On 15 February 2019 a delegation of 10 CIVEX members visited Saint-Omer, in France, at the invitation of Mr François Decoster (FR/ALDE), Mayor of Saint-Omer and Vice-president of the Hauts de France Region. The aim of the visit was to present the network of Europe Correspondents that was launched in May 2018 in the Urban Conglomeration of Saint Omer's area (CAPSO).

Whilst welcoming the European Commission's proposal to double the budget for the Erasmus programme, the European Committee of the Regions has stressed the need to improve the inclusiveness of the EU programme so it reaches all age groups, social backgrounds and forms of education and training. In a debate with EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, members of the EU's assembly for local and regional leaders highlighted the importance of education and culture to strengthen European identity and expressed their support for the European Education Area, which should be finalised by 2025.

Evropski odbor regij je pozdravil predlog Evropske komisije o podvojitvi proračuna za program Erasmus, hkrati pa je poudaril, da mora biti program EU bolj vključujoč in zajemati vse starostne skupine, družbena okolja ter oblike izobraževanja in usposabljanja. Člani skupščine lokalnih in regionalnih voditeljev EU so v razpravi z evropskim komisarjem Tiborjem Navracsicsem poudarili pomen izobraževanja in kulture za krepitev evropske identitete in izrazili podporo evropskemu izobraževalnemu prostoru, ki bi moral biti dokončan do leta 2025.

The SEDEC Commission, in charge of Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), adopted on 18 October four opinions on different programmes of the EU's next multiannual budget 2021–2027.