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Why a Committee of the Regions ?

Why a Committee of the Regions ?. To give local and regional government a say over the drafting of EU legislation (70% of EU laws are implemented at local/regional level). To bring Europe closer to its citizens and to encourage a culture of subsidiarity.

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Why a Committee of the Regions ?

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  1. Why a Committee of the Regions ? • To give local and regional government a say over the drafting of EU legislation (70% of EU laws are implemented at local/regional level). • To bring Europe closer to its citizens and to encourage a culture of subsidiarity. • To provide a meeting place where regions and cities can share best practice and take part in a dialogue with the European institutions.

  2. The Committee of the Regions A political assembly of the European Union representing local and regional authorities • Created by the Maastricht Treaty (1993) • 350 Members (Regional and local representatives) • First Plenary held in March 1994 • Six Plenary Sessions per year • Six thematic Commissions and one Commission on budget & administration • 28 national delegations • Five Political Groups

  3. The CoR and the Lisbon Treaty • The Court of Justice has jurisdiction in actions brought by the Committee of the Regions for the purpose of protecting its rights. • Possibility for the CoR to bring actions on grounds of infringement of the principle of subsidiarity by a legislative act. • Broadening of its area of consultation. • Members’ term of office prolonged from 4 to 5 years.

  4. CONSULTATION CODECISION PROPOSAL DECISION European Commission European Parliament Council of the EU CONSULTATION European Economic & Social Committee

  5. Policy fields Consultation of the Committee of the Regions is mandatory in the following policy areas: • Economic, social and territorial cohesion • Education and youth • Culture • Public health • Trans-European networks • Transport • Sport • Employment • Social policy • Environment • Vocational training • Energy • Climate change • Structural Funds • European Regional Development Fund

  6. CoR members and their appointment 350 members 2015-2020 Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom………….………….. Poland, Spain…...………………………………………………..... Romania...………………………………………………………....... Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden…………………….. Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Slovakia, Lithuania.…. Latvia, Slovenia……………………..……………….…. Estonia, …….………………….………… Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta…………….…………...…….….... 24 21 15 12 9 7 6 5 • Local and regional representatives proposed by Member States • Formally appointed by the Council of the EU • Five-year renewable term of office • Six Plenary Session per year and adoption of about 60 opinions

  7. - 1 - Annex 1: new organisational chart of the European Committee of the Regions (as from 1st July 2015) President Bureau CoP Secretariats of the Political Groups SecretaryGeneral Cabinet of the President ProtocolService CabinetoftheSG Planningandcoordination Internal Audit Directorate A Members and Plenaries DIRECTOR Deputy (Agenda coordination) Directorate B Legislative Works DIRECTOR Deputy (Planning and follow-up) Directorate C Legislative Works DIRECTOR Deputy (Planning and follow-up) Directorate D Communication DIRECTOR Deputy (Mainstreaming and impact) Directorate E Human Resources and Finance DIRECTOR Deputy (Human Resources) Directorate L (Joint services*) Logistics DIRECTOR (EESC) Deputy (CoR) Directorate T (Joint services*) Translation DIRECTOR (COR) Deputy (EESC) A.1 Services to members and eCoR (Members one-stop desk) B.1 NAT C.1 COTER / BUDG (incl. EGTC Platform) D.1 Pressofficers and relationswithmedia E.1 Budget andFinance *JointlymanagedwiththeEESC A2 Statutory bodies and meetings B2 ENVE C.2 ECON (incl. Europe 2020) D.2 Events E.2 Recruitmentandcareer B.3 CIVEX (incl. Subsidiarity Platform) A.3 Legalaffairs C.3 SEDEC D.3 Social and digital media, publications E.3 Workingconditions Sector ARLEM,CORLEAP, JCCsandWGs E.4 General Administration and public procurement CIVEX: CommissionforCitizenship,Governance,Institutional andExternalAffairs ARLEM: Euro-MediterraneanRegional andLocalAssembly CORLEAP: ConferenceofRegional andLocalAuthoritiesfortheEasternPartnership JCCsandWGs:JointConsultativeCommitteesandWorkingGroups forEnlargementcountries COTER:CommissionforTerritorial CohesionPolicyandBudget BUDG:WorkingGrouponBudget ECON:CommissionforEconomicPolicy ENVE:CommissionforEnvironment,ClimatechangeandEnergy NAT:CommissionforNatural Resources SEDEC:CommissionforSocialPolicy,Education, Employment,ResearchandCulture COR-2015-01517-00-00-NB-TRA

