THE SEVEN KICK-OFF MEETINGS

June 3 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the Kalisko-Ostrowska Agglomeration and Krakowska Metropolis

June 7 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the Zagreb Urban Agglomeration

June 14 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the Caraș-Timiș Functional Area, Cluj Metropolitan Area, Jiu Valley and Jiu Conurbation Functional Area, Oradea Metropolitan Area, and West Ialomița Functional Area

June 15 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the Lake Balaton Functional Region

June 16 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the functional area of Trencin

June 17 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the Brno Metropolitan Area

June 20 “Kick-off meeting: Functional Areas in the EU”, for the West Athens

Objectives
• present the project and timeline
• engage all relevant stakeholders
• prepare a list of key areas of intervention

All meetings will take place through an online platform and interactive tools will be used to reach all the aforementioned objectives.

The participants
• Representatives of the twelve functional areas
• The World Bank project team
• The DG REGIO project team and representatives from the DG REGIO Geographical Units
• Regional and national stakeholders (e.g. relevant ministries or national government agencies, regional administrations, managing authorities, intermediate bodies)

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