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Conference objectives
The international conference on Competitive Cities and Climate Change was held on 9-10 October 2008, in Milan, Italy,and addressed the environmental dimension of city competitiveness. It focussed on the relationships between urbanisation and climate change, and the implications in terms of urban policy making, in particular in relation to competitiveness objectives.
The conference was co-organised by the OECD, the Province of Milan, and the City of Milan, in co-operation with the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the Club of Madrid.
Conference proceedings
The proceedings from the conference were published in April 2009 and can be found at:
www.oecd.org/gov/urbandevelopment/milanproceedings
Background
The conference was the fifth in a series of conferences organised by the OECD to examine the challenges faced by large cities concerned with improving their economic competitiveness while providing the social and environmental conditions that are also necessary in order to retain and attract skills and investment:
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The International Conference on City Competitiveness (March 2005) focused on the economic aspects of city competitiveness (education, innovation, networks and clusters).
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The
Nagoya conference (June 2005) addressed the physical dimension (attractiveness, infrastructure).
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The OECD International Conference on "Sustainable Cities: Linking Competitiveness with Social Cohesion, 13-14 October 2005 (October 2005) looked at the social dimension.
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The
Madrid conference (March 2007) examined the future of urban policy in the context of globalisation.
Venue and participants
This high-level event was held at the Palazzo Clerici in Milan, Italy, and brought together ministers, mayors, and regional leaders as well as eminent personalities from the Club of Madrid (former Head of States and governments), high-level representatives from international organisations, major local government networks and prominent experts.
The conference provided a key opportunity to further the ongoing work of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Policy in Urban Areas (WPUA) and Territorial Development Policy Committee (TDPC) on identifying effective policy strategies for metropolitan areas.
More information
Questions should be forwarded to: erin.byrne@oecd.org
For more information about OECD work in this area, see our sites on regional, rural and urban development and/or climate change.
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