Successful briefing and training course Towards sustainable urban development

The purpose of this event was to:
a) encourage Irish cities to bid for inclusion in URBACT III's current transfer network call;
b) provide local authorities with a cutting edge training course based upon the Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities (RFSC) tool pioneered by the French Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and CEMR;
c) showcase and recognise Ireland's successful URBACT networks;
TD, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Damien English was at hand to congratulate all the Irish Local Authorities which had successfully bid to join an Urbact Network.

Photos below of the Minister with some of the Irish successes in the URBACT calls.