The city of Ramallah and the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities on 30 June hosted a meeting of the executive board of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), to discuss how cities and regions can collaborate to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Local and regional leaders, working together in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean, also considered ways to develop the blue economy in the Mediterranean and to deepen integration and economic relations between local and regional authorities throughout the Mediterranean.

Att låta målen för hållbar utveckling bilda grunden för en långsiktig EU-strategi för ett hållbart Europa ‎ senast 2030 var den centrala frågan under diskussionen med kommissionens vice ordförande Jyrki Katainen vid Europeiska regionkommitténs (ReK) plenarsession i juni. ReK-ledamöterna antog också ett yttrande av Arnoldas Abramavičius (LT–EPP), som fokuserar på regionernas och städernas roll när det gäller att lokalanpassa målen för hållbar utveckling .

Bucharest has hosted the 24th meeting of the Commission for Environment, Climate change and Energy of the European Committee of the Regions. Measures to move forward the implementation of the Paris climate agreement, the role of cities and regions in delivering the EU’s clean energy package and the Sustainable Development Goals were the three main topics on the agenda. In partnership with the European Commission, the Romanian EU Presidency and the Association of Romanian Municipalities, the CoR is also taking part in the 12th SET PLAN conference 'Making the energy transition happen locally' from 12 to 14 June 2019.

The Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) assembled over 60 elected politicians from across the EU in the Lithuanian town of Druskininkai. Participants discussed the revision of the EU's tax policy, the need to foster European industry's global competitiveness and the challenges and opportunities that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent at the local and regional level. Ahead of the European elections in May and with rising concerns over political fragmentation and the outcome of Brexit, cities and regions still stand as change agents that connect global challenges with local realities in order to deliver a better Europe for all citizens.