Despite the difficulties generated by the COVID 19 pandemic, the #EURegionsWeek 2020 will offer to participants more than 500 digital working sessions to discover over three consecutive weeks in October, from 5-22 October, covering various topics along the thematic priorities Empowering Citizens; Cohesion and Cooperation; and Green Europe.

Due to the security measures and sanitary situation caused by the pandemic, this year will be the first ever fully digital EURegionsWeek:

*all working sessions will be organised virtually with no physical audience

*the Key sessions of the EURegionsWeek 2020 – Political Opening, Political Closing, Citizens dialogues and High level debates will be streamed and broadcasted live

*exhibitions will be replaced by virtual interactive exhibitions with virtual pitchs

*EURegionstalks will be organised as a virtual session or will be pre-recorded and accessible online

The registration is open from 27 August to 27 September 2020. Some of our Partnerships have confirmed workshops:

• Culture / Cultural Heritage : Interactive presentation of Action Plan
• Sustainable Land Use : Sustainable Use of Land & NBS in Europe
• Public Procurement : Green Deal? Achieve it through procurement!
• Security in Public Spaces : Urban resilience after COVID crisis
• Housing : How to implement the right to housing?
• Circular Economy : Reboot your city in a circular way

Other workshops & events : 

• Cohesion Policy rebuilding EU solidarity

• European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN)

• National urban networks towards urban agendas

• A renewed Leipzig Charter 

• European Urban Initiative State of Play