Eastern & Midland RA
@EMRAssembly
Our mission is to plan and coordinate activities and stakeholders at regional level to drive and deliver the sustainable development of our Region.
🌿🚴🚶 Trail construction begins! Ministers @peterburkefg & @DarraghOBrienTD have officially launched the building of NEW walking & cycling trails in Longford & Westmeath under the #EUJustTransitionFund 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🛠️ €5.7m investment 🌍 Sustainable tourism 🧭 16km across 2…
🚜🌱 To launch #BioeconomyIrelandWeek 2025, join the national conference on Agri-Bioeconomy Value Chains & Business Models! 🗓️ Mon 13 Oct | 📍Tullamore Register: eventbrite.ie/e/cap-network-… #EUJTF has several projects & over €20million dedicated to boosting the bioeconomy in the…
🌍How can the #JustTransition Mechanism meet the future needs of 🇪🇺regions? A new paper developed by the #JustTransitionPlatform Working Group on the Future of Just Transition🤝 answers this question. 📄Read the paper: ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…
A new report out from the EU Just Transition Platform Working Group with lessons learned and recommendations for future just transition financing 🇪🇺 Take a look 👇 ec.europa.eu/regional_polic… @EUinmyRegion @energy4europe @EU_Growth @eu_reforms @EU_ENV @EUSocial @EU_ScienceHub…
🇪🇺🇧🇪#EURegionsWeek registration is OPEN! Join thousands of changemakers in Brussels & online to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and shape the future of EU regions and cities 🗓️ 13–15 Oct 🔗 Register now: regions-and-cities.europa.eu/programme/2025
📢 #EURegionsWeek registrations are OPEN! Join Europe’s biggest event on regional policy 📍Brussels or online 📅 13 - 15 Oct Check the programme and register now: regions-and-cities.europa.eu/programme/2025 #CohesionPolicy
We’re delighted to welcome all new and returning councillors to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly! A special congratulations to @davidhealyv on being elected Cathaoirleach for 2025–2026 🤝Looking forward to working with all Assembly members in the years ahead



First updates from the Secretariat following the closure of the Transfer Network call 10 days ago. We are delighted with Ireland's 8 applications, and we look forward to seeing the number of Irish cities and towns impacted by @URBACT increase. New networks ➡️ underway in q4! 🤝
URBACT has received 39 #TransferNetworks proposals, with a total of 284 partners from 31 countries! 👏48.138 visitors in the Good Practices database 👏2.015 expressions of interest to the #GoodPractice cities 👏31 info-sessions across Europe Learn more: bit.ly/4kwmxAU
Last week @EMRAssembly joined @NWAssembly and @SouthernAssembl staff in Gdansk 🇵🇱 to learn about 'pitfalls in the evaluation process', a really practical training in relation to the #ERDF and @EUJTF_ie programmes that the 3 Regional Assemblies manage in Ireland




Our recruitment campaign for Executive Planners is closing today at 5.00pm, application forms and more information available on our website emra.ie\careers #careersinplanning #plannerjobs #irishjobs #nowhiring
We're hiring for Executive Planner roles Closing date 1st of July, for more information on this role and EMRA, check out our website emra.ie #hiring #urbanplanning #cityplanning #plannerjobs #careersinplanning #nowhiring #spatialplanning #irelandjobs #irishjobs
We're hiring for Executive Planner roles Closing date 1st of July, for more information on this role and EMRA, check out our website emra.ie #hiring #urbanplanning #cityplanning #plannerjobs #careersinplanning #nowhiring #spatialplanning #irelandjobs #irishjobs
Come join our team ! We are now recruiting for an Executive Planner, further details and application forms available ▶️emra.ie/careers Closing date ⏰1st of July 2025 at 5.00pm
News from #EUJustTransitionFund-funded projects! A very successful "Collaboration Cruise" event recently set sail, bringing together 110 new & existing tourism operators across the Midlands. 🚢👏 Huge congrats to all who made it happen, this marks a big step for regional…
📢The EU Just Transition Fund – Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative Call 2 is open! 🌍 🔗 Register now for the Info Webinar register.gotowebinar.com/register/50584… 🗓️ June 24th ⏰ 10:00am Call information: gov.ie/en/department-… #Bioeconomy #EUFunding #SustainableFuture #EUJustTransition…
Brilliant few days of exciting talks, discussions, and activities at #CitiesForum 2025 in Kraków alongside fellow EUI Contact Points. Delighted to partake in a panel on Capacity Building!
Enjoyed an outstanding session on climate-neutral & resilient cities w/ Paula O'Rourke, Climate Action Coordinator @KildareCoCo. Paula spoke of some exciting local initiatives they're involved in, including a demonstration house to show every day circular actions! #CitiesForum
An exciting #CitiesForum session on Stakeholders' Dialogue and Consultation on an EU Policy Agenda for Cities saw an excellent address last evening by @RaffaeleFitto, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms. Interesting panel discussion as part of the session too! 🇪🇺
Join us at the ORIGINN Project's webinar on Soft Innovation on Thurs 19th June 9-11am. ORIGINN is an Interreg Europe project focused on improving regional policy for rural transformation through innovation. Register events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c909237a… #ORIGINN #interreg

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@EMRAssembly @EUJTF_ie and @EUfundsIreland are delighted to have attended the #InformEU plenary meeting in Tallinn 🇪🇪 talking about Communication and Countering Disinformation.




This has been receiving plenty of interest among Irish stakeholders so far. Download and check out the Ex-Ante assessment by visiting the link below.
📢New thematic focus on Compact Cities On 16 May, the Directors-General on Urban Matters endorsed the #CompactCities Ex-Ante Assessment - key to a new Urban Agenda Thematic Partnership. 🚨Call for partners coming late summer 2025! 🔎Discover more here urban-initiative.pulse.ly/gccohm2y3y