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Leading Cities. Creating and Implementing Strategies that Work

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The Workshop for City Leaders, Managers and Their Policy Advisors.

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Learn about developing city strategies and managing their implementation.

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19 - 24 November 2007

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A few places remain - please register now



Key Themes

  • Sharing of experience of development strategies.
    What are the strategies and what lessons can be learned from leading cities in The Netherlands, Europe and Internationally? What are the lessons from programmes such as Cities Alliance? Can planning, participation and partnership work?
  • Integrated and balanced programmes.
    Integrated development can give great benefits, but also involve costs. How to balance the needs of competitive cities with the tensions and opportunities created by poverty and migration? Can environmental needs also be built to achieve sustainable development?
  • Making it work: Process, participation, partnership.
    Effective strategies require good processes of development, political and professional support and institutional and financial structures to be effective. International linkages can strengthen this. The programme will focus on the most strategic aspects.
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Executive Course Application Form - a 10% discount is available if you mention Urbanicity when booking

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IHS is situated in the heart of the Erasmus University Rotterdam campus of Woudestein in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Rotterdam is uniquely located at the “Gateway to Europe”. It is the central node in international commerce and trade, logistics and supply chain management. The city has a young and international population, as is evident at its cultural offerings, festivals, restaurants, cafes and live music venues. Rotterdam is only 45 minutes away from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

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