The eighth edition of the forum "Cities and Regions for International Partnerships " (formerly called "Assises of Decentralised Cooperation") will take place in Brussels on 30 November and 1 December 2023. Organised jointly by the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions, this edition aims to reflect on the contribution of regions and cities to the EU Global gateway initiative and will focus on the following four thematic areas: Inclusion, Innovation and Investment at local level, and the role of Intermediary cities. 

The Members of the European Committee of the Regions will hold a meeting for the 158th Plenary Session on 29-30 November 2023. 

The final event of the REGIONS2030 Pilot Project - Monitoring the SDGs in the EU Regions: Filling the Data Gaps - will showcase the project's final results, providing insights on the value of using regional indicators in monitoring and achieving the SDGs. 

This event is organised by Roberto PELLA (IT/EPP) with the aim of disseminating and exploring the content and recommendations of the CoR own-initiative opinion (CDR 2588/2023) - Building a values-based, bottom-up European sports model: a vehicle for encouraging inclusion and social wellbeing among young Europeans.  

​​The 2023 EUREGHA Annual Conference, hosted by the European Committee of the Regions, will put the spotlight on the future of health at European level in view of the EU elections in 2024 and the new EU mandate, from the point of view of regional and local health authorities. 

The 20th meeting of the CoR Commission for Economic Policy will take place on 6 December 2023, from 11:00 to 17:00, in the premises of the CoR, meeting room JDE 52. Members of ECON will discuss and adopt a draft opinion on "SME Relief Package and BEFIT", by rapporteur Kate FEENEY (IE/renew E.) and hold a debate on the future of European competitiveness and of the European Single Market and a debate on Sustainable Development Goals.​​ 

The 93th conference of Ministers for European Affairs of the German federal states will be held on the 6th and 7th December in the CoR. Members are the ministers of the 16 German federal states who are responsible for European Affairs. The conference particularly represents the participation of the German federal states in all European policy debates through a common position to strengthen their position. Since 1st of July Schleswig-Holstein chairs the conference for one year. The ministers will debate on Macro-regional Strategies and how to foster rural areas as well as other current issues like the Future of Europe, the mid-term review of the MFF, migration policy and the competitiveness of the EU with distinguished guests from EU politics, business and science.  

The 20th SEDEC commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on 8 December 2023 from 11:00 to 18:30 in JDE 52. 

To keep the momentum going of subnational governments and cities’ achievements leading up to and during UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center and partners United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, International Union for Conservation of Nature, (IUCN), European Committee of the Regions (CoR), and Regions4 kindly encourages participation to attend the webinar series titled “From agreement to action: the key role of subnational and local governments in the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation”.  

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is organising a conference on A new chapter for participatory democracy: Paving the way for the future.  

​The high-Level Workshop on Synergies between European and national/regional research & innovation programmes in the aviation sector is co-organised by the European Commission's DG R&I and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, in cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions 

Le sommet européen des régions et des villes est le plus grand rassemblement organisé par le Comité européen des régions en vue de permettre aux élus locaux et régionaux de se rencontrer, d'échanger et de s'exprimer sur les sujets concernant l'Union européenne et son avenir. Si vous comptez parmi les 1,2 million d'élus de l'Union Européenne, ou si vous êtes engagés dans la vie et l'avenir de votre communauté, vous y aurez toute votre place.​