GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/committee of the regions

Brussels, 03/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of the Regions has taken the initiative to launch an open door day for all representations of the towns and regions of Europe in Brussels from 7 to 9 October. The idea, as Albert Bore, Committee President, explains, is to demonstrate the reality of the presence and influence of over 200 local or regional authority representations of a 15+10 member Europe. A programme of around 30 conferences, workshops or seminars is foreseen.

We mainly cite: investment in clean urban transport, on Tuesday 7 October at 13h00 (Stockholm region, av. de Cortenberg 52, 1000 Brussels. Tel.: [phone]); ethical financing - the Cosis experiment, Wednesday 8 October at 15h00 (Office of the Regions of Central Italy, 6 rond point Schuman, 1040 Brussels. Tel.: [phone]). local representations in Brussels, the example of Catalonia, Prague Capital and the region of Greater Poland, on Wednesday 8 October at 18h30 (Maison de Prague, av. Palmerston, 16, 1000 Brussels. Tel. [phone]); recycling: example of vegetable oils, on Wednesday 8 October at 10h (Catalonia region, rue de la Loi 227, 1040 Brussels. Tel.: [phone]); training for mayors and local administrators, on Thursday 9 October at 10h00 (Tuscany region, 6 rond point Schuman, 1040 Brussels. Tel.: [phone]); the Green Paper on services of general interest, Thursday 9 October at 15h00 (Ile-de-France region, rue Guimard 15, 1040 Brussels, Tel.: [phone]).

The complete programme is available on the Committee of the Regions website: http://www.cor.eu.int .