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Leaders Summit | Stocktake following European Parliament elections

PLATFORMA spokespersons met in Brussels on 17 & 18 June for their annual gathering, the Politica...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

The Committee of the Regions approves our 5 amendments to its “Enlargement package” opinion

Five amendments submitted by PLATFORMA and the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

NALAS mentioned in CoR opinion on the Enlargement Package 2023

The Network of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) long lasting uphill battle to achieve ...

A look back at the Forum on localising Global Gateway

7 December 2023

PLATFORMA and its partners participated in the 2023 edition of the “Cities and Regions for Interna...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

CORLEAP | Our speakers underline the importance of bottom-up processes to include citizens in local political life

14 September 2023

PLATFORMA Spokesperson on Eastern Partnership Ms. Vaida Aleknavičienė (Lithuania) and CEMR vice-pr...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

Local governments from Romania and Moldova create a joint Council

The Moldovan local authorities are getting closer to the European Union thanks to their cooperation ...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

Enlargement Day | NALAS President invites the EU to turn from deliberation to action

NALAS President Memet Ergun Turan, Mayor of Fatih (Türkiye) and Vice President of Marmara Municipal...

Redoubling efforts to achieve more international commitment to the SDGs

17 February 2023

“The 2030 Agenda needs less abstraction and more concreteness” said the Secretary General for Ex...

COP27 | Subnational governments must be empowered to deliver on the Paris climate agreement

17 November 2022

On the occasion of the Solutions Day at COP27, the European Committee of the Regions, the Council of...

#EURegionsWeek: Localising the SDGs – A Roadmap for Recovery

Within the framework of the 19th European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC), the largest annual even...

Towns and regions exchange on the path to take to localise the SDGs

Without local and regional governments, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) would only exist in...

Join us at the Forum ‘Cities & regions for development cooperation’

16 January 2019

It’s time to strengthen the policy dialogue between EU institutions and local and regional governm...

EWRC 2018: Why attending the largest gathering of Europe’s towns and regions is a must

October is one of the most important months for towns, cities and regions. Not only because of the U...

Who are the winners of the 1st PLATFORMAwards? Follow the ceremony live!

For the first time, towns and regions from the European Union will be rewarded for their concrete ac...

It’s time to select the winners of the first PLATFORMAwards!

31 January 2018

On Tuesday 1st February, members of the jury of the PLATFORMAwards will meet to select the best proj...

Local democracy

Local democracy

Europe and Africa: a common local future

“The future of Europe is the future of Africa. The future of Africa is the future of Europe. If we...

CONNECT just presented at the 5th Assises of decentralised cooperation

PLATFORMA and its partner VNG International presented CONNECT during a session at the European Commi...

Discover CONNECT at the Assises de la cooperation décentralisée

PLATFORMA and its partner VNG International are presenting CONNECT during a parallel session at the ...

Local democracy

Local democracy

“Dialogue with citizens is the best strategy to deliver transparent and ethical governance”

9 February 2017

In December 2016, local and regional government associations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, disc...