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Taiwanese Farglory delegation visits Europe

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Taiwan London A delegation composed of 50 Taiwanese professionals, headed by the President of the Farglory Land Development Company and the Eco-City Smart Living Technology Centre of NCTU, visited low-carbon projects in Europe. They invited INTA to join the tour in London, where the group visited the impressive final exhibition of the AA Architectural Association, BedZed, the Central Saint Giles buildings designed by Renzo Piano, and the ARUP offices.

Turkish Mayors visit The Hague

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

A delegation of 22 Turkish Mayors and Deputy Mayors, brought together by the Turkish Association of Local Authorities, visited the City of The Hague for a study visit on efficiency in citizen services. INTA composed a programme of presentations delivered by the Province of South Holland, Deltametropool, Europa Nostra, and EUKN.

INTA Panel on strategic tourism development in La Reunion

Last Updated on Monday, 14 June 2010

alt INTA is approached by the authorities of the French island of La Réunion, at the south east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, to advise on a touristic development programme. The small island with less than 800 000 inhabitants is diversifying its economic base and tourism seems a promising field. The Panel is taking place in Saint-Gilles, La Réunion, from 12 to 18 June 2010.
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The Caribbean Region in Colombia

Friday, 11 June 2010

alt After the Panel in Bogotá-Cundinamarca, the INTA-UNCRD advisory panel continued to the Colombian Caribbean Region, where eight departments have recently developed initiatives to become a single administrative region to integrate development projects. The Panel seeked to strengthen the development process of the Caribbean Region and supported the development of the Caribbean Regional Corridor. The corridor is currently considered the project that can promote a more balanced, equitable and sustainable development, and serve as an integrator of all the Colombian Caribbean Region. The Panel helped define an effective chart, in order to progress the development of a Regional Corridor Strategic Plan as the basis for the development of the region and a regional urban system.

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From Cities to Regions: Integrated regional development in Bogota-Cundinamarca

Thursday, 03 June 2010

INTA UNCRD An INTA Panel assisted the UN Centre for Regional Development in Latin America UNCRD-LAC in the programme for integrated regional development in Bogota-Cundinamarca. The Panel, composed of 15 people with 8 nationalities, considered the issues identified in discussions and activities since May 2009 within the framework of the postulates of the Capital Region Bogota Cundinamarca and in relation to the process of harmonization of territorial planning of Bogota DC and the surrounding municipalities of Sabana.

INTA in Peru

Wednesday, 02 June 2010

INTA in Peru INTA was approached by several Peruvian institutions to assist in the definition of long-term strategies for decentralised development.

A delegation of INTA visited Lima, where three institutions joined INTA membership to work together on the management of territorial projects and capacity building of public officials.

Professional Summer Course 3: 5-9 July 2010 Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France

Sunday, 09 May 2010

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The district of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, the Paris-Saclay Cluster and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin host for the second time, the INTA Summer Course from 5-9 July 2010. Part of the programme "Objective 2030" that provides a thematic umbrella to all INTA’s activities, the Summer Course capitalises on the collective work of our network on the future of sustainable urban development. The theme of this year will address the dynamics of development of large metropolitan systems in terms of inclusive innovation.

GLOBAL COMPETITIVINESS, ATTRACTIVENESS AND INNOVATION
THE NEW LEVERAGES OF METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT: FANTASY OR REALITY?

INTA Panel in Caceres in the local press

Tuesday, 04 May 2010

alt The INTA Panel in Cáceres, part of the process Open Lab Deliberación Urbana Ribera del Marco was held last week in Cáceres, Spain.
20 experts from Spain and rest of Europe worked on the development strategy of the area Ribera del Marco, urban project included in a development process of the City which put in the centre the inhabitants through an extensive participatory process and in the candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2016.

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Caceres: strategic planning for innovation and creativity

INTA Caceres In the context of the extensive process to develop the Innovative and Creative Urban Strategic Plan (Plan Estratégico de Innovación y Creatividad Urbana), Cacéres City Council is calling INTA to help make its project a national and international reference.

The panel is intervening between the participatory and the design phases. INTA will involve its membership network in this challenging participatory process leading to an Innovative and Creative Urban Strategic Plan. INTA will expand on the proposals already made by several local working groups and comments received from external observers, providing a wider international input to the process.

UNCRD-INTA in Colombia

Bogota INTA has been asked for a series of advisory panels and professional training programmes for public officials from Colombia and Chile, in collaboration with the UNCRD.

In the context of the South-South Cooperation Programme on Capacity Building for Integrated Regional Development Management, initiated in 2004, INTA has been approached by the Latin American and Caribbean Office of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Bogotá to carry out a series of professional training programmes for public officials in the Capital Region Bogotá-Cundinamarca and the Caribbean Region in Colombia.