Europe-wide consultation, targeted at local and regional authorities, about the proposed Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

Committee of Regions has launched a Europe-wide consultation, targeted at local and regional authorities, about the proposed Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

The CoR is convinced that Europe 2020 needs cities and regions if it is to fully achieve its goals. The consultation questionnaire highlights important issues which are especially relevant to local and regional authorities, and which still remain unanswered in the strategy. These include, questions about the need for differentiated targets at the territorial level; the need for indicators going beyond GDP; the actual role of  local and regional authorities in the design and implementation of the new strategy; the relationships between Europe 2020, cohesion policy and the EU budget and; the need to communicate the new strategy to all EU citizens.

http://portal.cor.europa.eu/europe2020/Pages/welcome.aspx