The European Week of Regions and Cities will celebrate its 24th edition from 12 to 14 October 2026 in Brussels, under the motto “Strong regions, strong Europe”.
This year’s European Week of Regions and Cities will once again 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 event will address emerging political priorities and discuss how cohesion policy can evolve, while emphasising its long-term positive impact and its place-based approach.
The EURegionsWeek 2026 will include the opening ceremony in the European Parliament hemicycle, the REGIOSTARS pitches and Awards ceremony celebrating outstanding projects from EU regions, the Megalizzi-Niedzielski prize honouring young aspiring journalists and the high-level thematic sessions featuring politically prominent speakers. Participants will have the opportunity to discover an exhibition, regional tastings and many networking opportunities.
In addition to the sessions in Brussels on 12-15 October, the “Close to you” programme will be organised by partners all over Europe from 12 October to 20 December.
What’s next?
Kick-off meeting - This year’s edition will be officially launched on 25 March, during the kick-off meeting organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) from 9:00 to 10:30 CET in the CoR Jacques Delors building (room JDE 52, Rue Belliard101, Brussels). The session can be joined in person or online.
To participate in person, please register here.
To participate online, please click here.
Call for applications - Shortly after the kick-off meeting the Call for applications to partners wishing to organise a session during the event, be open. The Event guide 2026 will be published together with the call.
Keep an eye on our website and register to the EURegionsWeek newsletter to stay up to date.
We are looking forward to shaping the #EURegionsWeek 2026 with you!
