The "Fondazione CariGO GREEN" project aims to enhance sustainability, environment and social inclusion on its territories of interest and tries to develop strategic guidelines to foster nature, culture and local development. The exhibition shows views of the contents of the Museum of Mount St. Michele, which was a crucial WWI location. 

T​he ECON commission will hold its 20th meeting in Brussels on 23 October 2018 from 11:00 to 18:30.  

The 20th meeting of the COTER commission will be held not on 25 September but on 24-25 October 2018 in Brussels.  

The European Urban and Regional Planning Awards, provide a common framework for planning practice and rewards examples of good planning all over Europe. For the first time, the ECTP-CEU has proposed a strategic theme oriented specifically on the articulation and integration between cities and airports, considering the increasing importance for the territories and focusing on the issues in strategic planning, sustainable mobility and energy efficiency. Aviation and urban planning have developed in parallel over the last century and play together a major role in the future of human society. This XIIth European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2018 organized -for the fourth consecutive time- with support from the Committee of the Regions of the European Union, is for this edition sponsored by Groupe ADP and supported by Fundation Metropoli. The winners were celebrated in Paris, May 18th 018; and will briefly be presented to the COTER members at the Committee of the Regions on 24th of October. With: • Mr Petr Osvald, COTER President • Mrs Dominique Lancrenon, member of the Awards Jury, honorary ECTP-CEU President • Mr Kieran McCarthy, Member of the EU Committee of the Regions, member of the Awards Jury • Mr Joris Scheers, ECTP-CEU Secretary General, honorary ECTP-CEU President  

workshop “Digital health for all” on digital transformation of health and care 

The 9th edition of EuroPCom is preliminarily set for Thursday 8 and Friday 9 November 2018. More than 900 communication professionals are expected to attend the event. Join your colleagues from all EU Member States and beyond in sharing views on how to engage citizens with and for Europe and in public affairs in general at this largest event on public communication in Europe 

The financial and economic crisis has had important and long-lasting consequences on public finance around the globe, affecting all levels of government. Investment was particularly hard-it in the EU, and local and regional authorities – accounting for over half of the EU’s public sector investment – were among the first to be affected, as transfers from national governments fell, sometimes dramatically, as a consequence of budget consolidation plans. Since then, political debates surrounding the rules governing public debt and deficits have gained in prominence, as has the question of fiscal decentralisation. Innovative solutions and new instruments that can increase the impact of public funds are becoming more widely used, but they are not without their challenges. This joint CoR/OECD conference will review the current state of subnational finance and investment, exploring the constraints and demands that subnational governments face. It will also look ahead to different solutions and opportunities that exist for cities and regions to reach their investment objectives and deliver public value, now and in the years to come. New OECD publications on subnational finance in the EU and on subnational public private partnerships will be presented during the event. 

On 15 November 2018, the ENVE commission holds its 21st meeting in Brussels, in coincidence with the European Week of Waste Reduction. The ENVE Commission will celebrate the Transformative Action Award Ceremony rewarding local and regional authorities implementing Transformative Actions that use the pathways of the ICLEI Basque Declaration related to socio-cultural, socio-economic and technological transformation.  

Launch of the EER 2020 competition during the 2018 SME Assembly in Graz, Austria 

As a response to the call from our citizens to enhance the social dimension of the Union, on 17 November 2017 during the Social Summit in Gothenburg Sweden, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission jointly proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights [add hyperlink to the Pillar: COM(2017)251]. One year after the adoption of the proclamation, the CoR wishes to give new impetus to its implementation. While the EU has an important role to play, most of the competences and tools required to deliver on the European Pillar are in the hands of local, regional and national authorities. In its relevant opinion [add hyperlink to the D'Attis opinion COR-2017-03141], the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) therefore highlights the need to fully involve local and regional authorities in the implementation of the European Pillar. This inter-institutional conference will assess the progress achieved towards making the aims of the Pillar a reality, and will discuss the way ahead focusing on the role of regions and the cities. 

The 21st SEDEC Commission meeting will take place on 27 November 2018 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

On 20 March 2018, CoR President Karl-Heinz Lambertz met with UEFA First-Vice President and President of the UEFA HatTrick Committee Karl-Erik Nilsson to discuss the EU cohesion policy and the role that football and small-scale sport infrastructures could potentially play in the next EU programming period (2021 onwards). On this occasion, UEFA signed-up to the #CohesionAlliance initiative. 

​The 21st NAT commission meeting will be held on 28 November 2018 in Brussels. 

​The members of the European Committee of the Regions will meet in the 132nd plenary session. A debate on the role and powers of local and regional governments in the EU with Corina Creţu, member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy is foreseen on Wednesday 5 December.  

The 21st ECON Commission Meeting will take place on 13 December 2018 from 11:00 to 18:30 in the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, room JDE 52. 

The 21st meeting of the COTER commission will be held on 14 December 2018 in Brussels.