The European Week of Regions and Cities will return for its 24th edition under the motto “Strong regions, strong Europe”. The event offers a key platform to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and discuss how cohesion policy can address emerging priorities while reinforcing its long-term, place-based impact.
The motto for EURegionsWeek 2026 is: Strong regions, strong Europe.
Building strong regions lies at the heart of cohesion policy: the European Union supports regions so that Europeans can thrive where they live, businesses and new ideas can flourish, and communities can benefit from quality services.
Yet regions across the Union face very different realities: from common geopolitical pressures to specific territorial challenges, from demographic change to economic developments, from skills shortages to the need to strengthen essential services.
As challenges differ, so too must solutions: they should be place-based and tailored to local and regional needs. This year’s European Week of Regions and Cities will be an important opportunity to exchange ideas, grow partnerships and share experience on how cohesion policy can help every region succeed. Because when our regions are strong, Europe is strong.
The call for partners to organise a session is currently open.
🔵🔗 More information and applications: EURegionsWeek 2026 event page