CoR - Secretary-General: Jiří Buriánek

Secretary-General: Jiří Buriánek

Jiří Buriánek

Secretary-General of the European Committee of the Regions

As Secretary-General of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), I am the head of an administration of 600 civil servants which implements decisions taken by the political bodies of the CoR, the assembly of local and regional representatives, the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents of political groups and the President, and supports members in their legislative and political activities.

I support the President in representing the CoR's interests vis-à-vis the other European institutions and bodies and I manage day-to-day affairs relating to administration, budget and communication.

The citizens of Europe are calling for a shift in their involvement in the areas that matter to them most. There is a clear mandate for all EU institutions to listen to citizens more and show them that they matter. I am convinced that the CoR, representing the local and regional politicians who are the closest to the citizens, can play an important role in this context.

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Secretary General attends 50th anniversary of the political working group Lower Bavarian Forest
13.04.2018 | Cross-border and territorial cooperation;
On 14 April 2018, Secretary General accompanied CoR President Karl-Heinz-Lambertz in Freyung, Lower Bavaria, to attend the ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the political working group Lower Bavarian Forest uniting local and regional politicians from Bavaria and Czech Republic as well as Austria. Together with these local and regional representatives, Mr Lambertz and Mr Burianek discussed the possible scenarios for the future regional strategy of the border region under the forthcoming multiannual financial framework 2021-2027.
Secretary General attends Fourth Symposium of the Virtual Alpine Observatory
13.03.2018 | Environment policy;
The Secretary General attended the Fourth Symposium of the Virtual Alpine Observatory (VAO) that was organized by the German Aerospace Centre from 13 to 15 March 2018 in Grenoble, France. On this occasion, Mr. Burianek took part in a panel discussion on the importance of the VAO which is a network of European high alpine network stations.
Secretary General awards CoR Speakers of the Year
01.02.2018 | Cohesion policy reform;Citizenship;
On 2 February the Secretary General awarded the two CoR colleagues who spoke to the most groups of visitors in 2017, Matthieu Hornung from the Political Groups side and Wolfgang Petzold from the administration side.
Secretary General welcomes Bavarian elected local representatives
27.11.2017 | Cohesion policy reform;
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Brussels office of Bavarian municipalities, Mr Buriánek welcomed more than 100 Bavarian elected local representatives in the CoR premises as well as representatives of local financial institutions. In his welcome speech, he seized the opportunity to present cohesion policy as an essential and crucial EU focus to have in the next months from the CoR's point of view.