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A Celebration of Europe Day 2017 / EU World Cities Project

For more than 40 years, the Europe Union (EU) has recognised that its city-regions all have different characteristics and assets that contribute differently to the development of the Single European Market and to the future of Europe. EU Regional Policy has been a central means of sharing resources for European regions to develop their competitiveness, strengthen their social cohesion and become more innovative.

As Europe struggles to generate economic growth and employment, welcome refugees and to meet citizens’ aspirations for improved living standards, the role of its city-regions has become more important than ever.

This celebration of Europe Day 2017 will reflect on the varying contributions of European city-regions to building a smarter, more sustainable and inclusive Europe, and how their roles will evolve over the next decade.

This event is part of the EU’s World Cities knowledge exchange project involving four cities from the EU and four from Australia. 

The key speakers at the event will be Dr Ronald Hall and Professor Las Coenen.

Speakers: 

• Dr Ronald Hall: Principal Advisor at DG Regional and Urban Policy at the European Commission.
• Professor Las Coenen: Professor of Resilience University at Melbourne and Melbourne City Council, formerly Professor of Innovation Studies at CIRCLE Sweden.

This celebration will be in the Green Brain Conference Rooms, Level 7, Building 16 (Storey Hall), RMIT City Campus.

A light lunch will be provided.

Date: Tuesday 9 May, 2017

Time: 12:30pm – 2pm

Location: Green Brain Conference Rooms, Level 7, Building 16 (Storey Hall), RMIT City Campus, 336-348 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000

RSVP: https://europes-city-regions-the-key-drivers.eventbrite.com.au

Free Event

European Union Centre at RMIT
Building 101, Level 2
W: rmit.edu.au/eucentre

T: @RMIT_EU_CENTRE

The European Union Centre at RMIT University is funded through a grant from the European Union and RMIT University