The Mediterranean region, including both the northern and southern shores, is the principal tourist destination in the world. Consequently, tourism plays a vital role in the economies of the region, acting as a significant source of economic growth and employment, while also making a positive...

These proceedings are a compendium of reports of most of the 108 workshops held in Brussels during the OPEN DAYS 2012 - 10th European Week of Regions and Cities (8 - 11 October 2012). Jointly organised by the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission's Regional and Urban...

These proceedings summarise the 110 workshops held during the 'OPEN DAYS 2011 - 9th European Week of Regions and Cities' between 10 and 13 October in Brussels. 206 regions and cities from all over Europe and more than 5,000 participants, 600 speakers and 240 journalists took part in the event,...

This report investigates how regional and local authorities contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, using efforts to promote sustainable energy and climate mitigation as examples. It analyses experiences and best practices of local and regional authorities in transforming their...

In 2000, the EU launched its ambitious 'Lisbon Strategy' to become "the world's most dynamic knowledge-based economy by 2010". After five years, the EU's leaders re-launched the strategy in March 2005, placing greater emphasis on growth and jobs and transferring more ownership to member states...

In general the national progress reports do consider the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of the Lisbon strategy. An assessment of the 27 national progress reports that Member States submitted in 2009 has identified the following five highly developed documents which...

Sustainable Development (SD) strategies have been developed on the EU level as well as in most EU Member States (by 2008, 26 EU Member States were expected to have adopted a National Sustainable Development Strategy). · Compared to the first EU SDS (Gothenburg Strategy), the renewed EU SDS...