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Retail Trade Forum Brescia December 1 & 2

The event is part of a group of 6 Forum on the commercial distribution provisioned in the project “Vital Cities”. The Forum represent within the action plan of the project an essential instrument for the achievement of its strategic objectives, being a particular efficient mode in between all the interested actors and an effective answer to the need of the partners for working jointly together on the identification of applicable solutions at local level (as described at point 1.4 "Summarised description of the project" in the application form).

In accordance with the targets of the project “Vital Cities”, the Forum on one hand proposes the analysis of a specific local contest – represented within this Forum by the case of the Region of Lombardy – and on the other hand wants to aims to obtain elements of useful reference for the implementation of a global strategy in favour of the development of the commercial sector within the countries participating within the strategy (CURTIS “Comprehensive urban retail trade improvement strategy”).

The exchange of the experiences and the comparison in between the different regional approaches shall serve to identify action proposals for the re-vitalization of the commercial retail network within the mountain areas.

The strategic objective of the Forum is to define a guideline for public intervention in order to keep alive the retail in the mountain areas supporting the placement of potential investors.

Agenda (01.12.2004)

9:30 AM Greetings
9:40 AM Presentation of the Forum
10:00 AM The regional approach from the perspective of the project's (Vital Cities) strategic targets
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM The interventions on mountain areas
11:45 AM Towards a european policy for mountain areas
12:30 PM Three levels of analysis of the Forum
12:45 PM Lunch

Focus Group 1 - The Legal Framework Conditions

2:30 PM The harmonisation of the rugulation list in the european trade and retail sector

The Lombardy planning for the trade development

Focus Group 2 - The Planning Instruments

2:30 PM The planning instruments at regional, district and local level
4:00 PM Coffee break

Focus Group 3 - The Analysis of the innovative Practices

4:30 PM The re-vitalisation of the commercial network in the mountain areas and the policentric urban systems
6:30 PM Closure

Agenda (02.12.2004)

10:00 AM Greetings and presentation of the second day
10:20 AM Focus Groups
11:00 AM Coffee braek
11:15 AM Introduction to the Round Table
11:30 AM Round Table
12:15 PM Question Time
12:45 PM Conclusions and final greetings
1:00 PM Closure of the Forum
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