Liderii locali și regionali ai UE s-au întrunit la Sofia, la 7 iunie, pentru a solicita să se renunțe la reducerea cu 10% a bugetului politicii de coeziune, planificată de Comisia Europeană în propunerea sa privind bugetul UE pentru perioada 2021-2027. Împreună cu Președinția bulgară a Consiliului UE, ei au cerut resurse suficiente și îmbunătățirea reglementărilor, pentru ca reducerea disparităților prin implicarea actorilor de la nivel local să rămână un obiectiv și o funcție esențială ale fondurilor structurale și de investiții europene. 

What potential have space technologies to contribute to Europe's energy transition? To what extent can satellite applications enable more sustainable energy management systems? In which ways can satellite applications support cities and regions in the daily management of urban services? These are some of the questions addressed today at a workshop organised by the European Committee of the Regions, the European Space Agency and EURISY, a non-profit organisation which aims at bringing satellite services and space applications more accessible to public bodies and businesses. The event is part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018.  

Queen also hears about efforts to end violence against women in meeting with CoR members. 

Commenting on the proposal for Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 presented by the European Commission on 29 May, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), said: " We welcome the European Commission's proposals to strengthen the impact of cohesion policy, particularly in those regions that suffered the most from industrial decline during the crisis. These new rules make it possible to support them with more resources and more tailored strategies.  

Two weeks before the European Commission unveils its long-term funding proposals for the European Union's foreign policy, local and regional leaders from the EU and from the six Eastern Partnership countries underlined at a meeting on 29 May that they wish to see a budget that provides adequate financial and administrative support for local and regional authorities and for efforts to stimulate local-level democracy.  

Karl-Heinz Lambertz (BE/PES), President of the European Committee of the Regions, had this to say about the proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) presented today by the European Commission: "The drastic cuts to the rural development budget, the increase of co-financing for rural development policy and the removal of rural development funding via the CAP from cohesion policy mean that it will not be possible to preserve farming in every region or to safeguard a living countryside in order to meet the territorial cohesion objective enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty".  

#CohesionAlliance (Alianța pentru coeziune) își sărbătorește primele succese în ceea ce privește conceperea unei politici de coeziune pentru toți și menținerea principiului guvernanței pe mai multe niveluri. Însă propunerile de reducere cu 10% a resurselor alocate acestei politici și riscurile legate de centralizare i ˗ ar putea împiedica pe actorii locali să acorde un sprijin eficient cetățenilor și întreprinderilor. 

The 2018 Transformative Action Award is now open. The competition rewards current or concluded actions that use the pathways of the Basque Declaration related to three categories: socio-cultural transformation, socio-economic transformation and technological transformation.  

Preserving Europe's natural capital and restoring nature to urban environment can improve citizens' wellbeing and health, help adapting to the climate change and reduce the risk of natural disasters such as flooding in Europe's regions and cities. Nature based solutions are also essential to implementing EU's nature directives. On 29 May, various EU regions and cities that showcased their solutions in the context of the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) highlighted the importance of solid EU funding and cross-border cooperation.