Crises are sources of challenges and opportunities and of challenging the current models.
The economic and social development of the territories will not escape this, especially as the societal issues prevailing before the crisis (an ageing population, climate change, globalization, youth employment, ...) have not disappeared with that crisis.

After having surfed for several months between the imperatives of immediate action and preservation of investment for the future, it's now time for reflection on the types of public interventions best adapted to the new situation.

The discussions of the Third World Forum on Regional Economic Development will concern i.a. the type of regional economy that the practitioners in economic development will shape, the nature of support services to be offered to businesses, the type of strategy to be developed, the regional assets to be strengthened and the wellbeing innovations to be invented in order to boost our territories.

The Forum will be followed by a seminar on the regional development opportunities offered by renewable energies.

The Third World Forum on Regional Economic Development is a unique opportunity for you to exchange ideas and practices with experts and practitioners from countries and regions all over the world.

See below the draft programme and the registration form.

Even if you have already returned a form of expression of interest, we ask you to send us your registration form duly filled in not later than 12 November 2009.

 Invitation

 Draft programme

 Registration form