OR: Conference of Presidents

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Next 20 October, within the framework of the events organised by the Spanish Presidency of the EU, a conference will be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on “the regional integration of the outermost regions”, with the participation of representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the outermost regions and their respective states. […]

One of the main points of the work programme proposed by the Canary Islands Presidency of the Conference of Presidents of the OR 2022/2023 is to move forward in areas of common interest. Therefore, particularly in the field of EU territorial cooperation, the managing authorities of OR territorial cooperation programmes will meet  next 19 October. […]

This workshop will take place at 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., Brussels local time, and discuss ways to improve the education and training offer to ensure a better match between skills and labour market needs of the outermost regions in view of the digital and green transitions. It will be an opportunity to exchange best […]

Next 5-6 October, the Council’s Informal group on Structural Actions and Outermost Regions (SMOR) will meet in Tenerife both under the Spanish Presidency of the Council and Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions. During these two days of work, the group will discuss the challenges encountered by the outermost regions in the field of […]

The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission organises a  workshop about “ERASMUS+ Programme: Opportunities for the Outermost regions’’ taking place online next Wednesday 24 May from 14h to 17h CEST (Brussels time). The workshop will focus on presenting the ERASMUS+ Programme and its opportunities for the ORs, providing recommendations […]

The Cohesion Policy Commission of the European Committee of the Regions (COTER Commission) will hold an external seminar on 7 March 2023 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) on “Tailoring cohesion policy responses to territories with specific needs: the case of the Outermost Regions“. The aim of this seminar is to contribute to the analytical […]

Schedule: 14:00–16:00, CET – 12:00-14:00, Azores The Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions will meet next on 3 May, on the eve of the General Affairs Council of May 17, under the Portuguese EU Council Presidency, with the aim of approving a joint Declaration by the Presidents of the ORs for the General Affairs […]

The  XXVth/ 25th  Conference of Presidents of Ultra-peripheral Regions November 26 and 27, in Mayotte by videoconference See Program of the Conference here For information on the conference please write an email to contact@cp-rupmayotte.com

Workshop “Outermost regions: scaling up cooperation”, European Week of the Regions 15 October, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CET Brussels) This workshop, on the theme “Cohesion and cooperation”, desired by the outermost regions as part of the “European Week of Regions” aims to highlight the particularities of their cooperation as well as the importance of […]

the Outermost regions Forum will be held online October 12, 13 and 14! An important event for all the actors of the outermost regions, the Outermost regions Forum is a conference which is held every two years in the heart of Brussels and which brings together the Presidents of the 9 outermost regions, the Ministers […]

As part of the Regio week and in partnership with the European Commission (DG REGIO), a workshop on innovation value chains in the outermost regions will take place on October 9 from 16.30 to 18.30. This workshop aims at promoting the exchange of good practices in interregional and international cooperation, linked to smart specialization, to […]

The 2018 Outermost Regions Forum focused on two topics: the potential of the Blue economy for the ORs and the state of scientific knowledge and data collection on fisheries and maritime affairs. This year it is proposed to focus discussions on the development of blue economy strategies in the ORs, following the call made by […]

The Steering committee met on June 4 and 5 in Horta, Azores. The regions pursued their work on all the upcoming events in which they will take part, in particular the Copernicus Conference, which will take place on the 6th and 7th of June in Horta, the European Sustainable Energy Week from June 18 to […]

The Conference of the Presidents of the outermost regions organized a workshop within the framework of the European Maritime Day held in Lisbon on May 17. This workshop helped to highlight the maritime potential of ORs as well as the projects implemented in this sector.   Mr. Pedro Ortega, Regional Minister of the Government of […]

Between the 18th and the 19th of March, Dana Spinant, Director of the Directorate-General of Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission, and Paula Duarte Gaspar, Head of Unit of the Outermost Regions in the same Directorate-General, have travelled to the Azores. “The first message that we bring back is very positive, because the […]

The XXIII Conference of Presidents, which will take place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on November 22 and 23, will bring together the nine presidents of the ORs, and will also be attended by the King of Spain, the President of the European Commission , the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, the Vice-President of […]

The second edition of the Forum “Clean Energy Initiative for the Islands of the EU” will take place next November 4, 5 and 6 in Lanzarote, organized by the regional ministry for economy, industry, commerce and knowledge (Consejería de Economía, Industria, Comercio y Conocimiento) of the Government of the Canary Islands together with the Secretariat […]

Objective The objective is twofold: on the one hand, to sensitize the members of the Committee of the Regions on the outermost reality to favor the adoption of messages that defend the interests of the ORs during the participation of this institution in the European legislative and decision-making process; On the other hand, to bring […]

Meeting of the Presidents of the ORs with the Presidents of Spain, France and Portugal, prior to the Spring European Council Objective The objective of this meeting is to make visible the support, at the highest level, for the promotion of the specific fit of the ultra-periphery in the European legal system, especially regarding the […]

The opinion will be formally adopted by the Committee of the Regions, during the first plenary session of 2018. The previous days a Conference Follow-up Committee has been scheduled to allow the members of the same from all the ORs to attend the presentation of the draft Opinion in the Plenary. Invitation to the RUP […]