During the 2024 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, Lara Porciatti, Project Manager of ART-ER Skills and Territories for Innovation Unit, will be speaker of the workshop ‘Skills: (EU)Belong here – How intercultural strategies can boost talent attraction and retention’. This session will explore how the blueprint for shaping regions’ policies and strategies via an intercultural approach can help regions to boost diversity, and attract and retain the talent they need to prosper in the green, digital and demographic transitions. It will address the challenges in this area and show the importance of collaboration between levels of government and the relevant stakeholders.

Speakers:

• Andrew McNulty, Arts and Cultural Diversity Officer, Donegal County Council
• Lara Prociatti, Project Manager – Skills and Territories for Innovation Unit, ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory
• Lupe Moreno Iturriaga, Deputy Director General of Migration, Refuge and Anti-Racism Coordination, Ministry of Equality and Feminisms
  Moderator: Emanuela Pisanó, European Project manager, Assembly of European Regions

Don’t forget to register for the workshop.

About the European Week of Regions and Cities 2024

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

Among the four themes addressed this year, one will be dedicated to talent attraction and retention. The presence of ART-ER, given its commitment to the implementation of the regional law Attracting, valorising and promoting highly specialized talents in Emilia-Romagna, is strategically important to connect with regions and cities across Europe, keeping up with the latest developments in regional and cohesion policy.