The agenda of the forum

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Agenda, the meeting of the council of the Urban Competitiveness Project

25 and 26 April, 2005, in Ottawa

The following items will be discussed:

1. Welcome by Jean-Pierre Voyer, Executive Director of PRI- 5 minutes

2. Roundtable intros by each participants (short)

3. Canada and its involvement in the urban competitiveness of large cities ( Adam Ostry, from the Privy Council Office, represents Canada on OECD territorial reviews-going to Seoul for a review this summer after doing other cities. 20-30 minutes

4. Presentation of recent, current, forthcoming research and publications and related activities by each participant. 60 minutes

5. What is to be encompassed by our conceptualization of “urban competitiveness”?

6. Research projects

- targeted areas for study

- joint research projects

7. The first international conference of the UCP

- the Chinese city in which it will be held

- the participation – academics and researchers, practitioners from cities, etc.

- publicity and invitations

- the program

8. The UCP website

- news of events

- recent publications

- a competitiveness bibliography

9. Links to other similar organizations and to governments

- national cities organizations

- Canada

- US

- others

- international cities organizations

- Eurocities

- Metropolis

- United Cities and Local Governments (ex-IULA)

- international organizations

- OECD

- EU – regions

- UN

- others

10. Outreach to other academics and researchers

11. Future conference activity

- jointly with other organizations

- regional meetings, perhaps with regional organizations

12. Re-examine the Mission Statement – is this what we are, and what we do?

13. Financial support: What do we need? Why? How do we obtain it?

14. Travel expenses and reimbursement for the Ottawa meeting.