Prize of the Regions

The regions that make up the 47 member states of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe are invited to participate in the Prize of the Regions organised by the Congress in partnership with Dexia. The deadline for applications is 30 September 2008.

 

The prize will be awarded annually to regions committed to promoting good practices in the field of regional democracy. The theme for the first prize "Promoting Social Cohesion through Economic Development" is understood as economic development that instigates, drives and thus achieves social cohesion. This approach will allow regions of different social, cultural and income patterns to enter in the same category.

 

Projects should concentrate on regional economic development programmes and clearly show, with concrete examples, how these programmes have supported and enhanced social cohesion.

 

The Prize will be awarded at the Congress Autumn Session (1-3 December 2008).