News | 07 Juil 2026
Join the rural sessions of the 2026 European Week of Regions and Cities!
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
- Stronger Rural Areas
- Connected rural areas
- Resilient rural areas
- Prosperous rural areas
Registration is now open for this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities. From 12 to 14 October 2026, participants will gather in Brussels to exchange experiences and ideas on the role of cohesion policy in addressing regional and urban challenges. The agenda features a wealth of sessions focused on key issues for rural territories.
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Explore the sessions on rural matters at the European Week of Regions and Cities – registrations close on 30 September:
Right to stay
National and Regional Partnership Plans
Governance and innovation
- Who speaks for regions? Multilevel governance and Europe’s next long-term budget (12 October)
- Future-Proof Territories: How Provinces Turn Cohesion into Resilience (12 October)
- Stronger Together: Place-Based Innovation as a Tool for Territorial Cohesion (12 October)
- From grassroots innovation to EU policy: governance pathways linking local action and European strategies (13 October)
Demography
- Strong regions, better lives: Place-based investments that keep communities alive (12 October)
- From Decline to Resilience: Demographic Challenges and Policy Responses in Eastern Border Regions (14 October)
- Navigating demographic change: A science-policy dialogue on regional attractiveness (14 October)
Connectivity and rural-urban linkages
Culture, energy, competitiveness and more!
- Transcultura: Reconnecting European Rural Territories through Culture (12 October)
- Developing resilient regional and local energy communities in the EU (13 October)
- From Heritage to Growth: Revitalising Traditional Ecosystems in Europe’s Regions (13 October)
- From cohesion to competitiveness: how regions strengthen Europe in emerging global domains (14 October)