  8. The Bureau • 63 members, whose number per Member State reflects a national and political balance: • The President and First Vice-President • One Vice-President per Member State • 5 chairs of the political groups • 28 other members. • Organisation of CoR work: • Meets eight times a year • Prepares the agenda of plenary sessions • Draws up the Committee’s policy programme • Allocates opinions to commissions • Decides on own-initiative opinions.

  9. The Political Groups of the CoR • enable transnational thinking and acting • link up the political families in the different EU institutions and in the member states • implement the CoR’s mandate as political and democratically legitimated organ

  10. The Political Groups ECR EA ALDE NON-ALIGNED PES EPP EPP European People‘s Party PES Party of European Socialists ECR European Conservatives and Reformists Group ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe EA European Alliance

  11. Consultative work: CoR opinions on legislative acts • Planning and preparing CoR opinions - between 60-70 opinions - on EU legislative acts each year for the six CoR commissions • Involving EU institutions in topical debates • Organising input by experts and stakeholders (conferences, seminars) • Following up and monitoring legislative acts and the impact of CoR opinions

  12. Communicating the “regional and local Europe” • Communicating to press/TV and Europe’s 100 000 regional and local government bodies through newsletters, the internet and audiovisual media • Organising about 200 conferences each year (European Week of Regions and Cities; CoR Summits; EuroPCom; co-organising and hosting about 120 conferences with EU institutions, regional offices, associations) with 20 000 stakeholders • 600 group visits each year with a total of 16 000 participants • Producing publications in all EU languages

  13. European Week of Regions and Cities-OPEN DAYS Since 10 years, the CoR organises together with the European Commission the OPEN DAYS-European Week of Regions and Cities. 200 regional and local authorities, 200 regions and cities, 100 seminars, 6,000 participants, and 600 speakers make the OPEN DAYS the biggest annual event on regional and urban development. In addition, about 350 local events branded ‘Europe in my region/city‘bring Brussels‘ debates home to an audience of about 30,000 in more than 30 countries.

  14. Horizontal policies, studies, networks • Monitoring a number of cross-sector priorities and providing medium- and long-term political options. • Strategic planning of CoR activities. • Producing 40 studies each year and cooperating with academic networks. • Networks and Monitoring Platforms on Subsidiarity, Europe 2020, Covenant of Mayors and the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). • Supporting the representatives of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP), and decentralised development cooperation.

  15. The Europe 2020 strategy: Involving regions and cities The Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform of the CoR, composed of over 150 regions and cities from all EU Member States, is a tool for local and regional authorities to have a say in the policy process and the implementation of the EU's strategy to promote smart, green and inclusive growth in the current decade. Through meetings of regional and local representatives and experts, consultations and reports, the Platform ensures better implementation of Europe 2020 goals; examines the relationship with cohesion policy, monitors the involvement of strategy's governance process and stimulates exchange. Visit us at www.cor.europa.eu/europe2020

  16. « Achieving Growth and Jobs in EU Regions and Cities – Making the Europe 2020 Strategy Work» Deliver on Europe 2020 with Regional/Local Authorities Ensure the « better investment » role of Regional/Local Authorities Engage with citizens and debate Europe Develop the territorial dimension in EU relations with external partners A stronger CoR in a new Europe

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