VI UBC General Conference Rostock 2001

It is a great pleasure for the Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Rostock Mr Arno Pöker to invite the representatives of all UBC member cities to the VI UBC General Conference to his beautiful city.

On the 12^th of October 2001 the Thematic Conference will gather politicians, local decision makers, EU representatives and many practitioners to discuss in the plenary and workshops the most interesting topic 'Social Justice in the new Millennium'. That will give us the possibility to do something about the social dimension of our overall goal: 'To raise the awareness of a sustainable future', implemented in Local Agendas 21 of many of our cities.

The topics for the workshops will be:

I. Gender Equality and Voluntary Work
II. Health for Everybody
III. Participation of Children and Youth
IV. Strengthening of Handicapped and Chronically ill Persons

The second day, the 13^th of October 2001, will be dedicated to the UBC issues, the Commission's work and the elections.

For a thorough preparation of the Thematic Conference it would be of great value to get from your city a contribution either to the plenary and/or to the workshops. Please feel free to introduce your own ideas. We would very much appreciate if you could name your speakers and the topics (respective abstract) of their speeches up to 31 December 2000.