ENCORE

29. September 2010: Meeting between the European Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Janez Potocnik and ENCORE Ministers. Brussels, Commissioner's Office, 3.00 pm.

14-15. October 2010: ENCORE Steering Group meeting. Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain).

Autumn 2010: Groundwater Quality Workshop, within the framework of the 2008-2010 project of the virtual Working Group on Water, in which all partners can present and share their experiences.
International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain.

2010: International Workshop on Education and Sustainable Development, organized by the region of Bavaria (Germany), in collaboration with the Network of European Regions on Education for Sustainability (RES). Bavarian Representation, Brussels.

2011: International Symposium on Sports and Sustainable Development, organized by the province of Drenthe (The Netherlands) and the Aragon region (Spain). Assen (The Netherlands).

10-11. June 2010: During the 9th ENCORE Conference in Olsztyn (Poland), the Olsztyn Action Plan (OLAP) was approved, as well as the Monitoring Report of the Aragon Action Plan (ARAP). Signing of the Valencia Charter by new regions and signing of the Declaration of the ENCORE regions on Combating Biodiversity Loss . The Conference was attended by 220 participants from 43 regions (15 countries), among them 29 ministers.
OLAP: ARAP Monitoring Report: Biodiversity Statement:

A joint website has been established for the ENCORE 2010 Olsztyn Conference:
www.encore2010.eu
Please visit this website for more specific information on this Conference .

26 May 2010: ENEA-MA Meeting in Warsaw

The International Seminar on Defining the Role of Regions in European Climate Policy, to be hosted by the Province of South Holland (the Hague, Netherlands), scheduled for 2010, has been cancelled.

The INTERREG IVC project called "WATER CoRe", in which 7 partner regions participate, has been approved last 5. November by Interreg IVC's Steering Committee, as one of the 67 projects chosen out of 481 submitted. Kick-off meeting: 26-27 April, International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain.

4-7. May 2010: OECD Workshop "Improving the Information base to better guide Water Resource Management Decision Making", hosted and organized by the Government of Aragon (Spain).
International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain. www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_37425_43685739_1_1_1_1,00.html

26-27. April 2010: Interreg IV-C WATER CoRe Kick-off meeting for all project partners, at political and technical level. Hosted by the Government of Aragon (Spain).
International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain.

4. March 2010: High Level Summit on climate change hosted by Région Île-de-France and The Climate Group in Paris.
The Climate Group and some of Europe’s most powerful regional governments have sent a joint statement to EU leaders to warn that more ambitious EU climate and energy policies will be essential to powering Europe’s future competitiveness, growth and jobs, as well as to prioritize common actions towards a low carbon economy, on the road to COP16.

2. March 2010: WWF Evening Dialogue on Biodiversity, hosted by the Bavarian Representation in Brussels.
18:00-21:15h. Bavarian Regional Government's Representation Building. Rue Wiertz 77, Brussels.

13-14. December 2009: 2 days of exchange of local and regional climate change practises, organized by the Dutch provinces, within the Holland Climate House programme.
COP 15 Bella Center, Copenhagen

9-11. November 2009: 3rd International Experts Meeting on Water Quality Management.
International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain.

19-20. October 2009: Low Carbon Regional Development Conference.
International Centre for Water and Environment (CIAMA), Pastriz (Zaragoza), Aragon, Spain.
EU Regional Contributions to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan, on the road to Copenhagen
Hosted by the Regional Ministry for the Environment of the Government of Aragon, in cooperation with The Climate Group

20-21. July 2009: Regional Development Conference in Östersund, Sweden.
Interpretation to and from English, French, German, Spanish and Polish.