Agenda

Registration (CoR Premises)

WELCOME SESSION - For guests participants

Presentation of the concept, formula and expectations of the Forum

• Director INTPA G: Erica Gerretsen
• Director of CoR Legislative Works 1: Béatrice Taulegne

PRELIMINARY PLENARY SESSION: Localising Global Gateway - For guests participants

• What is the EU Global Gateway Strategy and its localizations ? - (DG INTPA)
• Experience and mechanisms to institutionalise international cooperation between Local and Regional Authorities- (Committee of the Regions)
• Global Gateway from a local perspective: City-to-City Partnerships' Experiences
• “Geographisation” of the EU partnerships (how to work with EU Delegations) – (DG INTPA)

Creation of the labs/working groups on sub-topics proposed/chosen by the participants within the framework of the four key main Forum “I” topics, relevant for Localising Global Gateway: “Inclusion”, “Innovation”, “Investment”, “Intermediary Cities”

Informal Match-Making Open Space: opportunity for informal bilateral contacts

Welcome Reception - Forum participants and CoR members)

• Patrick MOLINOZ, Committee of the Regions, Chair of the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX)
• Marlene HOLZNER, DG INTPA Head of Unit TBC

PRELIMINARY BREAKOUT SESSION - For guest participants; up to 25 sessions in parallel

Transfer to European Parliament for Opening Sessions

JOINT EVENT
OPENING SESSION OF 2023 FORUM and CLOSING CoR’s 158th PLENARY
(EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - Main Hall)

“Localising Global Gateway”:
connecting Intermediary cities and Investing together
for more Inclusive and Innovative sustainable cities and regions”

• Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships
• Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions

Debate with CoR members and Forum Participants

Transfer to the CoR premises
LUNCH

PLENARY SESSION : Key Priorities to Build Global Gateways at Local Level

Keynote speakers on:

• Innovative solutions and proposals for sustainable transition of cities and regions
• Intermediary cities attracting youth to develop and prosper there
• Inclusive answers for citizens’ participation
• Investment tools to access finance and connectivity at Local/Regional level

Instruction to participants on the breakout rooms

BREAK OUT SESSIONS (max. 25 sessions in parallel)

Participants will join the “labs” on sub-topics they have proposed/chosen within the framework of the four key main Forum’s “I” topics, relevant for Localising Global Gateway: “Inclusion”,“Innovation”, Investment”, “Intermediary Cities”

Possible Side Event

Informal Match-Making Open Space: opportunity for informal bilateral contacts

Arrival of participants

PLENARY SESSION : Presentation of the European Union's available tools to build Glocal Gateways

• TAIEX , a tool of cooperation and per to peer exchanges – DG NEAR
• TALD Facility – TALD Team

Questions and Answers

CROSS-FERTILISATION SESSION

Consolidation of the breakout discussions into key recommendations of the four key main Forum’s “I”, including relevant EU support tools

Coffee Break

PLENARY SESSION : High Level Debate between Local and Regional Authorities and EU Institutions building on the participants recommendations

• Presentation of the Labs discussion by rapporteurs
• Panel reacting to the Forum discussions'‘ outcomes presented by rapporteurs (DG REGIO, DG INTPA, DG NEAR, DG Research, CoR, EIB, UN-Habitat, Council Presidency)
• Debate between representatives from LRAs and EU institutions

CLOSING SESSION:

• Jesus GAMALLO ALLER, Political Group Coordinator, CoR CIVEX Commission
• Koen DOENS, Director General for International Partnerships, European Commission

Lunch

Lunch

Informal Match-Making Open Space: opportunity for informal bilateral contacts