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Councillor Pádraig McEvoy has been elected Cathaoirleach of Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly at the Assembly’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 10th July. Councillor McEvoy, Independent, was appointed to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly by Kildare County Council... Continue Reading

What was initially planned as a training workshop for local stakeholders in Latvia became an international online event thanks to our partners at Riga Technical University and Riga TV24. The online workshop – which took place on the 10th of June – involved experts from... Continue Reading

Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Irish Regions Published While it is clear that the Covid-19 outbreak will have a significant impact on Ireland’s economy, the degree to which this impact will be felt across Ireland’s regions, counties, cities and towns remains to be seen. On this... Continue Reading

Thematic Seminar on the measurement of the costs and benefits of ecosystem services goes ahead online PROGRESS partners pushed ahead and held the 1st Thematic Seminar online on the 31st of March having originally been scheduled for the same date in Barcelona. Partners,... Continue Reading

EMRA office closed until further notice In keeping with government guidelines and to protect our staff, the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly team will be working from home until further notice. Our staff members can be contacted on their personal email addresses. For any... Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce that The Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Eastern and Midland Region received an award in the Plan Making category at last night’s Irish Planning Awards. We would like to thank our members, staff and stakeholders who contributed to... Continue Reading

The Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA) held its first Next2Met stakeholder meeting on December 2nd  2019 . The meeting brought together the Broadband Officers of the Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath County Councils with the EMRA project team, and focused on the... Continue Reading

PROmoting the Governance of Regional Ecosystem ServiceS (PROGRESS), is an Interreg Europe project funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The aim of the project is to initiate a process of exchange of experiences for maintaining nature’s biodiversity, goods and... Continue Reading

NWE Making an Impact! The Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) programme is pleased to announce its first impact event on 4 and 5 December 2019, which will take place in Tourcoing (Lille agglomeration, Hauts-de-France) at La Chaufferie. Over a day and a half, this transnational event... Continue Reading