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OPEN DAYS 2014 - The 12th European Week of Regions and Cities - to be Kicked-Off on 10 January

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24 June 2019
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The Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) invite interested colleagues from regional offices, associations and EU institutions to the OPEN DAYS 2014 kick-off meeting. The meeting will be webstreamed.

Apart from the evaluation and a feed-back from the 2013 event partners, the meeting will serve to announce the 2014 thematic priorities, to launch a period for applications made by regions (in order to create 'regional partnerships') and individual partners.  Under the proposed headline "Growing together – smart investment for people", the OPEN DAYS 2014 are suggested to be structured around three thematic priorities:

  1. Connecting regional strategies: smart specialisation, digital agenda, SME support, low-carbon economy, training and social inclusion;
  2. Building capacity: new features and instruments in programme management;
  3. Territorial cooperation: the new generation of pan-European programmes.

Agenda of the Meeting

  • 11:00-11:20 Welcome by Gerhard Stahl and Walter Deffaa (2014 policy cycle and priorities of each institution, personal views on the event) 
  • 11:20-11:30 Main events organised by DG REGIO
  • 11:30-11:40 Main events organised by CoR
  • 11:40-12:00 Evaluation of OPEN DAYS 2013 (presentation of results and media analysis by CoR, remarks by the audience)
  • 12:00-12:10 2014 thematic priorities (presentation by DG REGIO, including feed-back by audience)
  • 12:10-12:20 Organisation and timetable (presentation of the guide for event partners by CoR/DG REGIO, including questions)
  • 12:20-12:30 Questions and Answers