OPEN DAYS 2010 Final Programme - European Commission - Europa

Workshops
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Inter-regional cooperation: Improving quality of life
Territorial co-operation, as one of the biggest success stories in Europe, can be
organised in various ways. The debate will present regional best practices in
order to show how inter-regional projects can lead to concrete services provided
by regions/cities which are able to improve the quality of life of its citizens. During
the debate by presenting examples of various multi-regional projects, including
those in candidate countries as well as in old and new Member States, participants
will gain an insight into different ways of improving quality of life in the economic,
social and environmental areas. The panellists will also analyse the challenges
they face when implementing and managing inter-regional projects. During the
debate there will be a coffee break and at the end there is an opportunity for
networking with drinks and finger food.
Cooperation strategies for creating cross-border polycentric
metropolitan areas
The main goal of this workshop is to discuss the implementation of the strategy
of cross-border polycentric metropolitan regions. The workshop will begin with
an explanation of the idea and aim of the polycentric metropolitan regions. The
benefits and limits of the polycentric approach, existing experiences of other
regions and the transposability into other EU regions will be discussed and
illustrated using examples such as corresponding cooperation models in the
Greater Region, the EPSON catalogue of measures and the project Metroborder.
06B34
14:30 - 17:00
Venue: Umbria Region Brussels Office
Organiser: Inter-Regional Cooperation:
Improving quality of life
Chair: José Palma Andres, Director, Directorate
General for Regional Policy, European
Commission, Belgium
Speakers: Paola Casucci, Head of Office
Information System and Health Mobility Umbria
Region, Italy; Carlos Alberto Da Silvia, Aggregate
Professor University of Evora, Social Science
School, Évora, Portugal; Pawel Dzienis, Head of
EU Projects Coordination Unit, Marshal's Office of
Podlaskie Voivodship, Poland; Barbora Hytkova,
Project manager, Central Bohemia Region, Czech
Republic; Frank Kerckhaert, Vice-president of
Twente Region and Representative of the Board
of Twente Region in the DC NOISE project Twente
Region, Netherlands; Miloslava Kollárová, Head of
Foreign Relations & Tourism Department, Nitra
Self-Governing Region, Slovakia; Krzysztof Latka,
Director City of Lublin, Poland; Hristina Mincheva,
Yambol Municipality, Bulgaria; Tomasz Sadzyński,
Acting Mayor, City of Lódz, Poland; Tunç Soyer,
Mayor Seferihisar Municipality, Turkey
06B35
15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Representation of the State of
Rhineland-Palatinate in Brussels
Organiser: Cross-border co-operation in the
Upper Rhine Region and the Greater Region
Speakers: Romain Diederich, Director,
Ministry of Sustainable Development and
Infrastructures, Luxembourg; Jean-Pierre
Masseret, President Regional Council of
Lorraine, France; Philippe Richert, President,
Regional Council of Alsace, France; Christian
Schulz, Professor University of Luxembourg,
Luxembourg; Philippe Suinen, CEO Wallonie-
Bruxelles International, Belgium; Julian
Würtenberger, President, Regional Council of
Freiburg,Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Urs
Wüthrich-Pelloli, State Councillor, Kanton Basel-
Landschaft, Switzerland
50 OPEN DAYS 2010 – European Week of Regions and Cities