Alte evenimente privind politica regională

Location: KULTurBRAUEREI
Görlitz
Germany

Description: An international conference on 10 October 2013 at the KULTurBRAUEREI Görlitz (Görlitz, DE) takes the experiences of cross-boarder cooperation in European boarder regions in the focus to enhance the cooperation along the boarder between Saxony and Lower Silesia. The event is hosted by the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior. Speakers at the conference include the Minister-President of the German Community in Belgium, the Polish author and researcher Krzysztof Wojciechowski, Dr. Robert Knippschild (scientific consultant of the project „Together for the Boarder Area“), Dr. Gerd Hager (Director of the Regional Association Central Upper Rhine), Dr. Joanna Pyrgiel and Sören Bollmann (Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Centre) as well as the President of the City of Bolesławiec Piotr Roman and the Lord Mayor of the City of Löbau Dietmar Buchholz.

The conference takes place within the project “Together for the Boarder Area Lower Silesia-Saxony”. Lead partner of the project is the Marshall Office of the Lower Silesian voivodship. The project is funded by the Operational Programme for the Cross-Boarder Cooperation between Saxony and Poland 2007-2013 to improve the collaboration between the regional authorities of the neighbouring regions. Further information about the project is available at http://www.landesentwicklung.sachsen.de/17878.htm (in German language) and http://www.umwd.dolnyslask.pl (in Polish language).

Registration Information: Online registration will open at the end of May 2013. Prior registration is already possible by email. Participation is free of charge.

Organisation responsible: Saxon State Ministry of the Interior

Contact: Conference Secretariat core-consult GmbH & Co KG Mr Frank Trepte Melanchthonstrasse 7 D-01099 Dresden E-Mail: ftrepte@core-consult.de Phone: +49 351 40767672

Registration Deadline: 30/09/2013

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Location: Europe-wide
Europe-wide
Europe-wide

Description: The European Cooperation Day campaign brings together more than 70 cooperation programmes in the European Union and its external borders. It shows the impact that cooperation programmes had in their respective territories, in particular to remove border effects and reduce disparities between regions in Europe. In its second edition, European Cooperation Day 2013 will be celebrated through over 300 events in almost 40 countries. Details on local events can be found on the campaign website from spring 2013 onwards.

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Location: St Nazaire
St Nazaire
France

Description: Spring arrives and, with it, the moment has come to choose among all the Atlantic flowers. Today, CAAC Secretariat is pleased to communicate to all interested cities the opening of a call for applications to select the Atlantic City of the Year.
Modality :http://atlanticcities.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400%3Aconcurso-ciudad-atlantica-del-ano&catid=40%3Aciudades-atlanticas&Itemid=101&lang=en

Organisation responsible: Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities

Contact: Tamara Guirao

Registration Deadline: 16/06/2013

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Location: Nantes
Nantes
France

Description: The XIV General Assembly of the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities will be held in Saint Nazaire. The meeting, on the theme «Atlantic Cities, engines of European development", will bring together local authorities from the Atlantic regions of five countries: France, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal. Also, this is an opportunity to know the results of the Award "Atlantic City of the Year." More information is to be found on the website of the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities.

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Location: Dublin Castle
Dublin
Ireland

Description: To be held on the brink between the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP7) and
its successor Horizon 2020, the EURO-SME 2013 conference is seizing the momentum for SMEs and
innovation. In the current economic conditions the main challenge for the EU – and many other
developed countries for that matter – is providing the conditions for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Sustainable, long-term growth and job creation will be delivered best through SMEs that gain and sustain their competitive advantage through innovation. The event promises to bring together hundreds of entrepreneurs, policy makers, SME support organizations from the private and the public
sector, and other intermediary bodies that will feed their energy and ideas into how to improve the EU eco-system for innovative enterprises. It will also introduce SME specific measures in Horizon 2020 to this community.

Registration Information: Registration website: http://eurosme2013.eu/register/

Organisation responsible: Enterprise Ireland and the European Commission

Contact: info@eurosme2013.ie

Registration Deadline: 09/05/2013

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Location: Gustav-Stresemann-Institute
Bonn
Germany

Description: Is your city struggling with getting adaptation to climate change in place or even getting started at all?
Are you in the middle of an adaptation development or implementation process looking for support on operational challenges?
Scientific information and theoretical ideas might overwhelm you. Maybe you seek some real life experience on how you can use this knowledge for practical solutions?
Have you found your solutions and want to share these with others in need? Maybe you can learn from less advanced cities?
Then, the Bonn Resilient Cities ‘Open European Day’ might be your opportunity to share your experience, learn from others and discuss solutions.

This first "Open European Day" is dedicated to capacity building for urban stakeholders and focusses on city to city learning. It benefits from the world-wide exchange between climate change and resilience scientists and regional and local governments at the Bonn Resilient Cities conference 31 May – 2 June. Participants will not only learn from good examples, but are encouraged to share their challenges and find solutions by exchanging with colleagues and by targeted input by experts on urban practice and applied resilience science.

