Common Metropolitan Vision highlights the power of metropolitan areas
The outcome of the Interreg Central Europe project MECOG-CE, titled “We are the Metropolitan Areas – Our Common Metropolitan Vision”, stands as a strategic document that underscores the pivotal role of metropolitan areas in shaping European and national policies. Download the report This comprehensive framework represents a long-term and shared commitment of metropolitan leaders, stakeholders,…
METREX joins Interreg North-West Europe project to accelerate the transition to a circular built environment
METREX joins an 18-month Interreg North-West Europe project, ASSET, to help accelerate the transition to a circular built environment for the Eurodelta. A cross-sector consortium of 11 partners and over 30 associated partners has come together to explore the spatial implications of a circular built environment (CBE) in the Eurodelta – a historically strong economically-related…
Bernd Steinacher Fellowship 2024-25: Ioana Ivanov
The Bernd Steinacher Fellowship was established in 2010 to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by the late Bernd Steinacher, who was Director of Verband Region Stuttgart and President of METREX from 2004 until 2008. Funded by METREX and Verband Region Stuttgart, the Fellowship seeks to promote the metropolitan dimensions and is awarded…
No net land take policies, a recurring metropolitan affair?
Secretary General Henk Bouwman writes in the February edition of ESPON’s TerritoriAll magazine on the issue of development sprawl. This article was first published in the February 2024 edition of TerritoriAll. Read the full edition Europe is on the way to elections in June. The new parliament wil need to form a view on the…
Report / Framing Metropolitan Cohesion Policies: exploring Urban-Rural Partnerships
Report from the METREX Autumn 2023 Conference in Braga now out! Download the report here (PDF) In 2023, the METREX Autumn conference was held in Braga, Portugal, over 22-25 October. It was hosted by the Intermunicipal Community of Cávado, and supported by a number of national partners including the Operational Programme NORTE 2030, Regional Directorate…
METREX president signs EMA declaration to mitigate climate change
Decision-makers in Europe’s metropolitan areas look for solutions to mitigate climate change The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council – an esteemed Member of METREX – hosted the annual forum of the European Metropolitan Authorities Network (EMA) in Helsinki on 28–29 September. The main theme of the conference was climate change mitigation with green and digital solutions. Officials…
Bernd Steinacher Fellowship is open for applications
Applications are now sought for the Bernd Steinacher Fellowship, a two-year programme aimed at supporting research on metropolitan issues by a student or early-career professional. Deadline for applications: midnight 3 November 2023 About Bernd Steinacher Bernd Steinacher was the Regional Director of the Verband Region Stuttgart with its directly elected the Regional Assembly. Mr. Steinacher…
Call for papers: Should I stay or should I go
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2023 Should I stay or should I go: urban sprawl, density, and a new planning agenda for Europe From January to June 2024, Belgium will be presiding the Council of Ministers of the EU. During this presidency, perspective.brussels, the Brussels Planning Agency, organises a seminar on 29 and 30 May…
METREX network supports sustainable freight transport plan for Metropolitan City of Milan
The final event of a series during which METREX Members have been informing the Metropolitan City of Milan’s new sustainable freight transport plan (PULS) will take place in Milan on 5 and 6 October 2023. The Metropolitan City of Milan and a number of cross-sector partners are developing a new sustainable freight transport plan for…
MECOG-CE Interreg project to strengthen metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe
METREX is an Associated Partner of this new Interreg Central Europe project, which is led by Brno Metropolitan Area and which will focus on strengthening metropolitan cooperation and Governance in Central Europe. A new Interreg Central Europe project has launched that aims to identify the best tools, procedures and examples of good practices for strengthening…
Third ‘Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta’ completed
METREX-sponsored third edition of the annual Next Generation Podium (NGP) has drawn to a close. Held over March and May 2023, Next Generation Podium promoted the involvement of the next generation of planners and designers (students and young professionals) in thinking about the future of the Eurodelta mega region. Organised by Vereniging Deltametropool over 120…
Open Call for Working Groups members: EU Harnessing Talent Platform
The European Commission has published a Communication on Harnessing Talent in European Regions and is launching the Talent Booster Mechanism, which aims to bring a fresh impetus for re and up-skilling as the first key initiative in 2023 to contribute to the European Year of Skills. This Mechanism will support EU regions affected by the…
Funding opportunities: DUT Call 2023 – mobility, circularity, and energy
DUT Call 2023 People-centred urban transformation The DUT Call 2023 is co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe. On a global level, the call is part of the Mission Innovation (MI) call series, i.e. MICall23. The purpose of the call is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities…
ASSET: A Spatial Strategy for the EuroDelta, boosting a circular builT environment for Interreg North-West Europe
METREX SURE EuroDelta network partners submit Interreg NWE research proposal to explore how a spatial strategy for the EuroDelta can create a circular built environment. A circular built environment (CBE) comes with new demands for space – circular building hubs, storage spaces for reused materials, for sorting, and for developing biobased materials, etc. This transition…
METREX Managing Committee Elections 2023 Invitation to present a candidate
Deadline for submitting applications 18 August 2023, 09:00 CET WE ARE METREX Practitioners, experts, representatives of cities, metropolitan regions and areas, highlighting the role of Expert Groups and good practices – including the role of the Managing Committee in creating and sharing results. The METREX Managing Committee (MC) oversees the strategic direction of the organisation…
Metropolitan Manifesto to be debated European Parliament event
Presentation and debate hosted by Urban Intergroup (27 June, Brussels, 09:00-11:00 CEST) to bring additional political and stakeholder views on the draft Manifesto’s call to the EU and national governments. METREX will at the end of June present its draft ‘Manifesto for a Metropolitan Europe’ at a meeting of the Urban Intergroup at the European…
METREX supports the Next Generation Podium 2023
METREX is sponsoring the Next Generation Podium, taking place on 11-12 May 2023, which is an initiative of our SURE network This is an invitation to the next generation of planners, designers and urban thinkers, universities and research institutes on behalf of the SURE Network, to participate in the development of the Eurodelta mega-region. Next…
Members Braga and Metropolia GZM win European urban mobility awards
METREX Members Braga (Portugal) and Metropolia GZM (Poland) were revealed as the winners of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK award 2022 and the first-ever MOBILITYACTION award, respectively. The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by the European Commission at the Castle of the Counts in Ghent. Braga (Portugal) – winner of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2022 The city…
