Sustainable territorial and local development

The Finnish Association of local and regional authorities is organising a seminar on urban planning and sustainable development. The seminar will take place on Monday 13 November 2004 in Helsinki.

 

The main objective of the event is to promote the Aalborg Commitments (*) and to discuss the relationship between these and the forthcoming EU Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment.

 

Among the speakers, the deputy mayor of Ancona (Italy), Emilio D'Alessio, will addres the seminar on the theme : is the compass of promoting sustainable development heading South?

 

More information about the event (in Finnish only)

More information about the Aalborg Commitments

 

(*) Adopted at the Aalborg+10 Conference in 2004, the Aalborg Commitments provide local governments with a common framework designed to help them achieve their targets towards local sustainable development