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Main challenges faced by EU islands, and mountainous and sparsely populated areas. The role of the civil society

Event
Debate
Debate
Online debate
Brussels
Belgium

The EESC is convinced that islands, mountainous regions and sparsely populated areas face significant challenges and that there is a solid legal basis that obliges the EU to take action in order to tackle these challenges. In this context, the organised civil society has an important role to play and through this debate, the aim is to find the best practices and solutions so that these regions can perform better and recover from the multiple crises. Therefore the EESC- ECO section has decided to organise this public debate in the framework of the EESC own-intiative opinion on "Main challenges that EU islands, mountain and sparsely populated areas face.

15/11/2023

Insularity and socio-economic development: The role of civil society in addressing the challenges that islands are facing

Event
Debate
Online event
Brussels
Belgium

Insularity is considered to be a permanent and unchangeable geographical feature which involves additional costs (transport, energy, waste management, public services, necessity goods and services) that hamper the development and competitiveness of the islands, while particularly exposing them to biodiversity loss and climate change. The organised civil society has an important role to play and tackle all these challenges and through this debate. The aim is to find the best practices and solutions so that EU islands can preform better and recover from the multiple crises.

27/06/2023

Challenges and opportunities that the digital and energy transitions present to the northern sparsely populated areas and islands

Event
How can these regions become drivers for growth and development?
Public Hearing
Umeå Folkets hus, Skolgatan 59
Umeå
Sweden

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will be producing an own-initiative opinion on the main challenges faced by EU islands and mountainous and sparsely populated areas, which is scheduled for adoption at the EESC's September plenary session. In this context, the EESC, along with the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the North Sweden European Office (NSEO), will be holding a public hearing in Umeå (Sweden) on 4 May 2023 entitled "Challenges and opportunities that the digital and energy transitions present to the northern sparsely populated areas and islands. How can these regions become drivers for growth and development?". The hearing is an event under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

04/05/2023

Smart Islands Project – Visit to Kythnos – Greece

Event
Aegean Islands
Kythnos
Greece

On 17th May 2016, a delegation of EESC Members of the "Transport, energy, infrastructures and information society" section went on mission to the Aegean islands (EL), with the objective to learn about the islands' production of energy.

17/05/2016

Smart Islands Project - Visit to the island of Saaremaa, Estonia

Event
Meeting
Island of Saaremaa
Estonia

On 27th June 2016, a delegation of EESC Members of the "Transport, energy, infrastructures and information society" section went on mission to the island of Saaremaa in Estonia, with the objective to evaluate the solutions developed to develop the economy and improve the wellbeing of the population.

27/06/2016

Smart cities project: study visit in Lisbon, Portugal

Event
Meeting
Lisbon
Portugal

On 20 May 2016, the EESC's TEN Section project delegation carried out a study visit in Lisbon to gain first-hand knowledge of some of the extremely interesting smart city projects that have been set up in the city.

The Lisbon region boasts a high concentration of companies involved in high-level technology and research, with approximately 333 000 companies headquartered in the region.

The delegation had the opportunity for a study visit to learn more about the Sharing Cities lighthouse project.

20/05/2016

Smart Islands Project - Visit to the island of Samsóe, Denmark

Event
Samso
Denmark

On 4th May 2016, a delegation of EESC Members of the "Transport, energy, infrastructures and information society" section is on mission to the island of Samsø (Denmark), with the objective to evaluate the islands' smart projects developed in the area of energy autonomy.

04/05/2016

Smart cities project: study visit in La Rochelle, France

Event
Meeting
La Rochelle
France

On 29 April 2016, the EESC's TEN Section project delegation conducted a study visit in La Rochelle to discover some of the inspirational smart city initiatives that have been implemented so far.

The delegation had the opportunity to make a technical visit to find out, inter alia, about the Atlantech project.

29/04/2016
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