‘Networking promotes our future viability and competitiveness’ – interview with Dr. Nicola Schelling
Europe-wide cooperation is part of the Stuttgart Region’s DNA. With her considerable European experience, in 2014 Dr. Nicola Schelling was elected Director of the Verband Region Stuttgart as well as President of METREX. In this interview, Dr. Schelling talks about batons, think tanks, showcases and new forms of cooperation between metropolitan areas. In 2016 and…
METREX’s new address in Lyon
The METREX Administration has a new address, kindly hosted by UrbaLyon, the Lyon Agence d’Urbanisme. Please direct your mail to: METREX Tour Part-Dieu 129 Rue Servient 69326 Lyon Cedex 3 France Please note that we remain registered for legal purposes in Brussels. While our new base in Lyon will be the focus of our administrative function, METREX…
Share your news and events on eurometrex.org
Through the METREX website, we are able to share news and events from all of our members. Please get in touch if you have something that you would like METREX to help promote, both to the network and those with an interest in metropolitan issues – be it an upcoming workshop or a recently completed…
Take part in the European Week of the Regions
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. Developing from the initial concept, the event has become a European…
SURE Expert Group meets in Köln
The first SURE expert group meeting took place on 1 February 2019 hosted by Metropolregion Rheinland. Dr. Peter M.J. Pol, Urban Strategist at the City of The Hague, welcomed representatives from Metropolregion Rheinland, Aachen, Düsseldoft, Brussels, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and The Hague (representing Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH)). The meeting commenced with presentations regarding the main…
METREX signs EMA Rome declaration
METREX was represented at the 2018 EMA Forum by vice president Irma Karjalainen, who signed the Rome declaration on behalf of METREX members. Mayors, presidents and political representatives of European cities and metropolitan areas met in Rome on October 26, 2018 for the fourth edition of the EMA (European Metropolitan Authorities). For more information on…
