SRN Final Conference in Bristol
The SRN Network held it's final SRN Conference on Tuesday the 26th and Wednesday the 27th June 2007.
Bristol City Council, the Lead Partner in the SRN Europe network hosted this conference to disseminate the findings of the SRN Europe partnership at venues in Bristol.
The Network also lauched it's Good Practice Guide, which draws upon our shared experiences of successful projects and processes of funding on a sub-regional level. These events demonstrated how funding on a sub-regional level can be managed, funded and structured in a succesful way.
The Main Event, a high-profile conference day on the 26th with speakers from the committe of the Regions and the Department for Communities and Local Government in the UK, amongst others addressed a number of themes regarding the delivery of funds at a Sub-Regional level.
On the second day of the event, a morning of visits to sites where regeneration has been carried out in the Bristol area was organised, taking in projects such as: Circomedia, Children's Scrapstore, the Beacon Centre and Silai for Skills.
Conference Programme
The Conference Programme from the first day can be accessed here:
- Conference Programme PDF Document
- Conference Programme WORD Document
Presentations from the conference
These are all available in pdf document format.
- Towards Sustainable Communities across Europe
- Main achievements of the INTERREG IIIC programme and an Insight into the future INTERREG IVC programme
- Overview of the SRN Europe Network and launch of "Good Practice Guide"
- Top Tips: On how to improve performance for the new programming period
Keith Thorpe, Head of Urban Policy, Department of Communities and Local Government, UK
Silke Brocks, Joint Technical Secretariat, Lille, FR
Paul Owens, Bristol City Council, UK
Xavi Tiana, Barcelona, ES;
Harri Lapalainen, Turku, FI;
Orinta Minalgaite, Klaipeda, LI; and
Maria Teresa Manescau, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
Top Tips from the network in depth (MS Word)
Top Tips from the network in depth (pdf)
Workshop One: Regions and Sub-Regions working together
- The case of Modena and Emilia-Romagna
- A dialogue in Finland
Tiziana Osio, Modena, IT, and
Gianluca Baldoni, Emilia-Romagna, IT
Jukka Jarvinen, Tampere, FI
Workshop Two: Partnership work with public and private stakeholders
- Stakeholders in Local Development
- Partnership working in the county of Cumbria
Jan Balek, Mikroregion Hranicko, CZ
Ian Hill, Cumbria County Council, UK
Workshop Three: Quality Managment of Structural Funds
- Structural Fund Managment in Langhe Monferrato Roero
- The experienceof the ALSO project
Marta Ferrero, Langhe Monferrato Roero region, IT
Mikis Moselt, Marche Region, IT
Workshop Four: Complementary use of Structural Funds and national Funds, maximising impact
- The Bristol Experience
- The Experience of Lille Metropole
Paul Owens, Bristol City Council, UK
Francois Goarin, Lille Metropole, FR
Photographs of the event
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If you attended this event and took any photographs,
please e-mail them to pippin.sadler@bristol.gov.uk.