Agenda

Call for Participation: Europe's Creative Regions and Cities
05/01/2009 23:00:00
In the context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission are jointly organising a two-day forum, on 20 and 21 April 2009. The Forum will showcase the creativity of Europe's regions and cities and demonstrate the importance of creativity and innovation for economic development.

Rotterdam to get city ferry
05/01/2009 23:00:00
From March 2010 onwards, the Rotterdam region will see the operation of a new means of public transport: the city ferry, with fifteen stops on the Nieuwe Maas between Krimpen aan den IJssel, Rotterdam and Vlaardingen. Later, the service is likely to be extended to Capelle aan den IJssel, Spijkennise, Maassluis en de Botlek. This has been announced by RET (the Rotterdam transport operator) and the City Region Rotterdam.

UK house prices won't recover for a decade
22/12/2008 23:00:00
UK house prices will not recover their 2007 peak for at least a decade, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has warned.

Slovakia joins the euro
21/12/2008 23:00:00
The European Commission will closely monitor the changeover to the euro in Slovakia starting on 1 January 2009. News updates on the latest developments, based on surveys conducted by the Commission and the national authorities, will be available daily from 1 January to 16 January 2009.

Will Naples' garbage plague never end?
21/12/2008 23:00:00
The trash has been removed from the streets of Naples since Silvio Berlusconi's return to office, but the greater garbage problem persists. Public distrust of the government is so great that any effort to deal with the trash problem inevitably sparks new protests.

Global City 2009, Abu Dhabi 20-21 January 2009
19/01/2009 23:00:00
Abu Dhabi's emphasis on sustainable urban development and its growing status as a global hub for business and tourism will receive a major thrust early next year when the world's top urban planners, decision-makers, mayors and international media will gather in the capital to participate in Global City 2009.

AGS Annual Meeting 2009: Urban Futures, the Challenge of Sustainability - Zurich 26-29 January 2009
25/01/2009 23:00:00
Today, around 50% of the present world population - composed of about one billion people in the developed world and 5.5 billion in the developing world - lives in urban areas. And by 2050 - when the population will have grown to around nine billion - this proportion will have risen to 70%, so that twice as many people will live in cities as do today.

The Urban Divide in Latin America: challenges and strategies for social inclusion - Gainesville, Florida, 28-30 January 2009
27/01/2009 23:00:00
Latin America has the largest percentage of urban population of any world region in addition to the most unequal distribution of income. This inequality is most apparent in cities, where the richest and the poorest live in close proximity, and social inequality becomes tangible and flagrantly evident in spatial terms. How can urbanists affect policies that foster social inclusion?

UITP seminar on the future EU directive on the procurement of clean road vehicles - Brussels, 29 January 2009
28/01/2009 23:00:00
In October 2008, the European Council and the Parliament have adopted the new Directive on the Promotion of Clean and Energy Efficient Road Transport Vehicles. The European Commission had presented a revised proposal, COM(2007)817, on 19 December 2007, which was discussed in the European Institutions earlier this year. It is expected that a final text will be published in the Official Journal by the end of this year.

Intermodes 2009 - Brussels, 4-5 February 2009
03/02/2009 23:00:00
INTERMODES is aimed at all international players in the passenger transport sector: elected officials, international authorities, community groups, manufacturers, operators, researchers wishing to contribute towards perfecting intermodality on the domestic and European levels and/or developing solutions that promote intermodality. These solutions will be presented during the Convention and through the associated modular exhibition.