The handover ceremony of the presidency of the Four Motors for Europe from Catalonia to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will take place in Barcelona on December 3, 2021, from 12h to 13:30h.

As a side event of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021 (EWRC), the Catalan presidency of the Four Motors for Europe (4ME), in collaboration with the members of the Working Group on Research and Higher Education of our network, organized an online event “Top Regional Challenges in European Higher Education”, on October 13, 2021. In addition to the full member regions of the 4ME, two of the parallel sessions counted also with the participation of the associated region of Wales.

Last October 27th, 2021, representatives from the regions of the Four Motors for Europe participated in the online event “Energy transition. A view from the Four Motors for Europe”. The session was organized by the Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN) as part of the list of events programmed by the Catalan rotating presidency for the 4ME initiative.

In the framework of the Catalan presidency of the Four Motors for Europe, the Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Government of Catalonia organized a webinar, on October 25, 2021, on gender policies in rural and maritime environments in the regions of our network.

The last 22nd of October, experts in the field of Forest Management and Environment of the Four Motors for Europe (4ME) joined in a webinar “Forest management in the regions of the Four Motors for Europe” with the objective to share good practices, policy advances and lessons learned in the four regions regarding management and prevention of forest degradation, biodiversity conservation and rural development. In addition, the online event was an opportunity to develop the objectives for a new European Strategic Plan for the Treatment of Forests given the end of the previous plan 2014 – 2020.

On October 21st, 2021, representatives of public administrations of the regions of the Four Motors for Europe (4ME) in the field of career guidance and vocational awakening participated in a webinar “Best practices in the field of Career Guidance and Vocational awakening: The Experiences of the Four Motors for Europe”.