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…
Regional strategies to restart the economy – How do we emerge from the Corona crisis? (online-conference)
The Covid-19 pandemic affects all aspects of life. While there are health hazards and social constraints, the economy has been hit especially hard. Employment rates and welfare are at stake. Efforts to fight the crisis have not been limited to the European Commission, with its record-high recovery programme. Regional authorities across Europe are dedicated to…
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,…
METREX Research Portal in development
At our 2019 conference in Stuttgart it was announced that METREX would establish a METREX Research Portal. The objective of the the portal is to develop a better view on existing scientific research that can support our members in their work. In addressing the complicated issues that our members deal with, it can be crucial…
METREX elections postponed
In light of the Covid-19 virus, we will postpone the election of the next President, Vice-Presidents, and MC members until later this year. The call for candidates will open in September, with elections at the end of the year. We hope to present the new MC at the Spring 2021 Conference in Nürnberg. More details…
METREX Expert and Network Groups meet virtually
Five METREX Expert Groups and Network Groups met online in March in lieu of meetings planned for the Lisbon Conference. In light of the global Covid-19 lock-down, which forced the cancellation of the METREX Lisbon Conference, a number of Expert and Network Groups responded by holding their meetings online. Meetings took place for the Nordic…
Survey on the economic impact of the Covid-19 Virus
We are all facing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in our daily life and in our work. Governments across the world are getting more concerned about the economic impact of this crisis and ways to accelerate the recovery. METREX is a place where we can learn from each other, and this very special situation…
CoR COVID-19 exchange platform
News from the COVID-19 exchange platform The COVID-19 outbreak continues to expand globally. Governments at all levels, and in particular local and regional authorities, are being called upon to provide emergency services, communicate on how to contain the spread of disease, coordinate efforts, and mitigate as far as possible the impact on economies. Regional and…
METREX Lisbon Conference postponed and ‘Virtual’ Expert Groups planned
Update 19 March 2020 Update on the METREX Lisbon Conference – Covid-19 Virus With the continued spread of the Covid-19 virus and increasingly restrictive measures being taken across Europe, METREX is unfortunately not in a position to indicate a workable date for the Lisbon Conference to take place. This decision has been led by our…
METREX Research Portal Survey
Survey of members to support the development of the new METREX Research Portal At our conference last year in Stuttgart it was announced that we intend to setup a METREX Research Portal. The main objective is to develop a better view on existing scientific research that can support our members in their work. In addressing…
US-European exchange on climate change approaches
Present your region’s approach to climate change in our series of webinars with four US regions Resulting from a November meeting in Brussels between the US metropolitan regions of Chicago, Denver, Kansas and Washington, and Stuttgart Region, the EU programme International Urban Cooperation (IUC) and METREX are organising a series of webinars to take place…
METREX to launch two new Expert Groups at the Lisbon Conference
‘Metropolitan Landscapes’ to address issues between urban and rural areas and ‘From Roads to Streets’ to explore the transformation of roads in the urban fringe. In response to changing external circumstances and heightened interest from METREX members, we are pleased to announce the formation of two new Expert Groups, both of which will meet for the…
METREX and EUROCITIES reaction on the CoR draft opinion on metropolitan areas
METREX and EUROCITIES have produced a joint response to the Committee of the Regions draft opinion on “The challenges of metropolitan regions and their position in the future Cohesion Policy post 2020.” The main objectives of this opinion are to bring a better recognition of the challenges of the metropolitan regions, of their contribution to…
METREX appoints two long-standing contributors as Honorary Fellows
Gianfranco Fiora and Douglas Gordon appointed as first two Honorary Fellows, recognising their positive and sustained input into METREX. METREX announced during its recent Conference in Stuttgart (11-13 September 2019) the introduction of a new Honorary Fellow status to recognise the considerable contribution to the organisation from individuals. The status has been initiated by the…
Helsinki Impact Conference – Championing Cities
In advance of METREX’s contribution to the Helsinki Impact Conference, METREX Secretary General Henk Bouwman writes about the strength that comes from exchanging knowledge. “The city is arguably one of mankind’s greatest innovations. A focus for creativity and exchange, its identity is defined by its Places of Connection, Places of Arrival and Departure, Places of…
Re-establishing the URBAN Intergroup at the European Parliament
Call for support from METREX Members to re-establish the URBAN Intergroup at the European Parliament In July 2019, the METREX President and Secretary General met with Mr. Jan Olbrycht MEP to discuss the idea of re-establishing the URBAN Intergroup at the European Parliament. The group, of which Mr. Olbrych is the current President, has been…
