Bernd Steinacher Fellowship announced
European Metropolises in Response to COVID-19 (Post)Pandemic Crisis: Recovery, Renewal and Resilience The Bernd Steinacher Fellowship was established in 2010 to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by the late Bernd Steinacher, former Director of Verband Region Stuttgart. It is funded jointly by METREX and Verband Region Stuttgart. The 2021-22 Fellowship will be…
Artificial intelligence for a good life
AI Artificial Intelligence METREX Member Wrocław published a report “Artificial Intelligence For a Good Life. Wrocław Metropolitan Area 2021” summarising a series of seminars with the participation of Polish and foreign speakers organised by the Wrocław City Hall in cooperation with PwC and the Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency during the period from February 2020 to…
Watch back: METREX at European Week of Regions and Cities
On 13 October 2021, METREX hosted a special event at the EU Week of Regions and Cities that brought together a number of Members to examine the most effective green projects and initiatives and discuss solutions that look beyond the pandemic to achieve a green recovery. METREX members Helsinki, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Stuttgart Region, Torino and…
METREX at #EURegionsWeek
Registration is now open for the European Week of Regions and Cities. Make sure you and your colleagues sign-up to attend the two events below that METREX is running and supporting. Moving from policies to actions – metropolitan scenarios for a green post-pandemic recovery 13 October 2021, 14:30-16:00 CEST METREX will this year host a…
Genova and ANCI Liguria join the METREX network
METREX is delighted to welcome two new members to its growing network of metropolitan regions and areas. Città Metropolitana di Genova, the city authority for Genova, is welcomed as a full member and ANCI Liguria, an association of and for local municipalities, is welcomed as an Observer member. These additions further enhance an already strong…
Applications open for the Bernd Steinacher Fellowship 2021-2023
Applications are now closed Deadline Extended to Monday 23 August 2021, 10:00 CEST METREX and Verband Region Stuttgart are delighted to invite applications for the next Bernd Steinacher Fellowship, which will run from 2021-2023. The Fellowship was established in 2010 to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by Bernd Steinacher, who was President…
Job vacancy: Director for the Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC
The Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC is offering the position of the Director. The contract will start on 1 January 2022. We are looking for a dynamic person to fill this demanding and thrilling function, and who will continue our successful cooperation in the Rhine-Alpine EGTC with fresh ideas and a strong vision…
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,…