THE LATVIAN PRESIDENCY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED URBAN
THE LATVIAN PRESIDENCY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN URBAN AGENDA Ingūna Urtāne Spatial planning department The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development 05. 12. 2014
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LV PRES EVENTS IN 2015 http: //www. es 2015. lv/en/ Date Event 4 – 6 February 2 nd EU Cohesion Policy Conference «Challenges for the New Cohesion Policy in 2014 – 2020: An Academic and Policy Debate» 6 March (tbc. ) URBACT MC 10 – 11 March Joint UDG, NTCCP meeting 31 March Meeting of Directors General responsible for Cohesion Policy 1 April or 6 May (tbc. ) Meeting of Directors General responsible for Territorial and Urban Matters 6 – 8 May URBACT conference (organised by the URBACT Secretariat in collaboration with LV PRES) 1 – 4 June ESPON week JŪRMALA LATVIA 3 – 5 June (tbc. ) Meeting of the ESF Committee June (tbc. ) Urban forum (organised by the DG REGIO in collaboration with LV PRES) June (tbc. ) INTERREG MC 9 June Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy (if no GAC) 10 June Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for Territorial and Urban Matters 15 – 16 June (tbc. ) Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Ø Ø Territory: 100 sq. km (2 nd largest city of Latvia) Population: 56 000 (5 th largest city in Latvia) Status of a Healthy city and Status of Resort/ Outstanding quality of the environment ü Distance from Riga center – 25 km Distance from airport “Riga” – 15 km ü Walkable distances to public transport http: //www. virtuallatvia. lv/jurmala-resort-360 -aerial-virtual-tour
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