Urbact Berlin Conference

[i]Berlin Conference[/i] 4, 5 and 6 November 2007 Berlin The URBACT Programme aims to develop exchanges of experience between European cities and the actors, which have been involved in the URBAN Programmes, initiated and implemented by the European Union since the late 1980s (URBAN Pilot Projects and URBAN I and II), while at the same time contributing to an improvement of actions carried out at local and regional level in order to find the most efficient solutions to common problems. URBACT represents the aspect of exchange and capitalisation of the European Community Initiative URBAN II (2002 - 2006), which had as its wide-ranging target the development and implementation of innovative urban regeneration strategies from an economic, social and environmental aspect - in one word an integrated cross-sectoral approach. In light of the complexity and the importance of the questions addressed, as well as the necessarily limited number of actors directly involved in URBAN, an efficient and widely publicised process of exchange, capitalisation and dissemination has become a vital necessity. A threefold objective has been set for this [b]conference in Berlin[/b]: assess the results of the 70 URBAN programmes that coming to an end, draw conclusions of URBACT in its closing stages and finally launch URBACT II – an instrument for exchange between cities which supports the implementation of urban aspects of Operational Programmes. The conference will not only talk about the details of the Call to Projects concerning the creation of thematic networks and work groups, but also enable discussions between those in charge of a project. For more information: http://urbact.eu/no_cache/home.html