The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission - European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA), with the support of the German Council Presidency, are pleased to invite you to their joint webinar on 29 September 2020 from 10.30 to 12.00 CEST. A panel will discuss how COVID-19 is affecting apprenticeships and VET, how Europeans are experiencing the current crisis, as well as the policy responses of Regions and Cities to the pandemic.  

​​​​​The 4th ECON Commission meeting will take place on Tuesday ​29 September 2020 from 15:00 to 18:30 fully online (with interactio). 

​​​​​​The 4th SEDEC Commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on Thursday 1 October 2020 from 11:00 to 13:00 as a hybrid meeting via Interactio and at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52.​ 

The members of the European Committee of the Regions will meet online in the 140th plenary session on 12, 13 and 14 September 2020. 

Strengthening resilience is the overriding policy framework of the Eastern Partnership. Against this backdrop, participants at the workshop will be invited to share good practice and innovative perspectives, looking at ways to overcoming through territorial and parliamentary cooperation some of the challenges to reinforcing resilience, which has to be addressed at multiple levels – state, society and community.  

The EER secretariat together with the EER 2020 regions – Business Region Gothenburg, Gdansk & Pomorskie and Navarra – are organising a virtual workshop on 13 October 2020. Re-building the EU economy after the COVID-19 crisis will be a lengthy process that will require a coordinated, multilevel governance effort. The workshop will focus on how to re-ignite an entrepreneurial mindset in European regions and cities, as a pre-condition to re-starting Europe's economic engine and strengthening its long-term resilience. 

The European Committee of the Regions together with CEMR, EUROCITIES, Regions4 and Platforma organise an event on SDGs localization during the European Week of Regions and Cities. The event will be digital and broadcasted online in English, German and Spanish. 

The European Committee of the Regions invites you to take part in the virtual workshop "Sustainable rural entrepreneurship" taking place on 21 October 2020 from 14:30 to 16:00 on the web. Based on success stories from the three shores of the Mediterranean, the workshop will explore how policymakers can best address challenges to entrepreneurial development in rural areas, including the impact of the Coronavirus crisis, and foster environments in which entrepreneurs can thrive. 

​​​The 6th COTER Commission meeting will take place on 30 October 2020 from 11:00 to 18:30 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels room JDE 52. 

​​The 5th ECON Commission meeting will take place on Thurday 19 November 2020 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

​​The 6th ECON Commission meeting will take place on Thurday 19 November 2020 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The 5th SEDEC Commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on 25 and 26 November 2020 from 11:00 to 17:30 (time to be confirmed)​ in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The 6th SEDEC Commission meeting (mandate VII) will take place on 25 and 26 November 2020 from 11:00 to 17:30 (time to be confirmed)​ in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

EuroPCom, the European Public Communication Conference, is the largest annual meeting point for experts in the field of public communication and jointly organised by the EU institutions in Brussels.