22 and 23 May, 2008, Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale (B)

Europe: So close yet so far?

Best Practice Conference on Communicating Europe

The best practice conference on “Europe: So close yet so far?”, will take place on May 22nd and 23rd in Brussels at the representation of the German Bundesland Hessen in presence of Commissioner Hübner and AER President Riccado Illy. The aim of the conference is to discuss how regions can contribute to bringing Europe closer to its citizens. The conference will alsol look at success stories of regional communication on Europe and identify key criteria for successful regional communication. And finally there will be a debate on how the regions, media, and Europe Direct Centres can contribute to communicate the Lisbon Treaty to the citizens.

The conference is based on the 1st AER Award on Communicating Europe. The regions of Extremadura, Kärnten and Sisak-Moslavina were rewarded a prize at the AER General Assembly in Udine, Italy, 2007. For further information, please click here.

The best practice conference on Communicating Europe is directed at institutional affairs, press and communication departments in the regions as well their international relations offices, journalists and academic experts.

Please find below the draft programme of this event.

Draft Programm as of April 28th

Registration Form

Practical Information

The June 2007 European Council underlined the crucial importance of reinforcing communication with the European Citizens. Last October (2007) the European Commission published a Communication called: Communicating Europe in Partnership. This Communication builds on the previous iniatives and activities of the European Commission, it sums them up, consolidates current activities, and it formulates a set of concrete proposals on how to enhance communication policy of the EU.

Contacts:

Stephanie von Hayek, Institutional Affairs, Strasbourg Office: 0033 38 82 27 446, s.vonhayekdelete_me(at)aerdelete_me.eu

Regine Kramer, Institutional Affairs, Brussels Office: 0032 2 421 8389, r.kramerdelete_me(at)aerdelete_me.eu

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