Press Release: OPEN DAYS European Week of Regions and Cities 2006: 180 seminars and workshops, exhibitions and investors’ café await 5000 participants

The 'OPEN DAYS European Week of Regions and Cities 2006' will take place in Brussels from 9-12 October 2006 and in 70 cities across Europe. Under the headline 'Investing in Europe's Regions and Cities: Public and Private Partners for Growth and Jobs', 5,000 representatives from the public, private and banking sector, together with politicians from the European, national and regional level, are expected to participate in 180 seminars and workshops dealing with new EU cohesion and regional policy funding opportunities and possibilities for partnerships between local/regional administrations and business.