Posts Tagged ‘DG Regio’

Do We Have Data On Urban Development and Are We Using It?

About the 6th workshop towards an Integrated Urban Monitoring in Europe (IUME), held on 22 October in Brussels at the Directorate-General for Regio and Urban Policy: for comparative urban analysis first and foremost comparative data are needed from cities.  This sounds simple – however, the reality is quite difficult. In a recent meeting (details later) […]

By Ivan Tosics, on December 4th, 2013 at 12:19

Rural-Urban Partnerships: An Integrated Approach to Economic Development

Research and publications of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  (OECD) are usually of high quality. Correspondingly, I had high expectations when arriving to Bologna to participate in the OECD 9th Rural Development Policy Conference  on Rural-Urban partnerships: an integrated approach to economic development.   No doubt, the topic is of high importance. European policies and funds […]

By Ivan Tosics, on November 12th, 2013 at 16:41