Irish Regions Office Website

December 09, 2008

Open Days 2009 launched

'Global challenges, European solutions' is the subtitle of the 2009 edition of Open Days, the Brussels week of ideas exchange and networking between local, regional, national and European decision-makers and experts. The designated themes this time around are regions and climate change; restoring growth through innovation; territorial cooperation; and the impact and the future of EU Cohesion Policy.

Within these parameters, the Committee of the Regions will select 30 seminars to take place under the Open Days banner on shared issues as defined in applications by multinational consortia of regions and cities. Additionally, the intention is to sanction a similar number of thematic networking activities to bring together regional/local actors, business and financial institutions. Bids for joint events to be included in the programme must meet a 13 March deadline. An Information Pack for potential participants is available from this office or at http://cor.europa.eu/.

Workshops by DG REGIO will form another element of the week as will a regional development forum for academics. To complement the Brussels week, 'local events' to showcase European themes and projects are also welcomed during October.

Posted by iroronan at December 9, 2008 03:09 PM