The study analyses existing EU instruments and processes on better regulation, with a specific focus on the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) tools and how they interact with each other at interinstitutional level. It also explores the CoR's options to improve existing tools and setting...

The study analyses existing EU instruments and processes on better regulation, with a specific focus on the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) tools and how they interact with each other at interinstitutional level. It also explores the CoR's options to improve existing tools and setting...

The study explores how enlargement would affect the Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy areas with a deep impact on local and regional authorities, as well as the allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) at regional and local level. Taking into account three...

Water is perhaps the Mediterranean region's most scarce commodity, with some 180 million people already suffering from water scarcity. The already water-scarce population is expected to increase to over 250 million before 2050, given predictions about climate change-induced hazards and risks,...

The Mediterranean region is believed to be warming 20% faster than the global average. At the same time, population and tourism growth, predominantly in coastal urban areas, together with intensive industrialisation, are putting additional pressure on available energy resources. Yet the overall...

European Union (EU) member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of member States. Understanding those systems and the factors that contribute to the effective recognition of qualifications of migrants is an important first step to identifying...

Since 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has been listening to over 40,000 citizens in 110 regions and 156 cities and municipalities in 30 European countries. This exercise branded "Reflecting on Europe" was given a strong boost in November 2016, when the President of the European...

Since March 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has been listening to about 30,000 citizens in 81 regions and 114 cities and municipalities in 25 European countries. This exercise branded "Reflecting on Europe" was given a strong boost in November 2016, when the President of the...

Since March 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has been listening to about 30,000 citizens in 81 regions and 114 cities and municipalities in 25 European countries. This exercise branded "Reflecting on Europe" was given a strong boost in November 2016, when the President of the...

Eurochambres, the CoR, and the OECD came together to look at the ongoing humanitarian crisis and seek to better understand how best to meet refugees' needs and create opportunities for both them and their host communities. For this purpose, two surveys were circulated online in the second half...