1. WG Metropolitan areas Work Report 2017 Work Plan 2018 18 October 2017
Alfredo Corbalan, WG chair
Brussels Capital Region

2. Overview of objectives and actions

3. Report on objectives/achievements 2017
1. Research/knowledge: Implementation SPIMA project
2. Exchange
2 WG meetings (March and June)
1 mini-seminar on Met, cooperation in Germany (Today)
3. Joint meetings
Participation env/forum + joint session WG GAB + (today)
1 joint meeting UDG (November?)
4. Policy advocacy
Input to EUROCITIES position paper
Working paper “Beyond boundaries: MA matters”
EMA Forum
Participation ESPON High-level Seminar during EWRC
Exchanges with Urban Agenda partnerships

4. Work Plan 2018 New ESPON project/ other EU project?
Learning:
New ESPON project/ other EU project?
Focus on a new topic?
2. Joint meeting: Mobility Forum? Carry on with ENV Forum?
3. Advocacy
Disseminate our working paper
Disseminate results of SPIMA
Define and implement a strategy: share responsibility within members?
Organise events, coalition building: URBACT, ESPON, Metrex, national associations ?
Input to proposal on CP
Event during next EWRC
Prepare next EMA?

5. Agenda next activities
2017
17-18 oct: Council of Europe – democratic governance and MA - Thessaloniki
20 Oct: EMA Forum – Warsaw
(2-4 Nov: Ministerial event – Bucharest) ?
8-9 Nov: Smart Metropolia- 6th Int. Metropolitan Congress - Gdansk
8-10 Nov: FNAU event – Strasbourg
27-28 Nov: Cities Forum – Rotterdam
+ 29 Nov: Joint WGs meeting?: WGMA action plan + advocacy action plan
2018
End Feb/March: SPIMA conference – Brussels? + WG?
May/June: WG meeting: input for EUROCITIES response to CP proposal
Oct.: Event during EWRC to promote SPIMA and MA
Oct.: Mobility Forum joint session with WG sustainable mobility planning ?