Albanian municipalities are stepping up preparations for EU membership
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Albanian municipalities are stepping up preparations for EU membership Description: Albanian municipalities are increasingly focused on improving their capacity to absorb European Union money and implement EU-related reforms, political leaders and government officials said as a meeting with the European Committee of the Regions on 17 June. There were, however, warnings about a continuing imbalance between the level of responsibility they have been given by central government and the funding available to them.
Prospects improving for local government in Serbian accession process
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Prospects improving for local government in Serbian accession process Description: There are early signs that changes aimed at making the process of accession to the European Union more dynamic and predictable are yielding results, with local and regional leaders, Serbia
Children's rights in the EU are best promoted at local level
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Children Description: Jari Andersson, member of Sastamala City Council (FI/EPP) has drafted an opinion for the European Committee of the Regions on the EU strategy on the rights of the child and the European Child Guarantee. Mr Andersson
Renovation Wave: cities and regions at the forefront of renovating the building stock
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Renovation Wave: cities and regions at the forefront of renovating the building stock Description: Over 80 young local and regional young elected politicians (YEPs) from 21 European countries participated in an info session organized by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on the implementation of the Renovation Wave at the local level . They engaged in a debate with the CoR member Rafal Trzaskowski, representatives of the Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE) from the CoR, the Covenant of Mayors Initiative, the European Investment Bank, the European Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the European City Facility Initiative, who provided them with the key information, tools and financial support opportunities to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Hopes expressed for a new tone in EU-Turkey relations
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Hopes expressed for a new tone in EU-Turkey relations Description: Regional leaders from Turkey and the European Union have expressed some optimism that the strains in the relationship between Turkey and the European Union may ease and that a more productive period of contacts and collaboration is possible, with economic sustainability a central theme.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Survey: Help shape the future of ESCAIDE Description: ECDC has recently launched an evaluation that will inform the future of the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE).