Het CvdR stelt voor om samen met de Europese Commissie na te gaan hoe regionale en lokale overheden kunnen worden aangezet tot actieve deelname aan netwerken zoals Smart Cities of het Burgemeestersconvenant, netwerken ter preventie of gezondheidsbevordering, zoals gepromoot door de WHO (WHO Healthy Cities Network, WHO Healthy Ageing Task Force, WHO Age-Friendly Cities Project, WHO Regions for Health Network, Schools for Health in Europe Network, enz.), aan belangrijke gebieden van het vlaggenschipinitiatief „Efficiënt gebruik van hulpbronnen” (10), zoals biodiversiteit en grondgebruik, afval- en waterbeheer en luchtverontreiniging.
proposes working with the European Commission to examine tangible ways to invite regional and local administrations to participate in networks such as Smart Cities or the Covenant of Mayors or in health prevention and promotion networks promoted by the WHO (WHO Healthy Cities Network, WHO Healthy Ageing Task Force, WHO Age-Friendly Cities Project, WHO Regions for Health Network, Schools for Health in Europe Network, etc.), in key areas of the flagship Resource Efficient Europe (10) initiative, such as biodiversity and land use, waste and water management or air pollution;eurlex-diff-2017 eurlex-diff-2017