Symposium Integral Approach Public Space
On October 29, 2020, METREX Member Amsterdam ran the Symposium Integral Approach Public Space. The purpose of the meeting was to share knowledge and jointly develop a new integral design method for public space. National and international experts shared their knowledge and experiences. The meeting kicked off with hundreds of participants from Japan, USA, Brazil,…
METREXmonthly – exchange across the network at monthly events
Exchange with your METREX colleagues on issues ranging from health to connectivity to productivity. With European and global affairs changing evermore rapidly, we believe it is critical for our Members to exchange more regularly on solutions to short and longer-term challenges – including of course Covid-19. We therefore invite Members to actively participate in a…
World Metropolitan Day ‘Metropolitan Areas and Regions on the framework of recovery’
Within the framework of Urban October and World Metropolitan Day, UN-Habitat, the Government of the Basque Country and METREX jointly organised a virtual event with the participation of experts from global institutions and governments. The webinar addressed the initiatives carried out at the metropolitan level to accelerate the positive transformation of urban and territorial realities,…
Annual Report 2019
The METREX Annual Report for 2019 is now available online to download. The report offers an overview of the activities of METREX in 2019, as well as the organisation’s position in terms of new members and future growth. METREX President, Dr. Nicola Schelling, provides a foreword which captures the mood of the continent and globally,…
METREX Managing Committee Elections – Call for Candidates
METREX Managing Committee call for candidates is now open As announced prior to our Lyon Conference, elections for the METREX Managing Committee (MC) were postponed due to the pandemic situation. We are pleased to open the call today, 20 October 2020, to recruit Members of the Managing Committee and two Vice Presidents of METREX. How…
Bernd Steinacher Fellowship update: Crisis and urban development
In 2019, METREX awarded the Bernd Steinacher Fellowship to David Dooghe. In this short article, David Dooghe explains what he has encountered so far at the midway point of this two-year research project. Crisis and urban development As our understanding of crises grows, less is known of the particular connection with urban development. For instance,…
