The 11th European Week of Regions and Cities will take place in Brussels from 7 to 10 October 2013. This is the largest annual event devoted entirely to regional policy is being once again jointly organised by the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, in partnership with 200 regions and cities from 30 countries. The partners list is now available on line. A hundred workshops and debates will be held in Brussels whilst another 200-300 local events are being organised all over Europe.

The 2013 edition is being organised under the slogan 'Taking off for 2020' focusing on regions' and cities' commitment in preparing and delivering their cohesion policy programmes for the period 2014-2020, worth a total of EUR 345 billion in EU funding.

More information: Open Days 2013: 200 regions from 30 countries on board