Episodi

  • Episode 9 : Local Leaders for the future of Europe #2021

    Episode 9 : Local Leaders for the future of Europe #2021
    Dec 13 2021
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. The 9th episode focuses on the democracy crisis and what can be done about it at the local level. Two young elected politicians – Gregor Unfried, a city councillor in St. Pölten, Austria, and Alba Gordó Vilaseca, a city councillor in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain – told us about what they do in their constituencies to strengthen democracy, how they include citizens in decision making, about the importance of leading by example, and more.

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    12 min
  • Episode 8 : Local Leaders for cohesion #2021

    Episode 8 : Local Leaders for cohesion #2021
    Nov 19 2021
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this 8th episode, we talked with young elected politicians Mateusz Cebula, city councillor in Dębica, Poland, and Sandra Schneeloch, city councillor in Cologne, Germany. They shared with us their tips on accessing the EU funding, examples of successful projects, as well as their vision for the future. Even though they come from two very different cities, they are equally committed to keep working to strengthen cohesion in their communities.

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    12 min
  • Episode 7 : Local Leaders for climate neutral cities

    Episode 7 : Local Leaders for climate neutral cities
    Jun 23 2021
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this episode 7, young elected politicians Emilia Wasielewska, city councillor in Konin, Poland, and Manolis Mavrommatis, deputy mayor in the municipality of Dorida, Greece, show how their generation strive to deliver the European Green Deal locally by leading youth groups that are committed to make their own territories greener, cleaner and more welcoming. They discuss how their cities are tackling climate change at the local level.

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    9 min
  • Episode 6: Local Leader for Gender #2021

    Episode 6: Local Leader for Gender #2021
    Mar 8 2021
    Europe has roughly a million local and regional elected office-holders, but only about 30% of them are women. Gender equality is a core value for the European Union, it is crucial to tackle the barriers women face in entering politics and actively engage politicians in this matter. In this podcast, we have a chat with Inês Xavier, Lauda Guidiceli, and Elisenda Alamani, 3 young women elected at the local level and members of the Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) program of the European Committee of the Regions. They share their personal experience, talk about barriers that block women from deciding to seek political decision-making positions or that blocks them when they are in, and how to overcome them.

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    11 min
  • Episode 4: Local leaders for cohesion

    Episode 4: Local leaders for cohesion
    Oct 21 2020
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Francesca Pizziolo from Italy and Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen from Finland, explain how cohesion policies and funds are used in their cities and regions.

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    9 min
  • Episode 5: Local leaders for the European green deal

    Episode 5: Local leaders for the European green deal
    Oct 21 2020
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Astrid Aller from Denmark and Monika Andrasek from Hungary, share their views on how to engage citizens in the fight for climate neutrality.

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    8 min
  • Episode 3: Local leaders for the future of Europe

    Episode 3: Local leaders for the future of Europe
    Oct 21 2020
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Elena Alvarez Brasero from Spain and Sophia Kircher from Austria, are sharing their views on what the future of Europe should look like.

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    8 min
  • Episode 2: Local leaders for Gender

    Episode 2: Local leaders for Gender
    Mar 6 2020
    The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. For the second episode, Local leaders for gender, young elected politicians have been invited to share their opinion on gender equality and the difficulties for women in politics. Tune in to hear what they have to say!

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    11 min