- We had a busy week, what with the launch of the annual OPEN DAYS and the (roughly) bimonthly CoR Plenary: making it truly a week of Regions and Cities.
- But here's the trick: although OPEN DAYS 2015 was launched at the start of October's CoR Plenary, and CoR members and Regional experts attended both, and there was some overlap in the agendas, they were separate things:
CoR talks digital this afternoon in both #EUOpenDays & #CoRplenary. Follow the hashtags or stream the plenary here http://ow.ly/T9OKc- The subtle difference baffled many, but luckily Twitter was ready to correct the mistake.
.@PoliticoRyan as @ktowens said #CoRPlenary: independent event fm #euopendays that is week of the Regions & Cities http://twitter.com/saved_mat/status/653444539001237504 …
.@PoliticoRyan entourage of 6,000 is not for CoR plenary but for separate yearly #EUOpendays event co-organizied by @EU_Regional- And when in doubt, just tag both.
@enevo at #CoRplenary today. 'Citizens must be informed about their waste. Smart technology can do this.' #opendays pic.twitter.com/psRpRPYhs6- So what was the difference? Well OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities lasted four-days and is characterised by an agenda populated with panel meetings and conferences during which the focus is on EU regions ability to implement growth and cohesion policy.
- It's also a good time to remind people what the Committee of the Regions is about.
#EUOpenDays a good opportunity to remind folk that @EU_CoR is a political body -> @EPP_CoR preparing for #CoRPlenary pic.twitter.com/3SOVBaYJN7- So it's a big annual event, which is cohosted by the European Commission's regional directorate, and so we had Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu, together with European Commissioner for Innovation and Research Carlos Moedas talk to CoR plenary about building synergies between EU investments in research and innovation, as part of Open Days. Phew! Are you following?
#cohesionpolicy =Euro350b+ to MSs #euregions cities for next years 2support investment in #realeconomy @CorinaCretuEU pic.twitter.com/XWrE48vOJE- And during which they were reacquainted with old (robotic) friends.
- And started up some new initiatives.
Launching the #sealofexcellence w @CorinaCretuEU. More synergies btw @EU_H2020 & @EU_Regional. A win-win situation: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5801_en.htm …- So normal CoR plenary activity was postponed until Tuesday and included: debating policy, adopting Opinions, reports and resolutions (which are all documents that note CoR's position on various EU topics. We have around 6 plenaries a year (and we're now on our 114th).
- So first, the debates: many of these were led by Commissioners. The stand-out was Federica Mogherini , High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. And of course migration was members' top concerns.
Constructive talks with @FedericaMog ahead of #CoRplenary debate on EU external action #EUregions #EUOpenDays #ENP pic.twitter.com/1zXga1sK95
.@FedericaMog commends work of @EU_CoR in building partnerships w/ #localgov in Libya, Ukraine & Eastern Partnership countries. #CoRplenary
.@MickAntoniw1 Real solidarity in #refugeecrisis did explode at regional&local level. That is where we need to act. #CoRplenary
'We need to work across Europe to bust myths about #migrationEU #refugeecrisis', so #JillShortland in response to @FedericaMog #CoRplenary
National responses to #refugeecrisis are doomed to fail if no response found at European level says Pdt Schneider #CoRplenary @FedericaMog
As seen on
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Commissioners galore at the 114th #CoRPlenary
It started with #Opendays, got going with debates on #MigrationEU, Agriculture and the Digital Single Market and closed with the Energy Union - with a lot more inbetween.
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