The
work of REGIONET is centred around four workshops:
Workshop
1: “Regional
Sustainable Development - The Role of the Structural Funds”
September 9th - 11th 2002, Seggau, Austria
Network
partners and stakeholders will contribute to the workshop by preparing and
presenting their views on integrating sustainable development issues into
Structural Funds projects.
Workshop
2: “Regional Sustainable Development: Strategies for Effective Multi-level
Governance”
January 29th
- 31st 2003, Lillehammer, Norway
Contributions
will come from actors with relevant experience in the field: scientists and
academics who have studied decision-making and concertation processes;
regional and local actors who have initiated these; and non-governmental
organisations, including citizens movements, which have participated in
consultation processes.
Workshop
3: “Towards Regional Sustainable Development: Evaluation Methods and
Tools”
June 11th - 13th 2003, Manchester, UK
Contributions
will primarily be invited from scientists and consultants working on the
assessment of initiatives, projects and policies according to the concepts
and parameters (quantitative and qualitative) of regional sustainable
development. It will also have contributions from international
organisations like European Bank of Reconstruction and Develpment (EBRD),
World Bank, and the European Commission on their perspectives on criteria in
evaluation.
Workshop
4, "Cross-Fertilisation and Integration of Results of REGIONET"
January 14th - 16th 2004, Brussels, Belgium
The
final workshop will synthesise and elaborate on the findings of the REGIONET
project. It will provide a unique opportunity for networking between
decision-makers, researchers, business and NGOs/citizens from various
different regions in Europe.