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News/Agenda – Time schedule

The time schedule provides a complete overview on every meeting of the RFO “Change on Borders”. Please notice, that all meetings (Steering Committee, Annual Conference, Thematic Forum) in one line will be held together as combined meetings. In the schedule there is always the organising region and - for the Thematic Forum meetings - also the subject of the meeting mentioned.

Month Annual Conference Steering Committee Thematic Forum 1
“Integrated and environment
friendly development”
Thematic Forum 2
“Development of labour markets”
Thematic Forum 3
“Promotion of socio-cultural integration”
Mar 2004 North-
Rhine-
Westphalia
North-
Rhine-
Westphalia
     
May 2004     Friuli-Venezia Giuli: Kick-off meeting for all three Thematic Forums
Jun 2004   North-
Rhine-
Westphalia
     
Oct 2004   Navarra Navarra

Water management and land-use

cross-border Geodata
   
Nov 2004         Bolzano


Language in border and cross-border settings
           
Jan 2005       Enschede
Science to Business / Business to Science
 
Mar 2005 North-Karelia / East Finland North-Karelia / East Finland North-Karelia / East Finland

Cooperation in the context of joint cross-border structures
   
Jun 2005   Gelderland, Overijssel  

Overijssel

Innovation in cross-border health care
Gelderland

Cross-border health care
Oct 2005   Saxony, Bavaria Saxony

Cross-border public transport
  Bavaria

Cultural competence, good neighbourhood and cross-border people-to-people activities
Nov 2005   Andalucia   Andalucia

Sustainable and ecological tourism across borders
 
           
Mar 2006 Greece   East-Macedonia Thrace

2) Governance in border regions

Judicial instruments in cross-border cooperation
South Aegean Region

1) Development of SMEs, R&D and innovation

Regional clusters
 
May 2006   Lower-Saxony  

Lower-Saxony

3) Tourism development in border regions

Tourism along the trench lines of history
 
Sep 2006     Limburg

1) Cooperation among regions with similar geographical features

Environment, governance and flood prevention in border regions
  North-Rhine-Westphalia

1) Strengthening the social cohesion in border regions

Risk management and prevention in cross-border areas
Nov 2006   Alsace     Alsace

1) Strengthening of social cohesion in border regions

Cross-border projects at all levels of education systems

Basle

2) Training, education and cross-border mobility

Education and Training in border regions
           
Feb 2007   Värmland   Värmland

2) Cross-border labour market development

Cross-border University cooperation
 
Mar 2007 Austria   Upper Austria

3) Environment friendly development & water management

Biotechnology and life science
Lower-Austria

2) Cross-border labour market development

Workers flows from new Member States to Member States
 
May 2007      

  Delta-Rhodopi

1) Strengthening of social cohesion in border regions

The development of European border-related heritage: the conversion of military camps and other facilities in the new programming period and the role of local and regional authorities.
June 2007   Lubelskie  

  Lubelskie

Administrative and Programme
structures along internal and external
borders of the EU
Oct 2007   North-
Rhine-
Westphalia
North-
Rhine-
Westphalia and the 3 Lead Regions

Integrating the Thematic Forum activities, closing-event