Region Västra Götaland arrange the conference
in cooperation with West Sweden
West Sweden, the West Sweden EU and Representation Office, is a co-operation between the regions and municipalities in Western Sweden. The organisation has 71 members; 68 municipalities and three regions: the Region of Halland, the Region of Värmland and the Region of Västra Götaland. West Sweden was founded in 1992 and established its Brussels Office in 1993 as one of the first Swedish regional offices.
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The Conference will be held at The Committe of the Regions
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union.
Established in 1994, the CoR was set up to address two main issues. Firstly, about three quarters of EU legislation is implemented at local or regional level, so it makes sense for local and regional representatives to have a say in the development of new EU laws. Secondly, there were concerns that the public was being left behind as the EU steamed ahead. Involving the elected level of government closest to the citizens was one way of closing the gap.
The CoR has 344 members from the 27 EU countries, and its work is organised in 6 different commissions.
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