Whilst welcoming the European Commission's proposal to double the budget for the Erasmus programme, the European Committee of the Regions has stressed the need to improve the inclusiveness of the EU programme so it reaches all age groups, social backgrounds and forms of education and training. In a debate with EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, members of the EU's assembly for local and regional leaders highlighted the importance of education and culture to strengthen European identity and expressed their support for the European Education Area, which should be finalised by 2025.

Whilst welcoming the European Commission's proposal to double the budget for the Erasmus programme, the European Committee of the Regions has stressed the need to improve the inclusiveness of the EU programme so it reaches all age groups, social backgrounds and forms of education and training. In a debate with EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, members of the EU's assembly for local and regional leaders highlighted the importance of education and culture to strengthen European identity and expressed their support for the European Education Area, which should be finalised by 2025.

On 6 February, local and regional politicians from all over the EU will welcome Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Prime Minister of Romania and representative of the Romanian EU Presidency, at the European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) plenary session. The priorities of the EU Presidency, preservation of cohesion as a common European value, and the EU's future after Brexit will be among the main topics for debate.

The SEDEC Commission, in charge of Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), adopted on 18 October four opinions on different programmes of the EU's next multiannual budget 2021–2027.