Key events and main publications for public release are detailed below. Conferences are indicated in green with contact address. For further details on any other PLUS event or publication, please contact Plus@uwe.ac.uk.

February 2002

4/5th February: Steering Committee meeting, Göteborg, Sweden.

March 2002

14 March: Advisory Board meeting , Athens. 

15 March: Steering Committee meeting, Work Package 2 meeting, Athens, Greece. 

28 March: Briefing Paper goes on line on www.plus-eura.org 

April 2002

18-20 April: EURA Conference, hosted by EU-POLIS, Polytechnic and University of Turin, on EU urban and spatial policies and their link with national, regional and local strategies.

For further details on this conference and any future EURA conferences, please contact Julie Triggle, EURA Secretariat, Julie.Triggle@uwe.ac.uk  

May 2002

15 May: deadline for paper/panel submissions by cities to the 1st Practitioner Conference, Heidelberg, October 2002

June 2002

8-10 June: Steering Committee meeting, Work Packages 2 and 3 meetings, Oslo, Norway.

October 2002

17-18 October: Steering Committee meeting, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

17-18 October: Academic Workshop, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

18 October: Reception at Heidelberg Town Hall hosted by Dr Jürgen Beß, Deputy Mayor for Cultural and Social Affairs.

19 October: Practitioner Conference 1, Heidelberg, Germany.

- Presentation by Beate Weber, Lady Mayor of Heidelberg

- Collection of Papers

For further information on both these events, please contact Dr Michael Haus, Darmstadt University of Technology (haus@pg.tu-darmstadt.de).

March 2003

31 March: deadline for presenting the mid-term assessment report to the European Commission.

April 2003

27-28 April 2003: Steering Committee Meeting, Poznan, Poland. 

September 2003

Final draft for the first PLUS book ' Democratic Choices for Cities: Participation, Leadership, and Urban Sustainability' (draft title).

8-10 September 2003: Leadership, Voice and Accountability - Global and Local Perspectives: an international conference organised by the Centre for Local Democracy, University of the West of England, Bristol.

For further details, contact: Richard Kimberlee: Richard.Kimberlee@uwe.ac.uk

November 2003

Advisory Board meeting, Italy (tba).

February 2004

Guide on benchmarking institutional performance finalised.

.April 2004

Presentation of internet database.

May 2004

Presentation of distance learning pack.

Final Conference: Bristol, 7 and 8 May, 2004.

Conference Accommodation booking form

For further details please contact plus@uwe.ac.uk

June 2004

Final draft for the second PLUS book 'Leadership and Participation: Lessons from Sustainable Cities' (draft title).

September 2004

30 September: deadline for presenting the final report and the technological implementation plan to the European Commission.

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