02/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - 7 March the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will be organising in Syracuse in Italy a conference on “Training and Competitiveness at Local and Regional Levels”. Works will be in three sessions: 1) developing education and lifelong training as a way of promoting regional competitiveness; 2) support strategies and actions for developing human capital and promoting the competitiveness of the regions and cities; 3) best practices for promoting innovation and the spirit of enterprise through training at local and regional levels. Participants will include the following experts such as the Italian minister for equal opportunities Stefania Prestigiacomo and the Director General of Education and Culture Nikolaus Van der Pas. (Info: http://www.cor.eu.int ).