10.05.2006
The future of public services in Europe – CEMR 2006 – Innsbruck, 10-12 May 2006
The theme of this year’s annual General Assembly of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is “The future of public services in Europe”. At the conference, amongst others, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, ...read more

03.05.2006
Urban Futures 2.0 – Stockholm, 3-5 May 2006
Urban Futures 2.0 will explore how the different levels of government can work closer together in partnership to meet the Union’s policy challenges, in cooperation with researchers and civil society. The conference wants to establish a working dialog...read more

26.04.2006
Diversity Within Unity Conference – Brussels, 26 April 2006
The Diversity Within Unity Project organises a conference on the theme of “Rights and responsibilities of immigrants and their new homelands”. Amongst others, British Minister of State for Immigration and Citizenship Tony McNulty, Danish Minster for ...read more

25.04.2006
Polycentric Urban Development and Rural-Urban Relations – The Hague, 25 April 2006
ESPON and INTERACT together organise this conference on rural-urban partnerships and polycentric urban development. These themes are addressed in a wide range of INTERREG projects and activities, from studies and strategies, to partnerships and infra...read more

25.04.2006
Forum: EU Urban Policies for Dynamic Cities - Brussels, 25-27 April 2006
What is the role of the European Union in urban policy? What instruments can cohesion policy deliver in support of cities? And what role can other EU policies, such as transport and environmental policy, play? The Committee of the Regions is organisi...read more

31.03.2006
Sustainable communities - learning from others – Westminster, 31 March 2006
A one-day national conference, “Sustainable Communities: Vision Into Reality”, aims to share the experience of those involved with the creation and maintenance of sustainable communities. The conference is organised by the Office of the Deputy Prime ...read more

30.03.2006
URBAN Action - Graz/Maribor, 30-31 March 2006
URBAN action is the European Congress of URBAN networks and cities. The theme is "Acquis URBAN: From Vision to Action". The German-Austrian URBAN-Network, the city of Graz and its Slovenian partner city Maribor are organising the congress with the su...read more

30.03.2006
CECODHAS roundtable: The European Economy and Social Housing – Brussels, 30 March 2006
On 30th March, with the support of the European Parliament’s ‘Urban –Logement’ intergroup, CECODHAS will bring together the President of the Committee of Regions Michel Delebarre, Vice-president of the European Economic and Social Committee Mr. Roger...read more

27.03.2006
Final conference of ECO-FIN-NET - Marseille, 27-28 March 2006
The final conference of the URBACT network ECO-FIN-NET - a European city network which deals with the “SMEs’ access to finance” in the less favoured urban areas - will take place on 27 and 28 March 2006 in Marseille.read more

15.03.2006
Conference on creative industries – Barcelona, 15-17 March 2006
The Compete network is organising a Conference on Creative industries. The conference will focus on the economic dimension of these industries and their impact on city-region competitiveness. The Compete network is a European city-regional network ai...read more

09.03.2006
Making Connections – Brussels, 9-10 March 2006
“Making Connections” is the second official meeting of officers responsible for international and European affairs in local and regional authorities. Aim of the conference is to connect the European and international dimension to everyday issues at l...read more

05.03.2006
Velo Mondial 2006 – Cape Town, 5-10 March 2006
Every six years a global conference is held in order to set goals for the future of the bicycle and bicycle planning. The first two conferences were held in Montreal (1992) and Amsterdam (2000). The theme of Velo Mondial 2006 is “Towards Prosperity”.read more

03.03.2006
Europolis: Final European Symposium – Paris, 3 March 2006
At this symposium, the results and end products of the Europolis project will be presented. Europolis is the network of North-West Europe medium-sized cities. Round tables on the role of medium-sized cities in Europe will be at the core of this sympo...read more

02.03.2006
World forum for suburban local authorities – Nanterre, 2-4 March
The theme of the World forum for suburban local authorities is “Outlying towns analyse their metropolises”. The forum is organised by the world-wide network “Outlying towns and participatory democracy”. The aim of the forum is for outlying local auth...read more

27.02.2006
ICLEI World Congress 2006 – Cape Town, 27 February - 3 March 2006
The theme of the 2006 congress is ‘Out of Africa: Local Solutions for Global Challenge’. The congress program will be made up by several keynote presentations, presentations of reports, debates and workshops. A number of best practices, covering the ...read more

22.02.2006
Local authorities for integration of immigrants – Brussels, 22 February 2006
Partenalia, Sigma and Erlai in collaboration with the Committee of the Regions are organising a conference on local governments and the integration of immigrants, on Wednesday. The conference addresses the role of local Authorities in social integrat...read more

20.02.2006
Charter for equality of women and men in local life – Brussels, 20-21 February 2006
The charter for equality of women and men in local life aims at minimising discrimination between women and men in daily life. The highlight of the conference will be the presentation of the charter. It is a political document which aims at improving...read more

16.02.2006
SecurCity workshop - Fear of crime - Helsinki, 16-17 February 2006
The workshop provides an opportunity to share good practice between participating cities on ‘real solutions to real problems’ - broadening the collective knowledge of cities on what works and what can be taken away and implemented in other cities to ...read more

15.02.2006
Cities act - facing the challenge of migration and integration - Strasbourg, 15 February 2006
EUROCITIES is organising, in cooperation with the Urban-Housing Intergroup of the European Parliament, an event entitled 'Cities act: facing the challenge of migration and integration'. The focus will be on the role of cities in the integration of im...read more

13.02.2006
Sustainable solutions for the information society – Vienna, 13-16 February 2006
The 11th International Conference on Urban Planning & Regional Development in the Information Society, CORP 2006, has sustainable solutions for the information society as its main theme. The conference is organised by the Competence Center of Urban a...read more