The European Week of Regions and Cities is the biggest annual Brussels-based event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union Cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. The European Week of Regions and Cities is organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the European Committee of the Regions.
This edition will focus on three key thematic areas:
Cohesion and Growth for the Future
The entire modernisation agenda can be tackled under this theme, establishing a link between well-rooted cohesion policy, values and new growth plans. This theme is linked to the political priorities of the EU, particularly sustainable prosperity and competitiveness, as well as delivering together and preparing our Union for the future.
The Right to Stay: unlocking the potential of every territory
All citizens should have the right to stay in the place they call home. These sessions should be about how to support what a community needs, so that people want to stay: public services and private activities, education and skills, health, transport and digital connectivity.
Cities building tomorrow
This theme offers the opportunity to explore how to strengthen cities as engines for innovation, growth and competitiveness, and how to boost their resilience and sustainability.
These sessions can exchange good practices, tackle common challenges, address new topics, explore collaboration between cities within and across national borders, and in this way help articulate a vision for the future of cities.