Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
BUDGET Working Group:
Annual EU Budget
Multi-annual financial framework
Local and regional finances
Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
Coordinates the European Committee of the Regions' work in the following areas:
The Joint Consultative Committee between the CoR and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was set up in 2008. Its purpose is to prepare the ground for FYROM's accession to the EU by promoting political dialogue and cooperation between regional and local authorities in the EU and their counterparts in FYROM.
The Joint Consultative Committee between the CoR and Montenegro was set up in 2011. It works to reinforce the CoR's activities promoting greater inclusion of the territorial dimension in the stabilisation and association process for south-eastern Europe and political dialogue between EU local and regional authorities and their Montenegrin counterparts.
The Joint Consultative Committee between the CoR and Serbia was set up in 2014 to encourage greater inclusion of the territorial dimension in the stabilisation and association process for south-eastern Europe and strengthened political dialogue with Serbian local and regional authorities.
Set up in 2006, the Working Group on relations with Turkey provides CoR members with a mechanism for monitoring accession negotiations with Turkey. It promotes CoR involvement in interinstitutional cooperation while maintaining political dialogue between the EU's local and regional authorities and their counterparts in Turkey.
The Working Group on relations with the Western Balkans (covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo) was set up in 2006 and can be used by CoR members to encourage greater inclusion of the territorial dimension in the stabilisation and association process for south-eastern Europe and the future accession negotiations with these countries. The Working Group also contributes to the CoR's involvement in interinstitutional cooperation in this field, while maintaining political dialogue between the EU's local and regional authorities and their Western Balkan counterparts.
Launched in 2010, the Euro-Mediterranean Assembly of Local and Regional Authorities (ARLEM) is a permanent political body representing local and regional authorities within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
The Assembly consists of an equal number of delegates on each side (40 representing the EU and 40 from the southern and eastern Mediterranean partner countries). The Assembly is co-chaired by the CoR president (for the EU) and a representative of the southern and eastern Mediterranean partners.
ARLEM has one commission, the Commission for Sustainable Territorial Development, whose role is to issue reports for adoption at ARLEM's annual plenary session.
Set up in 2011, the Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) is a platform for regular dialogue between local and regional authorities from the EU and their counterparts in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).
CORLEAP is co-chaired by the CoR President and a representative from the partner countries.
The platform is made up of 36 regional and local politicians, 18 from the CoR and 18 from the six Eastern Partnership countries.
Set up in 2014, the objective of the Task Force is to support Ukraine in its efforts through the reform process, by enhancing and strengthening the role of local governance and local democracy as well as territorial cooperation between Ukrainian LRAs and the EU.
The Task Force serves as a consultative body and debates matters relating to decentralisation, implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and horizontal issues closely related to the proper functioning of local and regional authorities.
The Task Force is composed of the president of the CoR, the first vice-president of the CoR, and one member nominated by each political group.
