Applications for our traineeship are closing soon! 📢 We bring the voice of #EUCivilSociety to EU decision-making. Our traineeships are: 🏢 based in Brussels; 📅 5 months long, starting February 16th 2027; ✅ paid. Apply before 30 September 2026! 👉 link.europa.eu/rw46Nx

⏰ Reminder: Deadline Approaching! Community organisations, NGOs & local groups apply for up to €2,500 in sponsorship funding to promote awareness of EU Cohesion Policy Funds in Ireland. 📅 Deadline: 9 October 2026 Learn more buff.ly/4WEdkNU 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 #EUinmyRegion

Following the @EU_CoR Bureau Meeting in Mullingar, CoR Conference of Presidents met with Minister John Cummins to discuss local democracy & affordable housing. The visit included meetings in Custom House & a tour of Leinster House. Thanks to @AILGIRE for hosting 🇪🇺🇮🇪

Congratulations to our week 2 winner: Annie O’Neill - Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Arranmore Prize Sponsored By: @NWAssembly graduate.ie

Last week #EMRA were delighted to attend the #SMOR Working Party meeting and showcase the impact of EU Cohesion Policy across Monaghan & Athlone 🇪🇺 Visits included the Monaghan Peace Campus, TUS technology gateways, #EUJTF project Mount Lucas Circular-IMTA-Demo Project and National Construction Training Centre. A great opportunity to highlight innovation, skills, research and regional development in Ireland. Thank you to all of the #EUJustTransitionFund projects who showcased on the day. #EUfunds #CohesionPolicy #ERDF #Peatlandsforprosperity #Futurecast #Bioscaleup #ReShape @EMRAssembly @agriculture_ie @DeptCEE @eurireland @EU_Commission @EUinmyRegion @pobal @gri_cooperative @TUS_ie @SEUPB @EMRAssembly @DeptEnterprise @NWAssembly @SouthernAssembl

Registrations for the #EURegionsWeek close on 30 September! 📅 On 12 October, join URBACT, @ESPON_Programme , @InteractEU & @interreg_eu for a joint session. 📅 On 14 October, come meet our team at our stand in the exhibition area! 👋 Register now: urbact.eu/news/strong-interr…

A GREENHEALTH Good Practice from Murcia, Spain: the Health Education Plan helps schools promote well-being, outdoor learning and connection with nature. 🌱 Over 530 schools involved since 2017. Get more 👉tinyurl.com/yn5tsn59

Civil society is a backbone of our democracies. As President von der Leyen underlined in #SOTEU, our democracy is under pressure. Open debate, participation and trust matter more than ever. A strong civic space helps protect them. 🔗link.europa.eu/frymyx

This week we welcomed our Autumn 2026 trainees at the Committee of the Regions! 🇪🇺 5 months of first-hand experience within a dynamic and multinational environment await them, give them a warm welcome in the comments! 👇🤝

📣 Week 2 is now LIVE! The 2026/2027 Graduate.ie Student Quiz continues! Open to second-level students across Ireland. Test your knowledge, take part and be in with a chance to become one of this year’s winners! WWW.GRADUATE.IE

Public voting for the #REGIOSTARS 2026 People’s Choice Award is now OPEN. ✅ Discover the finalists and choose your favourite project shaping Europe’s regions. ✨ Click the link below to cast your vote by 14 Oct! 👇 buff.ly/XCSX0Ye 🇮🇪🇪🇺 #EUInMyRegion #CohesionPolicy

Democracy is more than the right to vote. It is the experience that our everyday realities can enter political decisions, that institutions can respond, and that together we have the power to shape the places where we live and the future, we share. #DemocracyDay 🧵1/2

📢 Just 1 month left to vote for your favourite #REGIOSTARS finalist! Discover this year’s shortlisted projects and have your say in choosing the People’s Choice Award winner. 🗳️ Vote by 14 October: ec.europa.eu/regional_policy…

Iontach a bheith sa Gaillimh inniu. We are delighted to be in Galway to discuss "delivering entrepreneurship in coastal cities and regions"

The first panel discussion of our #Galway #Seminar focuses on regional perspectives on developing #entrepreneurship in #coastal #communities, with excellent insights from @JachimMagdalena, Mayor of Sopot, John Daly, economist at @NWAssembly, and Leonard Cleary, Chief Executive of @GalwayCityCo, moderated by our @EA_CoR member Karolien Grosemans.

Next year’s priorities with the State of the EU debate, EU-Canada relations with PM Mark Carney, the European Democracy Shield, Russia’s hybrid attacks and social media’s impact on young people. All this and more as Parliament returns this week → link.europa.eu/GCNF38

🚀 Launch Day is here! The 2026/2027 Graduate.ie Student Quiz is officially LIVE, and Week 1 is now open for all 2nd level students across Ireland to take part. Logon anytime this week to take part! graduate.ie

Registration is now open for our first Rural Voices online seminar in collaboration with ATU, featuring John Daly, Economist with the @NWAssembly (NWRA), who will present ‘An Economic Profile of the Northern and Western Region of Ireland’: events.teams.microsoft.com/e… #OurRuralFuture

Delighted to present @URBACT programme and to welcome Irish URBACT partners from @DubCityCouncil and @SligoBID at @epicireland in Dublin for the Interreg Synergies Workshop

🚨EU sessions for #EURegionsWeek 2026 are OPEN! Partner sessions? Already live EU sessions? Just dropped Your perfect Brussels agenda? Waiting to be built 🗓 12–14 Oct 📍 Brussels ⏰ Deadline for registrations 30/09 Register here: eu-regions-week.europa.eu/pr…