A record 217 regions and cities from 32 countries have signed up as partners for the OPEN DAYS 2008
European Week of Regions and Cities, the biggest annual gathering of EU and regional policy-makers, experts and representatives of banking, business and civil society groups operator in the
regional policy sector.
OPEN DAYS, organised by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission's Regional Policy Directorate General, is centred in Brussels from 6-9 October 2008 and also involves more
than 200 linked events throughout October in the Member States. As in previous years, the regions and cities have divided themselves into thematic conglomerates. Partners from 26 Member States
are represented while others come from Turkey, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland and – for the first time – Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland. The highest number of regions and cities come from France
(22), Italy and Spain (19), the United Kingdom (18), and Poland (17).
For more information, see the press release of the Committee of the Regions here.
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You may have come across a reference in a diary or elsewhere to the fact that 9 May is "Europe Day" and perhaps asked about its
significance.
Probably very few people in Europe know that on 9 May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union.
In Paris that day, against the background of the threat of a Third World War engulfing the whole of Europe, the French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman read to the international press a declaration calling France, Germany and other European countries to pool together their coal and steel production as "the first concrete foundation of a
European federation".
What he proposed was the creation of a supranational European Institution, charged with the management of the coal and steel industry, the very sector which was, at that time, the basis of all
military power. The countries which he called upon had almost destroyed each other in a dreadful conflict which had left after it a sense of material and moral desolation.
Everything, therefore, began that day. That is why during the Milan Summit of EU leaders in 1985 it was decided to celebrate 9 May as "Europe
Day".
Every country which democratically chooses to accede to the European Union endorses its fundamental values of peace and solidarity.
These values find expression through economic and social development embracing environmental and regional dimensions which are the guarantees
of a decent standard of living for all citizens.
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The URBACT II information day was held in Paris on January 22, 2008.
Objectives of the new program:
- facilitate the exchange of experience and learning among city policy makers and practitioners in the field of sustainable urban development among local and regional authorities.
- disseminate widely the experiences and success' stories of good practice collected by the cities, and especially the lessons drawn from these projects and policies, and ensure the transfer of
know-how in the area of sustainable urban development;
- assist policy-makers and practitioners in the cities and managers of operational programs under the Convergence and Competitiveness Objectives to define action' plans on sustainable development
in urban areas, which may be selected for Structural Funds programs.
2 main lines:
- Line 1 : Cities are the driving force for Growth and Jobs (=45% of Urbact II budget)
1.1 Promoting Entrepreneurship
1.2 Improving Innovation and Knowledge
1.3 Employment and Human resources
- Line 2 : Attractive and Cohesive Cities (=50% of Urbact II budget)
2.1 Integrated development of deprived areas and areas at risk of deprivation
2.2 Social integration
2.3 Environmental issues
2.4 Governance and Urban Planning
An appeal for proposals :
- for the 1st appeal to proposals' deadline: February 15, 2008
Concerning this proposal, 23 projects of ‘thematic networks’ will be chosen and 7 projects of ‘working groups’ will be selected.
- 2nd appeal for proposals is due in 2010
For mor information : www.urbact.eu
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