The city of Drammen in Norway took the 7th European Urban and Regional Planning Award 2008 for the quality of its planning October 24, 2008 9:00 AM  Photo: Lisa SelinOn the 23rd of October Mr. Tore Opdal Hansen, the Mayor of the City of Drammen received  from the H.

VISP as one of the good examples of INTERREG IIIB at the national conference arranged by the Swedish Board of Housing. Building and Planning and SALAR October 27, 2007 11:47 PM 70 Swedish regional and local politicians and decisionmakers are expected to participate at the whole days conference arranged by Boverket - the Swedish Board of Housing. Building and Planning and SALAR - The Swedish Association for Local Authorities and Regions in Stockholm on the 30th of October.

Drammen - vibrant, vital and attractive July 4, 2007 5:45 PM  The story of Drammen is a story of a one of the biggest transformations. in the North Sea Region.

Final countdown: VISP Final Conference in Enschede the 7-8th of June June 4, 2007 7:58 AM                                           .

New impetus to supporting a sustainable building and property sector in Sweden May 25, 2007 1:20 PM  Photo: Pål SommeliusMr. Andreas Carlgren, the Swedish Minister for Environment and 40 leading public and private stakeholders of the Swedish building branch undersigned a historic agreement on the 22nd of May 2007 in Stockholm to promote a sustainable buildung and property sector in Sweden.

Dynamic Cities need Women December 1, 2007 3:23 PM The first international forum on 'Dynamic Cities Need Women: Actions and Policies for Gender Equality' will be held from 3 to 5 December 2007 in Brussels in the context of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.This is a joint initiative of the Government of the Brussels Capital Region, host of the Forum and the Metropolis Women International Network.

How EU-financing can contribute to vitalizing city centres - VISP one of the four projects presented at the national conference for spreading good examples in Sweden September 4, 2007 6:19 PM The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (BOVERKET) arrange a whol day event on the 30th of October 2007 in Stockholm for spreading good examples of how EU financing has been used within the framework of INTERREG III to vitalize the city centres in Sweden.The first example that will be presented will be the VISP project - Vitalizing City Centres through Integrated Spatial Planning that was co-financed by the North Sea Programme between 2003-2007.

City Centre Vitalisation and Integrated Spatial Planning - A Guide for Practitioners presented by the VISP Project June 16, 2007 7:17 PM One of the final products presented at the Final Conference of the Vitalizing City Centres through Integrated Spatial Planning (VISP) Project on the 7-8th of June 2007 in Enschede was A Guide to Practitioners  about City Centre Vitalisation and Integrated Spatial Planning.The guide has been prepared by Prof.

Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities & New EU Territorial Agenda adopted June 1, 2007 8:18 PM  On 24 and 25 May 2007, the first joint informal ministerial meeting on urban development and territorial cohesion was held in Leipzig. Two policy documents, the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable Cities and the Territorial Agenda of the EU, were adopted.

Follow masterplan developments in Matlock through the live webcam at Cawdor Quarry May 15, 2007 7:11 AM  Development of the the Matlock Masterplan has synergies on many areas at Cawdor Quarry. Now you can follow the start-up of the construction of the the 4,000 sq m Saintsbury's supermarket, the transport interchange and the new bypass (you can see the pillars for the bridge which will raise the bypass over the railway line and the River Derwent before connecting back to the A6 at the north end of town) through the link to the live webcam at Cawdor Quarry.