4 March 2008
Brdo near Kranj

Following the success of the Committee of the Regions' Second Territorial Dialogue in March 2007 and the decision of the Committee of the Regions to annually address the Presidency of the Council regarding the effective implementation of the Lisbon strategy at the regional and local level a Third Territorial Dialogue took place in the framework of the Slovene Presidency of the Council of the European Union, co-hosted by the Committee of the Regions.

                                              Territorial Dialogue took place

                                     on 4 March 2008 from 1.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

   
                                       at the Brdo Congress Centre in Slovenia.


The Territorial Dialogue gives regional and local stakeholders the opportunity to express their views to representatives of the European Commission, the Slovene, French and Czech Presidencies, European associations, and Permanent representations, and to engage in a useful dialogue on how to tackle the challenges local and regional authorities face in implementing the Lisbon Strategy.

This year's Territorial Dialogue was also an occasion to discuss with relevant stakeholders the Report to the European Spring Council 2008 by the Committee of the Regions' Lisbon Monitoring Platform.

The report is the CoR's response to the request of the Spring European Council 2006 to provide a summary report in support of the Jobs and Growth Strategy by 2008, and aims to assess the effects of the revised Lisbon Strategy on the local and regional level and to provide an outlook beyond 2008. It also reflects the key role that regions and cities play as economic actors.

On Monday, 3 March 2008, a meeting on the subject  eLiving Lab took place with the president of the Committee of the Regions and the members of the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions. the meeting took place at the Faculty of Organisational Sciences in Kranj. More about the meeting at http://www.elivinglab.org/euregionsmeeting/.

International conference Territorial Dialogue - PROGRAMME 

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