Attending the URBACT City Festival in Wrocław this April? METREX has something extra for you!
The METREX Foresight2049 team is hosting a foresight workshop in Wrocław, and you’re warmly invited to join! The workshop will take place on April 10–11 and will focus on the future of Europe. Participants will be engaged in exploring forward-looking ideas and develop a set of future scenarios. These will help shape and strengthen our…
From Roads to Boulevards published on the Urban Design Journal – Issue 173
The latest Urban Design journal issue 173 – Winter 2025, edited by Jane Manning, publishes the extensive work produced by METREX Expert Group From Roads to Streets since its inception. Guest topic editor Paul Lecroart introduces the work underway across Europe to turn highways into green streets. The articles illustrate the story of eight metropolitan cities…
Merry Christmas 2024
2024 has been extremely rich in its exciting and promising activities. Together with you, we will continue to work on further developments and implementions next year. Looking forward to meeting you all again in 2025. WE ARE METREX!
METREX Autumn Conference 2024 in Bucharest | The final report is out!
Unlocking the metropolitan potential The benefits of territorial partnerships.Towards a metropolitan agenda Thanks to the collective efforts of moderators, rapporteurs, and panelists, the outcomes of what was a very intense exchange have been gathered in a working document. Hosted by the Bucharest Metropolitan Association – ADIZMB, this year’s Autumn Conference offered a variety…
Advancing Public Mobility in European Metropolitan Areas – International event hosted by Città metropolitana di Milano
On December 2 and 3, METREX, the Network for European Metropolitan Regions and Areas (with over 56 members), convened an event in Milan, Italy, focused on sustainable mobility in metropolitan areas. The meeting, themed “Public Mobility and Transport in European Metropolitan Cities,” was organised by the Metropolitan City of Milan and hosted by Deputy Mayor…
EMA Declaration 2024 signed in Zaanstad, The Netherlands
The Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam – MRA, hosted by its member municipality of Zaanstad, played a significant role in co-organising the European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA) Forum, which took place on November 20 and 21, 2024. This international gathering of European mayors and representatives from metropolitan regions focused this year on the theme of Broad Prosperity….
ESPON DIGIREG – Territorial perspectives of digital transition in European regions
“Territorial perspectives of digital transition in European regions (DIGIREG)” is a new research-led project funded by ESPON to further build up its stock of research and provide new evidence on the territorial dimension of digital transition in Europe, in line with the framework of the Thematic Action Plan “Smart Connectivity”. Partners of the multidisciplinary Consortium,…
Report from the METREX Spring Conference in Brussels 2024: Forging a Metropolitan Europe
The Report from the METREX Spring 2024 Conference in Brussels is now out! Download the report here (PDF). METREX issued its Manifesto for a Metropolitan Partnerships (Unleashing the potential in metropolitan regions and areas) in November 2023, emphasizing that metropolitan regions and areas are best in place to address the poly-crisis we face. Following the…
MECOG-CE Interreg Central Europe program visits the Canavese Food District
Earlier this month, Città Metropolitana di Torino welcomed partners of the MECOG-CE Interreg Central Europe program to Canavese, a territory that spans one-third of the metropolitan area. In this area, a Food District agreement between public and private entities was signed (including municipalities, water management consortium and agri-cooperatives, professional agricultural organisations, agro-industrial enterprises, Chamber of…
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,…
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…
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 at the NARC Conference of Regions
METREX Vice President, Gianina Panatau, to attend the National Conference of Regions in the United States. At the invitation of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regional Councils from the United States, Gianina Panatau, METREX Vice-President, will participate in the association’s ‘National Conference of Regions’ event, which explores pressing priorities facing cities,…
Lviv welcomed to the network
METREX welcomes Lviv to its network of European metropolitan regions are areas. METREX, the network of European metropolitan regions and areas, has welcomed Lviv and its surrounding area as an honorary member. Lviv is a historical city located in western Ukraine. Founded in the 13th century, Lviv is renowned for its architectural beauty and cultural…
METREX president among 40 major signatories of declaration calling for ambitious European urban policy
METREX President Jakub Mazur signed “Brussels Declaration” on Wednesday alongside 40 major European mayors signalling call for the development of an ambitious European urban policy. At the initiative of Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Brussels Region, and Ans Persoons, Secretary of State for Urban Planning and International Relations, the Brussels Region brought together 40 mayors…
Manifesto for Metropolitan Partnerships launched
On 8 November 2023, the Urban Intergroup welcomed METREX to an event to discuss a Manifesto for Metropolitan Partnerships. MEPs and deputy Mayors from across Europe met at the European Parliament to discuss the 7-point manifesto from METREX, which has high ambitions to change the relationship between the EU and metropolitan-level government. The event was…
Metropolitan partnerships to tackle Europe’s challenges – leading pan-European network calls for change
Read and download Manifesto Today METREX – the network of European metropolitan regions and areas – launched its ‘Manifesto for Metropolitan Partnerships: accelerating on a greener, more just and competitive Europe’ at the European Parliament. MEPs Jan Olbrycht, Marcos Ros and Andrey Novakov spoke at the launch event alongside deputy mayors from Bucharest, The Hague,…
New Managing Committee in place for 2023-25
A new Managing Committee of METREX was confirmed at the General Assembly in Braga on 25 October 2023. The METREX Managing Committee (MC) oversees the strategic direction of the organisation and ensures that day-to-day obligations are met by the Secretariat. The MC is appointed every two years by the network’s members to ensure that their…
