Regional policy in a Federal system - The Austrian approach

A symposium entitled "Regional policy in a Federal system - The Austrian approach to a cooperative regional policy" will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 27 November 1997. The symposium is being organized by the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning, on behalf of the Austrian Federal Chancellery and is aimed at a European audience with interests in spatial and regional issues.

The aim of the symposium is the discussion of the Austrian approach to cooperation in regional policy and spatial planning in the EU-context and enhancement of the dialogue between official experts of the European Union, Austria and the EU Member States.

Workshops will cover the following topics:

- Regional management: the link between local development and the policies of the institutions;
- Structural funds in a federal system: the antagonism of two complex systems;
- Coordination of policies: sectoral policy versus territorial policy.
For further information, please contact:

Schumann Associates SCRL
EU-Liaison for OIR
Av. de Tervuren 100
B-1040 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-7350038; Fax +32-2-7350335