This interactive session brings together four Horizon Europe projects, MOBI-TWIN Project, Re-Place EU Project, PREMIUM_EU and SkillsPULSE, to explore how different methodologies and tools – the Regional Attractiveness Index, the Local Human Development Index, the Regional Policy Dashboard and skills intelligence – can inform better policymaking.
Practical information
Date: Tue 14/10/2025, 09:30 – 11:00 CET
Location: Square Brussels, 213-215
Format: Interactive session
Theme: The Right to Stay: unlocking the potential of every territory
Language: English
AGENDA
09:30 – 09:35 | Welcome & Setting the Scene
Moderator: Terence Hogarth
– Welcome & structure of the session
– Brief framing: What does “the right to stay” mean in regional policymaking?
09:35 – 09:40 | CoR Framing Introduction
Markku Markkula/Taina Tukiainen
– Set the context from a policy perspective before the projects’ presentations.
– Highlight challenges and priorities for European regions.
09:40 – 09:50 | Framing Presentation: Four Projects, One Mission
Speaker: Anastasia Panori – Seamus McGuinness (TBC)
-This opening segment will set the stage for the session by looking at the common challenges European regions face, from demographic decline and brain drain to skills mismatches and mobility imbalances.
-Introduction to the core theme of the session: how data-driven tools and strategies can help regions understand their strengths, address gaps, and design policies that make them more attractive, inclusive, and future-ready.
09:50 – 10:30 | Breakout Labs – “Shape Your Region” (4 tables)
Participants split into 4 groups, each assigned one of the project approaches/tools.
10:30 – 10:55 | Group Feedback
– Facilitators share brief feedback from each table and facilitators offer a reflection from the perspective of the projects
10:55 – 10:55 | Policy Reflections
– Markku Markkula/Taina Tukiainen offers closing reflections and insights from a policymaker’s perspective
– Framing key questions going forward, example: – What can the EU do to support smarter use of these approaches? – How do we scale regional innovation in policymaking?
10:55 – 11:00 | Wrap-up & Next Steps
Moderator: Terence Hogarth
– Thank you & final remarks
More information and registration: https://regions-and-cities.europa.eu/programme/2025/sessions/48182
