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www.fundaciongaliciaeuropa.eu / Foundation / FGE-Galicia News / Conferences and Seminars08/07/2019
Galicia organises 4 events within the European Week of Regions and Cities 2019 to be held in October
- From 7 to 10 October 2019, more than six thousand people from all over Europe and beyond are expected to join the largest event of European Regions and Cities, this year under the headline "Regions and Cities: Pillars of the EU"s Future".
- EURegionsWeek 2019 registration is open from 8 July until 27 September 2019.
- Galicia will also participates in the First Summit on the future of autonomous mobility during that week.
Brussels, 8 July 2019. The 17th edition of European Week of Regions and Cities offers more than 300 session including Workshops, Participatory labs, Regions" talks, Q&As on presented themes, Exhibitions "Agora Village" and tastings of Regions & Cities. Sessions will take place at the Square, the European Committee of the Regions premises and regional offices.
Fundación Galicia Europa (FGE) fosters and coordinates Galician participation in four main events to be held on Tuesday, 8 October:
- Cohesion Policy 2021-2027: How to face both global challenges and the need of structural reforms. Code: 08WS554. A workshop organised by Fundación Galicia Europa to insist on the benefits the cohesion policy brings to the regions and debate on the new proposals for its future funding. Specifically, it will address specific proposals such as how to program the new funding period 21-27, the new proposals for thematic concentration and the strengthened link with the European Semester.
- European regions fighting Climate Change: the Galician contribution. (Code: 08TK570). An EURegion talk (30 minute max talk in English) that will be given by a representative of Xunta de Galicia presenting the main objective of the Galician strategy on Climate Change and Energy until 2050: making Galicia a key piece of the European fight towards climate neutrality.
- How to boost Blue Growth from the ground: the example of the Port of Vigo. (Code: 08TK584). Another EURegion talk that will address Port of Vigo’s Blue Growth Strategy, launched in 2016 after struggling to identify all the stakeholders of the maritime port sector. When the working methods of 45 projects and 46 actions (16 of them on-going) were defined, the idea of becoming a green, connected, inclusive and innovative port was on the right track. Thanks to this Blue Growth Strategy, the Port of Vigo is following the correct path by becoming the pioneer in Europe in implementing a strategy of this magnitude in an integrated way with the collective work of all the users of the port, thus boosting competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability in all its activities, facilities and services.
- Role of regions promoting digital transformation of SMEs: the case of I4MS & SAE. (Code: 08WS439). Galician Agency of Innovation (GAIN) organizes this workshop to address the results of the I4MS and TETRAMAX projects to develop tools and services with which digital innovation can be promoted within European SMEs.
The four events coordinated by FGE are part of the 300 sessions planned during EWRC 2019, which include participatory laboratories, workshops, talks, an exhibition space, tastings of regional products and networking activities. These events will be grouped into six different thematic blocks: The future of the EU and the role of regions and cities; a Europe closer to citizens; a greener Europe; a more socially integrated Europe; a smarter Europe and a more connected Europe.
Registration for any of the seminars, workshops, debates and events included in the EWRC is open until the end of September. Registrations will be made via this link, for which it is first necessary to create an EU Login account giving access to all European Union services.
First Summit on the future of autonomous mobility
Coinciding with the European Week of Regions and Cities, a major meeting on autonomous mobility will be held on 9 October, representing industry, Community institutions and regional authorities, organised by the Future of the Automotive Industry (CoRAI) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), of which Galicia is a member.
CoRAI believes that self-driving will represent a real change in the current context, with mobility being a basic and much needed need in an ageing European society. This summit will therefore invite those responsible for leading European mobility projects to share their experiences and make recommendations to European regional and local representatives and technicians. The CoRAI seminar will consist of three different parts: a technical panel with representatives of the mobility sector for the exhibition of new projects and ongoing projects; an exhibition of the projects themselves in situ and a political debate on autonomous mobility at local level in which the Xunta de Galicia will participate. Click on this link to register for the seminar.
The Galician Automotive Technology Centre (CTAG) will participate in the panel and in the project exhibition with the official presentation of the SISCOGA project, a test runner whose main objective is to start up projects related to autonomous and connected driving. This Galician project is developed within the framework of the 5GMOBIX project of the European program H2020.
