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Conference objectives
The international conference on Competitive Cities and Climate Change, to be held on 9-10 October 2008, in Milan, Italy, will address the environmental dimension of city competitiveness. It will focus 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 is 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.
Background
The conference will be 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 Santa Cruz conference (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 Madrid conference (March 2007) examined the future of urban policy in the context of globalisation.
Venue and participants
This high-level event will be held at the Palazzo Clerici in Milan, Italy, and will bring 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 will provide 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.
For further logistical information, please refer to the Milan site.
More information
Questions should be forwarded to: erin.byrne@oecd.org or shivani.ratra@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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