18/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Institute of Public Administration - European Centre for the Regions (EIPA-ECR) and the Fundación Comunidad Valenciana - Región Europa (Spain) are organising a conference on “The Re-launched Lisbon Strategy on Partnership for Growth and Jobs and Its Regions: a Reality Check”, in Valencia on 12 and 13 June, under the auspices of the Generalitat Valenciana. This is the second annual conference organised by and for the regions. Maria Joao Rodrigues, Special Adviser to the European Commission on the Lisbon Agenda, will deliver a keynote address on “The Lisbon Process and the Regions”. (Further information: http://www.uegva.info )