Unlocking the metropolitan potential
The benefits of territorial partnerships.Towards a metropolitan agenda
Thanks to the collective efforts of moderators, rapporteurs, and panelists, the outcomes of what was a very intense exchange have been gathered in a working document.
This (draft) report provides an overview of the outputs of the discussions and invites participants to share their thoughts, learnings, and views on what is discussed over the days.
Hosted by the Bucharest Metropolitan Association – ADIZMB, this year’s Autumn Conference offered a variety of activities shaped in different formats from the plenary session’s presentations and many hands-on, to parallel workshops delving into a wide spectrum of themes.
Deepening the outputs of this year’s METREX Spring Conference in Brussels, the program in Bucharest aimed at integrating several key components to support our members in building a robust organizational framework capable of addressing new spatial planning challenges, including:
1. Introduction to the Romanian context: Understanding regional specifics and contextual challenges.
2. Thematic and Parallel Workshop Sessions: Offering opportunities for learning, mirroring, and reflection on strategies to address spatial planning issues.
3. New methodologies and learning approaches: Metropolitan Observatory and Foresighting: Combining these elements to ensure we are not only prepared for the future but also proactive in shaping new policy statements towards EU and national institutions.
4. Panel discussions: Seeking for a political steer in formulating a European Metropolitan Agenda.
Opened the works Gianina Panatau, Director General ADIZMB and Olivia Ciobanu-Oprescu, Administrator ILFOV County with greetings from Volodymyr Bondarenko, Deputy Mayor Kyiv (online) and Jakub Mazur, President of METREX.
Download the Final Draft in PDF.
METREX Secretariat is looking forward to receiving your feedback, comments and remarks which will be included in the final version by January 15th 2025.
Cover image by Marius Vasile
