The European Week of Regions and Cities is over for this time and according to the record-breaking numbers, 10000 participants and 2000 speakers gathered from all over Europe to take part in more than 500 digital working sessions, debates, and exhibitions. Due to the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, this 18th edition of the #EURegionsWeek was also the first fully digital edition. The event was spread out over three weeks, 5-22 October and provided opportunities to explore and share best practices not only on how regions and cities can work together for a stronger cohesion policy but also how to deal with these challenging times.

Participants, speakers and partners, thank you all for your participation and contribution to this year’s digital edition of the #EURegionsWeek, which took place under unprecedented circumstances.

The first ever digital edition of the #EURegionsWeek was full of novelties. Please do not miss the opportunity to fill in your feedback on what went well and what can be improved via the following link by 30 October. Your voice matters!

We would also like to remind the session organisers to submit the summary from their sessions (e-reporting) by 12 November 2020 at the latest. Please read the e-reporting Guidelines on the event website.

With the 107 Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) from all across Europe, who were registered for the #EURegionsWeek 2020, the YEP Programme contributed to the participation of young local leaders in the debate on a how to build a more sustainable, democratic, inclusive and greener Europe. The YEPs took part in a tailor-made programme focused on three main themes: Empowering Citizens, Cohesion and Cooperation, Green Deal. During the Opening and Closing Session of the #EURegionsWeek, the YEPs were also sharing their views on how to support the digital transformation, a greener and more gender equal Europe and how young local leaders can bring the EU closer to the citizens. During two dedicated workshops on gender parity in politics and innovative ways for citizens' participation, the YEPs were sharing their experiences from the ground. The YEP Programme culminated with the YEPs Closing Session, where young local leaders presented their main takeaways from the #EURegionsWeek and their feedback on this year’s edition.

The winners of EU Datathon 2020 were announced in the finale on 15 October 2020. Up for grabs was the prize fund of EUR 100,000 and the Public Choice Award by the audience.

Now that the competition is over, the organisersare trying to match each finalist project with a similar EU-funded project.

Participate and propose a match[QAP(1] .:

• Visit the EU Datathon finalists virtual stands
• Watch the final presentation
• Get inspired bythe ESIF projects database
• Send your match to jose-antonio.pinto@ec.europa.eu

Stay tuned with #EUDatathon, #ideas4EU and #EURegionsWeek to discover the results.

Did you miss some of the #EURegionsWeek 2020 sessions or would you like to watch some of them again?

Don't worry, you can visit the REPLAY section of the #EURegionsWeek programme! The recordings of the sessions from all the three weeks of the event are available as "video on demand" on the LIVE&REPLAY platform.

Visit the #EURegionsWeek Flickr gallery to relive some of this year's working sessions and highlights in pictures. Discover the daily photo reportage of the event!