The ninth annual meeting of the EGTC Platform will take place this year in Palma, Spain, on 27 September 2019, in partnership with EGTC Euroregion Pyrénées-Méditerranée and the Government of the Balears islands. During the event, the participants will discuss the current affairs related to EGTCs, the future of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and the ongoing negotiations in the EU Council related to the ETC and the European Cross-Border Mechanism. The participants will also have an opportunity to meet the newly created EGTCs and hear some of the best EGTC practices from around Europe.  

The 25th SEDEC Commission meeting will take place on 30 September 2018 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52.  

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is currently drafting an opinion on the "Local and Regional Authorities Shaping the Future Eastern Partnership ". The rapporteur of the opinion, Mr Tadeuš ANDŽEJEVSKI (LT/ECR), Member of Vilnius District Municipal Council, invites the representatives of local and regional authorities and stakeholders for a policy debate in order to exchange views on the content of the future opinion.  

Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA) 

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is drafting an opinion on "Brain Drain in the EU: addressing the challenge at all levels". This is an own initiative opinion, scheduled to contribute to addressing the challenges that the brain-drain phenomenon can pose to the EU's territorial development, cohesion, and competitiveness. The main objective is to help formulating appropriate policies and/or measures to retain, attract, or regain a highly educated workforce in sending regions based on various tools existing in LRAs and Member States in order to prevent and mitigate brain drain, and to attract brains both within and beyond the EU. The rapporteur of the opinion, Mr Emil Boc (RO/EPP), Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, together with his expert, Mr Călin-Emilian Hințea, would be happy to meet with representatives of your organisation and other important stakeholders for a consultation and an exchange of views on the relevant aspects of this opinion.  

The members of the European Committee of the Regions will meet in the 136th plenary session on 7, 8 and 9 October 2019. The Plenary will start with the official opening session of the 17th European Week of Regions and Cities. 

The European Committee of the Regions invites you to take part in the workshop "Pathways to entrepreneurial development in the Mediterranean Region" taking place on 9 October 2019 from 11:30 to 13:00 in Brussels. The workshop will explore how entrepreneurship and innovation can contribute to fostering sustainable local development.  

​​​​​​​​​​​The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) together with the European Commission - DG REGIO, German Coal regions North Rhine-Westphalia, Free State of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Polish Coal region Silesia, Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the EU, Spanish Coal regions Asturias, Castilla y León, Aragón is organizing a Coal Regions High Level Conference that will examine the need for a structural response to the transition of coal regions and the potential role of cohesion policy for this. It will focus on the clean energy transition, including regional exit strategies from coal, focusing on the specific needs at regional level. It will include national Ministers, Members of the European Parliament, the ​European Commission and high level representatives from regions (Prime ministers or ministers). 

The ECON commission of the European Committee of the Regions would like to invite you to a workshop "The Hacking Growth – boosting entrepreneurial ecosystems in European regions", organised on 10 October between 9.15 and 13.00 as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities. This workshop is organised jointly by the secretariat of the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) and the consortium in charge of the iEER project coordinated by the region of Helsinki-Uusimaa (Finland).  

Cities and regions are among the most favourable grounds for social innovation and experimentation. By engaging into bottom-up approaches and co-creation together with different stakeholders of their ecosystem, they can contribute to the emergence of inclusive and resilient models, especially in regions where it is needed the most. This thematic seminar on "Regions and Cities catalyse Social Innovation" will focus on cities, regions, and their potential to unleash the power of communities and smaller organisations to address unmet social needs and drive system change. 

This workshop is co-organised by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities and within the Cities and regions for integration initiative. It is the second of a series of events for local and regional politicians and experts to discuss how to support integration of migrants in Europe.  

​​​​Language barriers still represent a major obstacle along European internal and external borders while, at the same time, border regions offer very particular conditions for learning neighbouring languages as the geographical proximity allows learners to easily get in touch with native speakers and the neighbouring country’s culture. 

October 2019 will mark one year since the launch of the 2018 updated European Bioeconomy Strategy, which put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. To mark the occasion, and to find out what is happening with local bioeconomies, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission will hold an event to take stock of progress and to find out what is planned for the next few years. Guest speakers from governments, businesses, workers, academia and NGOs will be invited to discuss bioeconomy strategies, the importance of education and training, Europe's blue bioeconomy, and the link between our bioeconomy and food.  

The 5th meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Territorial Development of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) will be held in Brussels, on Friday, 18 October 2019. 

The 25th ECON Commission Meeting will take place on 22 October 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52.​  

The 25th COTER Commission meeting will take place on 23 October 2019 from 11:00 to 18:30 at the European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The European Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Fair Trade Advocacy Office, the Global Competition Law Centre of the College of Europe and the Center for Economics, Law and Society at University College of London, with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on “Sustainability and Competition Policy: Bridging two Worlds to Enable a Fairer Economy” on Thursday 24 October 2019, Brussels, CoR/EESC, Rue Belliard 101, Room JDE 52  

The CIVEX commission will be holding its 25th meeting and conference on 7-8 November 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.  

EuroPCom, the European Public Communication Conference, is the l​argest annual meeting point for experts in the field of public communication and jointly organised by the EU institutions in Brussels. The 10th edition of the conference will take place on 7 and 8 November 2019. 

​​The 26th NAT commission meeting will be held on the 12th November 2019 in the building of the European Committee of the regions in Brussels, room JDE 52.