As part of the UBC Brussels’ Antenna striving to connect UBC member cities with European stakeholders and increase involvement in dialogues with various stakeholders across Europe and wider, we are pleased to invite you to participate in this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities. The sessions are in the form of workshops and participatory labs based on the exchange of knowledge and good practices.
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual event during which cities and regions collaborate, network and showcase their problems, job-creating ideas, growth capacity, and good practices implementation of European Union cohesion policy. This approach ensures the involvement and recognition of Cities and Regions in EU policy-making. This is an event where a cross-sectoral community of practitioners is formed, gathering local, regional, national and European decision-makers and experts, business stakeholders, Civil Sector Organizations and others, to make sure all voices are heard.
Bridging citizens with SMART cooperation session, co-organized by UBC and Out of the Box, will be held virtually at this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities on 7 October 2020 at 14.30-16.00 CET. Register for the session: https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/1285_en
In the 2019 edition, we reached a record high of more than 9000 participants and more than 330 sessions, which shows the event’s relevance and potential as a platform for political communication concerning the development of EU cohesion policy.
The European Week of Regions and Cities 2020 will consist of 475 sessions in 3 main themes: Green Europe, Cohesion and Cooperation and Empowering Citizens. We have researched which of the sessions coincide with UBC Member Cities main identified priorities:
- Urban Agenda for EU
- Cohesion Policies beyond 2020
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
How to register?
Please sign in with the EU Login. When signing-in you will be required to use a two-factor authentication. Please follow this guide https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/set-eu-login-two-factor-authentication_en to set up a Two-Factor Authentication with your mobile number in your EU Login account. It will not be possible to register to sessions scheduled at the same time.
In the attached file you can review a list of sessions that you might be interested including the official description and a link for full information about the session and its partners.