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Smart cities - 08.05.2019

Last chance to become European Capital of Smart Tourism
Will your city be the next European Capital of Smart Tourism? This initiative rewards European cities that give importance to sustainability, digitalisation, cultural heritage, creativity and accessibility in their tourism practices. It also gives you the opportunity to share your exemplary practices as a smart tourism destination.

Apply online by 10 May 2019 at 18:00 CET.
CEMR team - 02.05.2019

New faces at CEMR
We wish a warm welcome to our new colleagues: Policy Officer - Sustainable Development Goals, Sarah Bentz; our new Project Officer - Administration and Finance, Chine Venturi; our new Communication Intern, Magnus Gottl; and our new Policy team Intern, Lisa-Marie Oevermann.
Integration - 30.04.2019

Local leaders launch initiative for migrant integration
‘Cities and Regions for the Integration of Migrants’, #Regions4Integration, is a new initiative which will provide greater political, technical and financial support for integration work in local communities. This initiative is supported by the European Committee of the Regions, CEMR and other associations of local and regional governments.
Statistics - 25.04.2019

Discover data on your region
Do you want to know how your region is doing compared to other regions in your country or in the European Union (EU)? Eurostat has recently expanded its Regions and Cities home page with a tool called My Region.
Local and regional economy - 10.04.2019

New report by NALAS reveals local concerns are not sufficiently addressed
To what extent is local government taken into account in the Multi Annual Action Plan for a Regional Economic Area in South East Europe? What does this mean for the dialogue with the EU Commission’s DG NEAR? Read all about it in the report made by NALAS (Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe) in partnership with the KDZ-Centre for Public Administration Research.
Resilient cities - 13.02.2019

Improve resilience and inclusion in your city with AMARE-EU
What does disaster risk reduction have to do with multiculturalism? More than you might think. Become a pilot city for the AMARE-EU project, and receive free assistance and mentoring to jointly improve resilience and inclusion in your city. Answer the call by 15 February 2019.
Research - 21.01.2019

Join the EU’s research community on cities
Join CoP-CITIES: the EU’s research community on cities, which builds on and brings together ongoing work and expertise on cities.
CEMR in mourning - 14.01.2019

Local and regional Europe in mourning after the assassination of the mayor of Gdansk
It is with great sadness that we learned of the assassination of the mayor of Gdańsk, Pawel Adamowicz. The mayor was stabbed on 13 January during a major charity event in Poland.

We extend our sympathy to his family and to the citizens of Gdańsk (Poland). We also share the sentiment of the association of Polish cities, which describes Mr Adamowicz as being "a model of solidarity in practice."
Migration - 20.12.2018

Join UNHCR’s #WithRefugees campaign
UNHCR’s #WithRefugees campaign invites cities and local governments who are working to promote inclusion, support refugees and bring communities together to sign a statement of solidarity with refugees.