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Competition - 28.05.2020

Launch of the European green cities awards
The European Commission has launched the 2023 European Green Capital (EGCA 2023) and the 2022 European Green Leaf (EGLA 2022) Awards, recognising cities that are genuinely committed to becoming more sustainable. Winners will receive prizes worth €600,000 and €200,000 respectively, as well gain international visibility and acces to a network of previous finalist and winning cities.

To find out more and submit your candidacy, check out the green city awards' announcement press release and website. You have until 28 October 2020 to apply. Good luck!
Waste - 15.05.2020

Join NALAS for a webinar on waste management
NALAS is organising an online panel discussion series on solid waste management during the COVID-19's crisis.

The first panel discussion is on 20 May 2020, 14:00 via Zoom Platform.
LH Forum - 12.05.2020

Prize for Positive Territorial Actors
Every year, the Institute for a Positive Economy presents the Prize for Positive Territorial Actors at the LH Forum. This event is an outstanding opportunity to share best practices by throwing a light on dynamic local players.

The Prize rewards rewards local and regional elected officials and civil servants who have distinguished themselves, through their policies and personal commitment, in environmental, social, economic and governance issues. More information on this event will appear on the Institute for a Positive Economy's website.

Date: 24 september 2020
Lieu: Le Havre (France)
COVID-19 - 22.04.2020

Cities for Global Health
Metropolis has launched Cities for Global Health, a collaborative online platform that offers access to knowledge, strategies and actionable plans implemented by local and regional governments around the globe. A virtual space to showcase what cities are doing and be inspired by others regarding specific initiatives or plans to the COVID-19 outbreak other health emergencies.
Decentralised cooperation - 06.04.2020

How can decentralised cooperation contribute to the fight against COVID-19?
Local and regional governments are at the forefront of the coronavirus crisis. Collaboration and learning from each other are essential in this respect.

That’s why PLATFORMA wants to ask you about how international cooperation and decentralised cooperation between cities and regions can contribute to the fight against the coronavirus.

Please read the survey questionnaire and send your answers to platforma@ccre-cemr.org.
COVID-19 - 18.03.2020

Sharing best practices on municipal waste management and the coronavirus
The Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) is collecting and sharing best practices from European cities on how to manage municipal waste while minimising the spread of the coronavirus.

You can discover the recommendations in each country on the ACR+ website.
Call for tender - 27.02.2020

Organising and communicating webinars and seminars
We are looking for a contractor to help organise and produce videos for webinars and seminars. For more information, have a look at our call for tender.
Fair minimum wages - 25.02.2020

Social partners must remain central to wage bargaining
At the social dialogue meeting of local and regional governments held today, CEMR and EPSU agreed to submit to the European Commission a joint reaction on possible EU action on fair minimum wages.

CEMR and EPSU support upward wage convergence and shared economic prosperity across the EU, gender pay equality and sustainable funding of social protection systems.

However, we think that any EU action must ensure that wages, as a general rule, are autonomously agreed by or with national social partners. No member state should be required to introduce a statutory minimum wage system and any other conditions should only be introduced when they are proposed by the social partners at national level, including associations of local and regional governments.
Gender equality - 17.02.2020

Georgian cities train and share best practices on local gender equality
CEMR, PLATFORMA and our Georgian association (NALAG) held a workshop today in Tbilisi on how to better implement gender equality in municipalities’ day-to-day work. Four Georgian signatories to the European Charter for Equality – Kutaisi, Lagodekhi, Ozurgeti and Rustavi – presented their reasons for signing up and the actions they are taking.

During the workshop, participants used the Equality Journey tool to map their gender equality objectives and prioritise actions. The session was wrapped up with a short introduction to the NALAS e-learning course on gender mainstreaming at the local level.

The workshop was held in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Coordination Seminar “Reinforcing dialogue on gender equality and informed local government reform in Georgia: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities”, co-organised by NALAS and PLATFORMA.