Lisbon / EU 2020 Strategy – Going local” is organized by PRO-SUD in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade (Luxembourg), The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, Department for Spatial Planning (Luxembourg) and the Cellule nationale d’Information pour la Politique Urbaine (CIPU) (Luxembourg) and Sörmland Region Council (Sweden).

Seminar & Partner meeting "Lisbon/EU 2020 Strategy - going local" the 28^th/29t^h January 2010 in Esch-sur-Alzette

The Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs was launched in 2000 as a response to globalization. The idea was for the EU and its member states to cooperate on reforms in order to generate growth and more and better jobs by investing in people’s skills and innovation by 2010.
With the current implementation period running to a close, the EU is about to devise a new strategy for the period beyond 2010. The future strategy should set a common agenda of objectives to be achieved by the EU until 2020.

The seminar “Lisbon / EU 2020 Strategy – Going local” focuses on the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy 2010 in Europe and in Luxembourg. A number of challenges encountered during this first period will be discussed in depth, such as the lack of a territorial dimension and the lack of engagement from the local level. Representatives from the regional and the municipal levels from Sörmland (Sweden) will present a method with which they succeeded in getting the local and regional authorities to take ownership of the Lisbon targets as well as to improve their governance systems and their communication with the region’s citizens. The conference will close with an outlook on the new EU 2020 strategy.

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Programme of january, the 28^th 2010: (public seminar)

Venue: Building "Terre Rouge" de RBC-Dexia, 14 rue Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-Belval (accessibility)

12.30  Registration & Lunch

13.30  Opening (Mrs. Lydia Mutsch – President of PRO-SUD, Mayor of the City of Esch-sur-Alzette)

13.50   Territorial aspects of the Lisbon Strategy (Mr. Marco Schank, Minister of Housing, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, Luxembourg)

14.10   Implementing the Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies in Sörmland (Mrs. Lotta Finstorp, Chief Commissioner, Sörmland County Council , Mr Henric Sörblad, Chairman of the Municipal  Executive Committee, Gnesta Municipality)

14.30  Implementing the Lisbon Strategie in Luxembourg (Mr. Pierre Thielen, and Mrs. Martine Hildgen, Observatoire de la compétitivité, Luxembourg)

15.00  Coffee break

15.20  Local “roundabout” with politicians

15.50   Europe’s regions and the Lisbon experience (Mr. Andrea Forti, Committee of the Regions)

16.10   Outlook Lisbon / EU 2020 (Mr. Ernst Moutschen, Head of the European Commission Permanent Representation in Luxembourg)

16.30   Next steps “Lisbon goes local” project (Mrs. Elisabeth Langgren-Lundov, Project Manager, Sörmland Regional Council)

16.40   Closure

Moderation:     Mr. Tom Becker (CIPU) and Mme Sabine Stölb (Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, Luxembourg, Direction de l'aménagement du territoire - DATer)

19.00    Dinner(on invitation) at the Brasserie K116 (Kulturfabrik) in Esch-sur-Alzette

Preliminary programme of January, the 29^th 2010 (for project partners)

Venue: Pavilion SKIP, 10, rue Henri Koch, L-4354 Esch-sur-Alzette (accessibility)

9.00      Project development workshop
12.30    Lunch
14:15    Informal political meeting
15.15    Optional: Site visit Esch-Belval  
16.30    Closure

The seminar takes place in the RBC Dexia Buiding in Esch-Belval (Luxembourg). Participation is free of charge. To register, please complete the online registration or download the programme.

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For further questions please contact Nicole Schlichtenhorst (Regional Manager of PRO-SUD)