Press Release: OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities 2005: Working together for Regional Growth and Jobs

Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy, and Peter Straub, President of the Committee of the Regions, presented on 9 March 2005 a new partnership for the OPEN DAYS-European Week of Regions and Cities 2005 under the headline 'Working together for Regional Growth and Jobs'. Jointly organised by the two institutions, OPEN DAYS is an annual event focusing on regional development issues and cooperation. In the framework of the 2005 exercise, more than 2,000 regional policy stakeholders were expected in Brussels in October to discuss the next generation of regional development programmes co-financed by the EU Structural Funds and instruments.