Committee of the Regions adopts draft opinion on sustainable and smart mobility strategy
The European Committee of the Region’s (CoR) commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) adopted two draft opinions during its meeting on 23 April. METREX and its Members actively contributed the metropolitan dimension to the second of two draft opinions, which is on the sustainable and smart mobility strategy of the EU. Robert…
METREX President to co-chair European programme for Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative
METREX is delighted to announce that its President, Jakub Mazur, has been invited to co-chair the European programme for Making Cities Resilient 2030. Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is an initiative led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and its partners to support cities in taking action to reduce disaster risk in alignment…
First Deputy Mayor of Wrocław Jakub Mazur confirmed as new METREX President
Members of METREX, the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas, last week voted Jakub Mazur as its new President. Jakub Mazur will head the network for the next two years, representing METREX publicly and leading the organisation’s managing committee. Jakub Mazur was confirmed as President at the METREX General Assembly, which took place as…
Elections open for Managing Committee and Vice Presidents
Elections to decide the next METREX Managing Committee and Vice Presidents open today, Friday 18 December 2020 METREX has today opened elections to decide its next Managing Committee and two Vice Presidents. The elections take place every two years, with Managing Committee Members able to serve two terms. The Managing Committee and Vice Presidents are…
Symposium Integral Approach Public Space
On October 29, 2020, METREX Member Amsterdam ran the Symposium Integral Approach Public Space. The purpose of the meeting was to share knowledge and jointly develop a new integral design method for public space. National and international experts shared their knowledge and experiences. The meeting kicked off with hundreds of participants from Japan, USA, Brazil,…
METREXmonthly – exchange across the network at monthly events
Exchange with your METREX colleagues on issues ranging from health to connectivity to productivity. With European and global affairs changing evermore rapidly, we believe it is critical for our Members to exchange more regularly on solutions to short and longer-term challenges – including of course Covid-19. We therefore invite Members to actively participate in a…
World Metropolitan Day ‘Metropolitan Areas and Regions on the framework of recovery’
Within the framework of Urban October and World Metropolitan Day, UN-Habitat, the Government of the Basque Country and METREX jointly organised a virtual event with the participation of experts from global institutions and governments. The webinar addressed the initiatives carried out at the metropolitan level to accelerate the positive transformation of urban and territorial realities,…
Annual Report 2019
The METREX Annual Report for 2019 is now available online to download. The report offers an overview of the activities of METREX in 2019, as well as the organisation’s position in terms of new members and future growth. METREX President, Dr. Nicola Schelling, provides a foreword which captures the mood of the continent and globally,…
METREX Managing Committee Elections – Call for Candidates
METREX Managing Committee call for candidates is now open As announced prior to our Lyon Conference, elections for the METREX Managing Committee (MC) were postponed due to the pandemic situation. We are pleased to open the call today, 20 October 2020, to recruit Members of the Managing Committee and two Vice Presidents of METREX. How…
Regional strategies to restart the economy – How do we emerge from the Corona crisis? (online-conference)
The Covid-19 pandemic affects all aspects of life. While there are health hazards and social constraints, the economy has been hit especially hard. Employment rates and welfare are at stake. Efforts to fight the crisis have not been limited to the European Commission, with its record-high recovery programme. Regional authorities across Europe are dedicated to…
Bernd Steinacher Fellowship update: Crisis and urban development
In 2019, METREX awarded the Bernd Steinacher Fellowship to David Dooghe. In this short article, David Dooghe explains what he has encountered so far at the midway point of this two-year research project. Crisis and urban development As our understanding of crises grows, less is known of the particular connection with urban development. For instance,…
European Network of Cities for Apprenticeships
The European Commission in collaboration with Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale is developing a European Network of Cities for Apprenticeships. This network aims to raise awareness on the role of cities in supporting apprenticeships in collaboration with regional and national stakeholders, to become an advocacy platform, and to provide cities with information, training, and technical…
Helsinki Energy Challenge – Can you design the future of urban heating?
Helsinki launches global one-million-euro competition to answer the question: How can we decarbonise the heating of Helsinki, using as little biomass as possible? The climate crisis is the most crucial challenge of our time, and cities have a key role in driving the shift to a low-carbon economy. Helsinki is one of the leading cities…
METREX Research Portal in development
At our 2019 conference in Stuttgart it was announced that METREX would establish a METREX Research Portal. The objective of the the portal is to develop a better view on existing scientific research that can support our members in their work. In addressing the complicated issues that our members deal with, it can be crucial…
METREX elections postponed
In light of the Covid-19 virus, we will postpone the election of the next President, Vice-Presidents, and MC members until later this year. The call for candidates will open in September, with elections at the end of the year. We hope to present the new MC at the Spring 2021 Conference in Nürnberg. More details…
METREX Expert and Network Groups meet virtually
Five METREX Expert Groups and Network Groups met online in March in lieu of meetings planned for the Lisbon Conference. In light of the global Covid-19 lock-down, which forced the cancellation of the METREX Lisbon Conference, a number of Expert and Network Groups responded by holding their meetings online. Meetings took place for the Nordic…
Survey on the economic impact of the Covid-19 Virus
We are all facing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in our daily life and in our work. Governments across the world are getting more concerned about the economic impact of this crisis and ways to accelerate the recovery. METREX is a place where we can learn from each other, and this very special situation…
CoR COVID-19 exchange platform
News from the COVID-19 exchange platform The COVID-19 outbreak continues to expand globally. Governments at all levels, and in particular local and regional authorities, are being called upon to provide emergency services, communicate on how to contain the spread of disease, coordinate efforts, and mitigate as far as possible the impact on economies. Regional and…