European Week of Regions and Cities 2018
8-11 October 2018, Brussels

As previously communicated ERSA will be present at the EuRegionsweek with our contriabution to the University Programme included the Master Class and the University workshops.

The #EURegionsWeek is the biggest event world-wide on regional and urban development.  It is organised and led by the European Commission.

The Opening Session will take place Monday 8 October (14.30-16.30). It will focus in an interactive way on the main topics of the 2018 EURegionsWeek, with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Corina Cretu, Commissioner for regional policy, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the European Committee of the Regions and Pavel TeliÄ ka, Vice-president of the European Parliament.

You can follow the Live Webstreaming: Opening Session

ERSA co-ordinates the two following workshops:

October 10, 2018 from 09.30 to 13.00 : Migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and regional economic development

Moderator: Dimitris Ballas (co-organiser)
Speakers: Roger Casale , Nicholas Wise , Alessandra Faggian (co-organiser), Andrés Rodriguez-Pose
Organisers: European Commission – DG REGIO , European Regional Science Association, Regional Studies Association
Languages: english (en)
Venue: Building SQUARE – Brussels Convention Centre, Room 214

Date and time: October 11, 2018 from 14.30 to 18.00: Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?

Moderator: Riccardo Crescenzi (co-organiser)
Speakers: Lewis Dijkstra , Thomas Farole , Ugo Fratesi  (co-organiser), Dosso Mafini, Vassilis Monastiriotis (co-organiser), Laura Polverani
Thematic cluster: Future of cohesion policy, EU budget
Organisers: European Commission – DG REGIO , European Regional Science Association, AESOP
Languages: english (en)
Venue: Building SQUARE – Brussels Convention Centre, Room 214