http://www.eukn.org/hungary/News and meetings from HungaryenEUKNMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/news/2010/03/Brabantstad-EUROCITIES-newest-member_1019.htmlBrabantStad Metropolitan Area, an economically thriving region in the south of The Netherlands, is one of EUROCITIES’ newest members. What’s unique about BrabantStad is that it is an alliance of cities formed by Breda, Eindhoven, Helmond, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg and the local government of Brabant. The alliance aims to achieve sustainable growth in all aspects of the city’s economic, spatial, social and cultural life. Collaboration is focused on addressing important regional development issues that the cities and province, alone, would have been unable to achieve.NewsThu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/news/2010/03/The-Europe-2020-Strategy-needs-local-and-regional-authorities-if-it-is-to-fully-achieve-its-goals_1018.htmlThe Committee of the Regions welcomes the objectives and the form of governance outlined in the Europe 2020 Strategy but stresses that its effectiveness will be limited if local and regional authorities only play an implementing role downstream of the decision-making process. Speaking after the adoption by the Commission of its Communication on Europe 2020, A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, Mercedes Bresso, the President of the Committee of the Regions, noted that the strategy was more realistic than the proposal set out in the consultation document on which the Committee had expressed its views at the end of 2009, as it "finally gets to grips with the crisis which is hitting our businesses, citizens and regions". She added that " we should be pleased that Europe 2020 is first putting forward a strategy for overcoming the crisis, followed by guidelines for the future, by building on rather than breaking with the European social model".NewsWed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/news/2010/03/Dutch-led-renewable-energy-venture-sets-standard_1017.htmlDutch authorities were initially sceptical about funding the Minewater project, but with strong local support this unusual renewable energy initiative succeeded in securing EU regional money and went on to become a blueprint for similar models elsewhere in Europe.NewsMon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/news/2010/03/German-Town-Looking-for-Pothole-Sponsors_1016.htmlThey cause accidents and they blight the streets -- extreme winter weather has resulted in a rash of potholes across Europe. With a shortage of cash to fix them, one German town has come up with a unique solution: selling sponsorships, complete with a plaque. The snow has finally melted in most of Europe. But what it has left behind is not entirely to the liking of most. In Berlin, for example, the vanished drifts have revealed mountains of charred waste from fireworks still left over from New Year's. Weeks worth of newly thawed out dog dirt has likewise made walks in the city a chore.NewsFri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/news/2010/03/Spanish-unemployment-up-again_1015.htmlSpain’s job centres got busier in February. The number of people registered as jobless increased by more than 82,000, the seventh consecutive monthly rise. The total is now just over 4.1 million. The Madrid government pointed out the rise was significantly less than the same month last year, when the economic crisis was at its worst.NewsWed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/meetings/2010/03/2010-National-Metropolis-Conference_1005.htmlThe 2010 National Metropolis Conference will focus on immigration and inclusion with special attention to economic development and the meeting of cultures.MeetingThu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/meetings/2010/03/ecpr-joint-session-of-workshops-2010_1001.htmlBetween 22 and 27 March 2010, the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) will organise its annual Joint Session of Workshops. The main aim of the workshops is the participation and equality of endeavour between advanced students, younger and newer members of the profession and well-established professors. This year's workshops include discussions on partnership working, electoral change and network governance.  MeetingMon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/meetings/2010/03/The-EU-Sustainable-Energy-Week_1004.htmlThe EU Sustainable Energy Week is the reference event for sustainable issues in Europe. It forms part of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign which is an initiative of the European Commission launched in 2005.MeetingMon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/meetings/2010/03/Urban-Mobility-in-National-Capitals_1006.htmlBrasilia's Department of Urban Development and the Environment is assembling national capitals for the seventh gathering of the Capitals Alliance. The meeting will take place in Brazil's capital during the week of March 22-25, 2010 to coincide with Brasilia's 50th anniversary celebration.MeetingMon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.eukn.org/hungary/eukn/meetings/2010/03/World-Urban-Forum-5-The-Right-to-the-City-Bridging-the-Urban-Divide_1007.htmlIn the space of a few short years, the World Urban Forum has turned into the world's premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.MeetingMon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100