First thematic seminar: "Cross-border conurbations: Empowering internal governance"

More than 100 participants met in Chaves, Portugal, on 12 March 2009 for the first thematic seminar of the "EGTC" URBACT project, organized by one of the six partner conurbations2 of the project: Eurocidade Chaves-Verín. Welcomed by the mayor of Chaves, João Gonçalves Batista, and the mayor of Verín, Juan Manuel Jimenez, the participants discussed the means of strengthening the internal governance of cross-border conurbations. Other public figures present included the Portuguese secretary of state for regional development, Rui Nuno Baleiras, the President of the Diputación de Ourense, José Luis Baltar, and elected representatives of the Frankfurt (Oder)/Slubice cross-border conurbation.

Documents

Download 02_PR_Urbact_EGTC_24_03_09_EN.pdf (70.73 KB)

  Download 48_Cross_border_news_March_2009.pdf (266.17 KB)

Agenda

Download Agenda_Chaves_EN (127.22 KB)

Download Programme_séminaire_Chaves_FR (186.43 KB)

Download Agenda_Chaves_ES (129.91 KB)

Download Agenda_Chaves_PT (130.67 KB)

Power point presentation

Download PPT_Chaves_workshop1 (2.79 MB), The mobilization of people dedicated to cross-border cooperation

Download PPT_Chaves_workshop2 (6.11 MB), The institutionalization of the cooperation within cross-border conurbations

Download PPT_Chaves_workshop3 (1.59 MB), Presentation of the local support group to the governance of the Eurocidade Chaves-Verin

Download Powerpoint_Chaves_complet_screen_%C3%A0_mettre_en_ligne.pdf (10.12 MB)

Download Project_sheet_Chaves (1.75 MB)