International seminar - 8 November 2011 - Brussels (B)

Conference organized by the Instituto de Desarrollo Comunitario (IDC), R.E.D. et REDER in the framework of a cooperation project “Nuevas relaciones e interdependencias Urbano-Rural" in Brussels, in the offices of the European Economic and Social Committee. More details : click here .

European conference - 7 and 8 September 2011 - Krakow (PL)

Conference organized by the European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks (FEBEA) to promote solutions to implement, specially by micro-credits and local development projects, the social inclusion of persons lacking of means or excluded. R.E.D. is partner of that conference, specially by implementing the workshop n°5 and the side-event on the 8th of September. More details : click here

Meetings with the European Commission

On the 29th of June, the European Commission published its proposals for the budget 2014-2020 of the E.U., with some first trends on the implementation of its main policies.

Gérard Peltre, chairman of R.E.D., Felipe Gonzalez de Canales, vice-chairman, and Patrice Collignon met on the 8th of July 2011 in Brussels Mr Dirk Ahner, General-Director of the DG Regio, in view to give the comments of R.E.D.'s members on these proposals.

Some hours later, the Board of R.E.D. had a very positive meeting with Mr Jose-Manuel Silva-Rodriguez, general director of the DG Agri, on the future of the CAP in such financial context.

Conférence de clôture du projet BAPE - 7 juin 2011 - Marloie (B)

Le 7 juin 2011, la conférenc de clôture du projet B.A.P.E. : « Le bâti ancien : entre enjeux patrimoniaux et énergétiques » sera l'occasion d'une première présentation des publications issues de 18 mois d'échanges interrégionaux autour de trois axes de travail  :

• Axe 1 : « Calculs de performance énergétique et bâti ancien»,
• Axe 2 : « Autorités intellectuelles et administratives sur le bâti patrimonial »,
• Axe 3 : « Présentation de cas pratiques ».