Registration Information: http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/bonn2013/registration/

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Location: Donostia-San Sebastian
Donostia-San Sebastian
Spain

Description: Almost 70% of the European population lives in urban areas, a proportion that continues to grow in Europe so it is gaining greater importance the impact of urban technologies on the sustainable development of our cities. With the Europe 2020 Strategy smart, inclusive and sustainable growth is boosted and It is also provided a framework in the European Union to emerge stronger from the current crisis. The goal is the ability to create jobs based on innovation of products and services. But also an effective way to address major challenges such as climate change and energy efficiency. Therefore, from the European Union in the next funding period 2014-2020 will work with special emphasis energy, mobility and new technologies as strengthening elements of intelligent cities.
However the development of cities not only depends on the development of physical elements. They have become increasingly important social and intellectual capitals. They are also of great importance participation, governance, socio-economic environment and political settings. Definitely an intelligent city or SmartCity is a city with technological solutions that enable the best possible use of their infrastructure and interaction between citizens and the urban and social environment making life easier.

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Location: Guimaraes
Guimaraes
Portugal

Description: After lots of discussion between city representatives and young people, TONETA partnership has discovered that sport is essential to reach these goals so they are organizing a meeting in Guimaraes (Portugal) next may. Guimaraes is the European Capital of Sports 2013 and Cardiff will be the same in 2014.

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Location: The conference will take place in “Het Pand” in Ghent, Belgium.

Het Pand - Onderbergen 1 - 9000 Gent, België
Ghent
Belgium

Description: After a general introduction by Karl Falkenberg, followed by 4 cases, three parallel sessions will target specific audiences. Technical sessions on techniques for characterization or remediation address environmental experts. Urban planners, policymakers and city representatives are invited to the session on communication and economical aspects.
The second day focuses on the integration of different disciplines. Case studies will present how different disciplines are integrated in one approach. A panel with leading persons will discuss the necessity of changes in practice and policy. In the afternoon of the second day a site visit will be made to the ongoing remediation of the Waalse Krook site, a textbook case of integrated approach

Registration Information: http://www.citychlor.eu/registration-form.htm

Organisation responsible: CityChlor - Interreg IVB project Lead Partner: OVAM -

Contact: Veerle Labeeuw - Project Manager citychlor@ovam.be

Registration Deadline: 30/04/2013

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Location: The Norwegian Mission to the EU
Norway House
Rue Archimède, 17
B - 1000
Brussels
Belgium

Description: Policy-making community representatives and practitioners are invited to attend this workshop which aims at providing information on land-sea interactions within Europe’s six regional seas. New evidence on the development opportunities and challenges of Europe’s seas, which can be used by stakeholders for the elaboration of both future Structural Funds programmes but also other development strategies, will be presented while also taking into account coastal and maritime governance arrangements. Place-based policy approaches for Europe’s seas will be discussed which will be of high relevance for future EU funding possibilities.
This Workshop is open for all interested people and will in particular welcome policy-makers, practitioners, experts, representatives of managing authorities of EU funded programmes and also of other development strategies.

Registration Information: http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Events/Menu_Workshops/form_WS130515.html

Organisation responsible: ESPON

Contact: Piera Petruzzi

Registration Deadline: 29/04/2013

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Location: All over the Netherlands, consult http://www.europaomdehoek.nl/kijkdagen
All over the Netherlands
Netherlands

Description: On 10, 11 and 12 May around 140 European projects throughout the Netherlands will open their doors to the public free of charge during the Europa Kijkdagen (Europa Open Days). The projects show how the EU works with the Dutch Government, businesses and knowledge institutions to strengthen the economy. The participating projects have all received subsidies from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF and INTERREG), the Rural Development Programme or the European Fisheries Fund. The projects strive for sustainability, innovation, regional development and cross-border cooperation. Anyone who is interested can visit a project “around the corner” from them, and see for themselves how European funding is used in the Netherlands. Many projects have organised a special programme. For further information about the programme, opening times and the projects, see: www.europaomdehoek.nl/kijkdagen

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Location: Province and City of Antwerp. Consult http://www.europainjebuurt.be/programma/ for detailed locations.
Antwerp
Belgium

Description: Europe in your neighborhood wants to show the impact of Europe in your own living environment. Every two years another Flemish province organizes this event.
This year it is the province of Antwerp! Through the European Regional Development Funds, Europe invested in more than six years 80 million in the province and city of Antwerp.
It is time to show what has been done with this money. Enterprise Flanders, the province of Antwerp and the city of Antwerp worked together to organize this event.
Everybody is welcome at the 8th of May in Park Spoor Noord (Antwerp).

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Location: Park Spoor Noord
Antwerpen
België

Description: Europa in je buurt wil tonen wat de impact is van Europa op jouw leefomgeving. Elke twee jaar organiseert een andere Vlaamse provincie dit event. Dit keer is het de beurt aan ons! Via het Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling investeerde Europa de afgelopen zes jaar miljoenen euro`s in de provincie Antwerpen en Stad Antwerpen. Hoog tijd om te tonen wat er met dit geld gedaan werd. Agentschap Ondernemen, het provinciebestuur Antwerpen en de Stad Antwerpen sloegen de handen in mekaar om dit evenement te organiseren. Alvast welkom op 8 mei 2013 in Park Spoor Noord!

Registration Information: Free enterance

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Location: Aviles
Aviles
Spain

Description: So as to celebrate Europe’s Day, on the 7th of May Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities will be holding its Executive Bureau in Avilés This important meeting will be followed by the good practices' workshops of the Know Cities project in Avilés the 8th and in Gijon the 9th.

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Location: Brest
Brest
France

Description: The programme
we suggest is divided into different projects’ presentations, and sites’ visits

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