SAVE THE DATE! Solutions for strong metropolitan cooperation and governance: Metropolitan areas for European cohesion and growth

The City of Brno, lead partner in the MECOG-CE Interreg programme, kindly invites all METREX members to the upcoming conference “Solutions for strong metropolitan cooperation and governance: Metropolitan areas for European cohesion and growth” which will be held on 19 March 2026 in Brno, Czechia.

Metropolitan areas are at the forefront of Europe’s most pressing challenges — from climate adaptation and social cohesion to competitiveness, innovation and sustainable development. With their concentration of people, resources, and know-how, they are not only the places where these challenges are most acute, but also where solutions are being shaped.

What the event is about

This event will explore how metropolitan cooperation and governance can unlock the full potential of these areas to drive cohesive, balanced, and resilient development across Europe. It will present metropolitan solutions to European challenges and highlight the need to better recognize and strengthen their role in both national and European policymaking — particularly within the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework.

Join us to discuss why metropolitan areas matter, how cooperation across these territories can make a real difference, and what needs to change to empower them as engines of strategic transformation. The conference also serves as a final event of the MECOG-CE project, led by Brno for over three years, and important project outputs delivered during its implementation will be presented.

Registrations

Further information and the registration link will be shared in January.

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