a top-down approach to the Semester, also in the light of its broadening remits, now including giving guidance to ESI Funds and managing the Eurozone's forthcoming Budgetary Instrument for Convergence and Competitiveness. • The second session will discuss on how to refocus the Semester to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals as the long-term orientation for annual investment and reform priorities. It will also look at how could EU cities and regions be involved as partners in the Semester process. • Speakers will include Commission's European Semester Officers active in some EU capitals, EU officials and representatives of associations of cities and regions and think tanks.