The Sixth European Week of Regions and Cities "Open Days 2008" kicks off in Brussels today. This year's edition of the EU's biggest event on European local governments is entitled "Regions and Cities in a Challenging World". The event will continue until 9 October. It is jointly organised by the Committee of the Regions, the European Commission and 217 partner regions and cities from 32 states. Some 7,400 participants from across the European Union will attend 145 seminars and workshops.
Wielkopolska, together with 9 partners: Niedersachsen, Emilia-Romagna, Northern and East Netherlands Provinces, Pilsen Region, Lower Silesia, Navarra, Yorkshire and Humber and East Midlands, will host two workshops. One of them, entitled „Regions as the catalysts for change: How EU regions are responding to the challenges of climate change", will be held on 8 October, 16:45, at the Wielkopolska Office in Brussels. The key attendees of the seminar will be Member of the European Parliament professor Jerzy Buzek and UN Representative from Geneva Jaco Tavernier, dealing with environmental programmes.
One of the objectives of the workshop will be to draw the attention of entire Europe to this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in the capital of Wielkopolska.
At the workshop at Wielkopolska's office in Brussels, an exhibition will also be opened, prepared in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Department of the City of Poznań, entitled: "Bali - Poznan - Copenhagen. Will the European Union Pave the Way For a New Agreement on Climate Change?"
Wielkopolska will also present its exhibitor's stand under the Open Days' Investors' Cafe – a venue for presentations and meetings at the seat of the Committee of the Regions at Belliard 101. The topic of the presentation will be European Funds in Wielkopolska in the context of environmental protection and climate change. The Marshal's Office, together with the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, will present regional environmental projects implemented with the EU funding.
During this year's Open Days, at the seminar organised by the European Commission, Wielkopolska's Office in Brussels will present the results of the June workshop on JEREMIE financial instrument. The seminar "Better regional access to finance for small and medium enterprises: JEREMIE" will be held at the Borschette Centre, Froissard 36, Brussels, on 8 October, 11:15. More on Open Days on the on the website of the event.
Author: BIWW
