The EWRC is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement EU cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

Jorge Díaz Lanchas, Olga Diukanova, and Stylianos Sakkas of the REMO team organised the following three special sessions: "The regional dimension of global production chains in the EU market", "Fiscal decentralisation, transparency, and involving citizens in decision-making", and "Territorial analysis of labour markets, social inclusion and human capital policy". It has been an occasion to discuss regional trade and global value chains, fiscal decentralisation, and the modelling of labour market and human capital policy.