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The Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic awarded a public contract to delimitate metropolitan areas and agglomerations in the Czech Republic on the basis of a uniform methodology. The public contract was awarded in agreement with all burghs…

On 9th October 2019, the Urban Development Network organized a seminar in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities that is being held annually in Brussels. The European Week of Regions and Cities is an event where…

The City of Brno, as the leader of metropolitan cooperation in the Czech Republic, will become the only Czech representative in the prestigious European network METREX. The network  represents metropolitan areas at European level and its aim is to boost…

Urban Future Global Conference, the Europe’s largest conference on sustainable urban development, was held in Oslo on 21-24 May 2019. Global challenges regarding cities, metropolitan areas and their sustainability were the topics of this year´s conference. The conference was attended…

The City of Brno will be part of the international research project ESPON which is coordinated by the Metropolitan City of Turin. The aim of a comparative analysis with the title: “The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in…

Data.brno.cz is a cityportal that provides data for the general public, professionals, and developers. The web serves as a platform that connects city and the metropolitan area with the citizens. Website covers the Brno Metropolitan Area as well. You can…

We have prepared for you the temperature map of the Brno Metropolitan Area. What can we find out in the map? The biggest heat is in the southeastern part of the Brno Metropolitan Area, where are larger open areas without…

Brno published the third City State Report. The new report illustrates the basic statistical indicators for the city. It also includes information on population growth in the Brno Metropolitan Area. The complete City Status Report is available here. 

Helsinki The meeting with ITI project manager (Six City Strategy Office – 6Aika), coordinators of Finnish cities (Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku) involved in the Strategy and representatives from the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment took…

Representatives of the Managing Authority of the Regional Development Programs of the Hungarian Ministry of Finance visited Brno in April 2019. The two-day visit took place under the European Commission’s tool called TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange). The aim…

The Integrated Strategy for Development of the Brno Metropolitan Area for the Application of the ITI tool, through which cooperation between Brno and its natural hinterland is being developed, has been enforced since December 2015. The strategy and its implementation…

On October 26, 2018, a traditional European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA) Forum was held in Rome, Italy. EMA is a prestigious forum for key policymakers and experts from major European metropolitan areas to discuss their common goals and challenges. This forum…

We have published the first wave of metropolitan data on the data.brno.cz web portal! The indicator system of the Brno Metropolitan Area presents a comprehensive overview of the city of Brno and its hinterland. You can find out how many…

Debates on the future shape of the territorial dimension, integrated instruments and cohesion policy after 2020 are currently being discussed at national and European level. The ITI tool brings a number of benefits to the Czech Republic’s metropolitan areas, but…