During the 136th European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary, that took place on 7-9 October in Brussels, regional and local leaders delivered their recommendations for the preparation of the next generation of cohesion programmes, which set the basis for cohesion policy implementation for the 2021-2027 period. In the opinion on "Recommendations for the successful design of regional development strategies beyond 2020", drafted by Adam Struzik (PL/EPP), President of Mazovia Region, the CoR recognises the urgent need to develop a long-term policy framework at EU level to replace the Europe 2020 strategy. 

Międzynarodowa nagroda Ateńskiego Forum Demokratycznego (Athens Democracy Forum) przyznana została pośmiertnie prezydentowi Gdańska Pawłowi Adamowiczowi. W czwartek wieczorem, 10 października, w stolicy Grecji z rąk burmistrza Aten Kostas Bakoyannis odebrała ją Magdalena Adamowicz z córkami, Antoniną i Teresą.  

The European Union needs to invest into policies and programmes that support the development and connectivity of entrepreneurial ecosystems in European regions and cities also in the next EU programming period 2021-27. Furthermore, entrepreneurial education should be embedded in both SME and education policies in Europe – these were the main messages of the final conference of the Interreg Europe-funded iEER project, organised in Brussels during the European Week of Regions and Cities. ​The conference, organised as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities, gathered close to 100 local and regional experts, policy makers and political representatives. 

At its October plenary session, the European Committee of the Regions has unanimously adopted an opinion on pastoralism, at the initiative of Jacques Blanc (FR/EPP), mayor of La Canourgue. Maintaining pastoralism is vital for farming across the EU in order to keep rural areas alive, as well as for meeting our environmental and climate-related objectives, argue local government leaders. Keeping grazing going is also conducive to developing tourism in rural areas and helps to safeguard against fires and avalanches. The common agricultural policy (CAP), as well as environmental and social policy, must therefore take greater account of pastoralism. 

Regional and local leaders delivered theirproposals on how to strengthen territorialdimension in a wider range of policy fields and howto increase the involvement of local actors indelivering EU co-funded investment plan, during the136th European Committee of the Regions (CoR)Plenary that took place on 7-9 October in Brussels.In the opinion on "The CoR's contribution to the renewed Territorial Agenda, with specialemphasis on community-led local development(CLLD)", drafted by Radim Sršeň (CS/EPP), RegionalCouncillor of Olomouc, they call for more bottom-upterritorial visions and for increasing the share offunding for CLLD.  

​At his hearing in the European Parliament on 30 September 2019, Maroš Šefčovič, EU Commissioner-designate for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, expressed his appreciation for the work of the Committee of the Regions in the field of ex-post evaluation of legislation, and more in particular, the development of RegHub.