Welcome to XI UBC General Conference in Liepāja!
"Building on the past, heading for the future"!
The UBC celebrates its 20th anniversary! The jubilee General Conference will be held in Liepāja, Latvia, on 5-6 October 2011.
In addition to the outlook on what has happened during these 20 years in the cities and in the Union itself, the Conference will bring the discussion about the future.
For the eleventh time the mayors of Baltic Sea cities, representatives of governments and international organizations, many key actors active in Europe will meet to recall the first steps of the Baltic cooperation, to evaluate achievements, to discuss the prospective Baltic - Europe - world relations, contacts, and projects. Moreover, three thematic workshops will be organized during the conference:
W1. How to strengthen economic attractiveness of cities;
W2. How to master climate change; success factors in the local integrated climate management;
W3. How to meet the demographic challenge.
The second day of the Conference will be devoted to the UBC internal matters, such as reports, elections, finances and meetings of the UBC Commissions.
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