http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/News and meetings from CyprusenEUKNWed, 8 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/news/2008/10/Open-days-DG-Regio_1017.htmlThe sixth annual Open Days - European Week of Regions and Cities, organised by the European Commission and EU Committee of the Regions, takes place 6-9 October. Some 7400 European, national and regional policy-makers, experts and representatives of banking, business and civil society will participate in 145 seminars and other events in Brussels. Simultaneously, under the Open Days banner, 230 local events will take place throughout the EU and further afield. The four-day event is an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience on job creation, innovation, climate change and other challenges, as well as contributing to the debate on Europe’s future Cohesion Policy.NewsMon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/news/2008/10/EU-Green-Paper-Territorial-Cohesion_1018.htmlThe European Commission adopted the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion on October 6th, signalling the start of a major consultation with regional and local authorities, associations, NGOs, civil society and other organisations, aimed at achieving a better and shared understanding of territorial cohesion and its implications for the future of the EU's regional policy. Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner, together with French Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Michel Barnier, representing the EU Presidency, and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Luc Van den Brande, will hold a first debate on the issues raised by the Green Paper at today's launch ceremony of the OPEN DAYS 2008 European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. The Commission is publishing the Green Paper in response to a request by Member States and the European Parliament.NewsMon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/news/2008/10/Airport-Bratislava_1019.htmlBratislava’s international airport is now one step closer to implementing its ambitious plans to grow into a transport hub able to handle 5 million passengers a year.NewsMon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/news/2008/10/Berlin-Seeks-an-Afterlife-for-Historic-Airports_1016.htmlWhat will the afterlife bring? That's the question looming large over two historic airports in Berlin which are soon to close. City planners this week are mulling over the futures of the sprawling Nazi-era Tempelhof airport and its Cold War counterpart Tegel.NewsThu, 2 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/news/2008/09/Empty-Countries--Lively-Cities--call-for-papers_1026.htmlIn recent times, headlines like "Depopulation in Peripheral Regions", "Rural Areas: Old People´s Homes of Our Society?" or "Cities as Melting Pots?" have been drawing attention to the demographic changes that are now affecting all European countries. Demographic change and its complex effects have been addressed for a number of years now as a challenge to urban and regional studies. Therefore, five German research institutions have taken up the initiative to organise a conference on spational differentiation in the face of demographic change, in Berlin on May 7-8, 2009.NewsTue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/meetings/2008/10/learning-cities_1001.htmlThis EURA (European Urban Research Association) conference will focus its attention on the exploration of several of today's major challenges for cities and will foster a lively exchange and debate among researchers in the field of urban studies, particularly pointing at interactions among forms of knowledge and forms of urban governance.MeetingThu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/meetings/2008/10/Urban-Planners-National-Conference---Bucharest_1014.htmlThe Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing of Romania together with The Romanian Register of Urban Planners are cooperating on the first Romanian Urban Planners National Conference.  The conference will debate on tackling issues that Romanian cities are confronted with and it will also host an exhibition of urban projects. MeetingThu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/meetings/2008/10/right-to-the-city_1002.htmlAs it has been largely documented, modern states are facing political rescaling processes in which the roles and functions of the different levels of government are evolving. Thus city-regions are becoming central economic and political territories in which a new division of labour is occurring between the states and the local authorities. This ESF Research Conference provides the opportunity for the world's leading scientists and other participants, including young researchers, to meet informally for discussions at the highest level on the most recent developments in their fields of research.MeetingSat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/meetings/2008/10/The-Ideal-City_1005.htmlWhat makes a city ideal? That is the question this conference, organised by Professor John Gilderbloom, will try to answer.MeetingSat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200http://www.eukn.org/cyprus/cyprus/meetings/2008/10/Road-safety-day_1007.htmlThe second road safety day will be celebrated on 13 October 2008 and will address the subject of "Road Safety in our Cities". Indeed about two thirds of the accidents and one third of all road fatalities occur in urban areas, often affecting the most vulnerable road users.MeetingMon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200