European Week of Regions and Cities 2020

In 2020, the 18th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) took shape in a new fully digital format. The agenda featured 500+ sessions spread over three weeks (5-22 October). 

If you missed the live sessions or wish to catch up, good news! The video recordings from the sessions are now available on the 'LIVE and REPLAY' platform. Have a look!

Each of the three weeks focused on a different topic:

• 5-9 October: Empowering Citizens
• 12-16 October: Cohesion and cooperation (including also the celebration of 30 years of Interreg)
• 19-22 October: Green Europe (in cooperation with the Green Week)

Interreg Europe at #EURegionsWeek

We organised several sessions during the #EURegionsWeek this year. The programme representatives, Policy Learning Platform experts, as well as many of our projects were actively involved in the activities. 

Event reports will be available soon - in the meantime, (re)watch the session recordings!

13 October

• Keep up with interregional cooperation (13 October, 9:30-11:00)
• Interregional cooperation 2021-2027 (13 October, 11:30-13:00)
• Smart specialisation in lagging regions: interregional cooperation as a way to overcome challenges? (13 October, 11:30-13:00)
• Reuse and repair in a circular economy (13 October, 14:30-16:00)

14 October

• E-buses: from procurement to deployment (14 October, 14:30-15:30)

15 October

• #policylearning: inspiration & solutions (15 October, 9:30-10:30)

We were also part of the virtual #EURegionsWeek exhibition. The stand is still open, so go ahead and visit the interactive exhibition and discover some of our project results!

Interreg Europe projects at #EURegionsWeek

How many of our projects did you spot during the #EURegionsWeek? Quite a few of them organised sessions - check out the list below and learn more about Interreg Europe projects and their activities. 

7 October

• Innovation hubs for Sports & Vitality
  featuring Inno4Sport (7 October, 12:30-13:30)

13 October

• Cultural heritage in coastal Europe
  featuring CHERISH (13 October 9:30-11:00)
• Cultural & Creative Industries 4 Tourism
  featuring Cult-CreaTE, CHRISTA, Cult-RInG (13 October, 11:30-13:00)
• How to assess circular economy projects?
  featuring REPLACE (13 October, 12:30-13:30)
• Digital tool for supporting start-ups
  featuring OSS (13 October, 16:30-17:00)
• Empowering patients and improving health
  featuring TITTAN (13 October, 16:30-17:00)
• Unlocking 3 billion Euro for cycling from EU funds
  featuring EU CYCLE (13 October, 16:30-18:00)

14 October

• Resilient heritage, cohesive society
  featuring Innocaste, FINCH, SHARE (14 October, 9:30-11:00)
• Financial instrument for cohesion policy
  featuring Innova-FI (14 October, 9:30-11:00)
• Cooperation for better Destination Management
  featuring Destination SMEs (14 October, 11:30-13:00)
• Smart policymaking to boost start-up activity and competitiveness in Europe
  featuring Start Easy, GRESS (14 October, 14:30-16:00)
• Mobilizing people for active inclusive low carbon mobility
  featuring MATCH-UP, OPTITRANS, REFORM, e-smartec (14 October, 14:30-16:00)
• 30 years of Interreg- Regiostars finalists talk
  featuring iEER (14 October, 16:30-17:00)
• Boosting innovation through Arts & ICT
  featuring RegionArts, Design4Innovation (14 October, 16:30-18:00)

15 October

• Future clusters in innovation ecosystems
  featuring ClusteriX 2.0, ClusterFY and NMP-REG (15 October 11:30-13:00)
• Smart Mobility at Tourist Destinations
  featuring Desti-SMART, InnovaSUMP (15 October, 11:30-13:00)

20 October

• Developing pathways for the circular economy
  featuring REPLACE (20 October, 16:30-18:00)

21 October

• Electric Mobility and Renewables in Action Plans
  featuring EMOBICITY, e-MOPOLI, EV Energy (21 October, 11:30-13:00)

Interreg Europe projects: if your session is not on the list yet and in case you would like to see it there, please contact your Communication Officer at the Joint Secretariat.