Last Update : 17/11/2004
English language version
Friday 12th November 2004
INTRODUCTION
ACE MATTERS
CORE ISSUES
OTHER MATTERS
PUBLICATIONS
EVENTS
COMPETITIONS
USEFUL LINKS
EDITOR’S NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Welcome to the tenth issue in 2004 of ACE Info, the
monthly update from the Architects' Council of Europe that will give you, at a
glance, information on current issues, highlighting emerging areas of activity
and informing you of matters of interest in the field of architectural
policy. This issue marks the anniversary of the first issue of ACE
Info and covers the months of October and November 2004.
This issue is also available in French.
POLICY BOOK PRESENTED TO THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
On the 7th October 2004, the ACE presented its
Policy Book “Architecture & Quality of Life”, with its 21 Key Messages for
the 21st Century to the European Parliament. It was presented
at an event organised by the ACE in the Parliament buildings, an event that was
attended by over 80 people. Among these were 10 Members of the European
Parliament and 30 assistants of MEP’s who could not attend in person.
Also present were officials from many of the Directorates General of the
Commission as well as officials from the other EU Institutions, with whom the
ACE has regular contact. The event has been followed up by a
dissemination of the Policy Book to all those MEP’s who could not attend on the
day. The response that the ACE has had to the content of the book, from
those present and from those who had received the book earlier, is that it is
very timely and pertinent to the main policy and legislative issues that are
occupying the EU Institutions at this time.
The ACE Policy Book can be downloaded in pdf format from
the ACE web site:
SEMINAR ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
The joint seminar on the new Public Procurement Directives
that was organised by the ACE in conjunction with EFCA and ECCE, the two main
European representative organisations for the engineering profession, was
attended by over 110 people, about 40 of whom were officials from the EU
Commission or officials from the Permanent Representations of the Member
States. The seminar discussed the changes that the new directives will
introduce and saw the launching of the ACE guidelines document, intended to
assist the Member States to properly transpose the provisions that will affect
the procurement of architectural services.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MEMBER
ORGANISATIONS
The BAK (Germany) has elected a new President. He is
Professor Arno Sighart Schmid and he is a Landscape Architect by training.
The BDA (Germany) has a new Secretary General. He is
Dr. Bernhard Schneider and he has already taken up his new post.
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM – ETP
“BUILDING FOR A FUTURE EUROPE
The platform (see also ACE Info 9-04) has been
formally launched at the B4E Conference in Maastricht on the 14th
October 2004, organised as a joint initiative of ECCREDI and E-CORE. The
launch took place following introductory remarks from the Dutch Minister for
Construction and a message of support from Louis Michel, the European
Commissioner for Research in office. The event was attended by over 350
persons and it generated significant interest among those present. The
challenge for the Platform now is to pursue its initial work on the writing of
a Vision 2030 for the Built Environment and the establishment of a Strategic
Research Agenda to achieve that Vision. The ACE will be looking to its Member
Organisations and delegates to come forward with nominees to take part in this
crucial work over the coming months so as to ensure that the concerns of the
architectural profession are properly and fully represented in the work.
The ACE will be represented on the High Level Group of the
Platform by Dominique Perrault, the world famous French architect and on the
Support Group (in fact the steering group) of the platform by Vesa Peltonen,
ex-member of the ACE Executive Board and Managing Director of the largest
architectural consultancy in Finland.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SETS UP
INTERGROUP ON URBAN ISSUES
An Inter-Group in the European Parliament on Urban Issues
is in the process of being established as a formal inter-group. Political
agreement was reached on 26th October 2004 between a number of MEPs
on a cross-political basis. This initiative builds on the work of the
Parliamentary Urban Policy Working Group that was set up in the outgoing
Parliament and with which the ACE, along with other partners, had a significant
involvement. The Inter-Group has yet to be officially backed by the
relevant political groups and to receive (at the time of writing) the formal
approval of the Parliament. This will allow it to draw on the
Parliament’s resources and facilities. The President of the Group will be
Jan Olbrycht (PPE-DE) of Poland and there will be two Vice-Presidents, Arlene
McCarthy (PSE) and Jean-Marie Beaupuy (ALDE). The ACE has close contacts
to Jan Olbrycht, who is a vice Chairman of the EP Committee on Regional
Development.
The ACE has reinforced its links to EUROCITIES, the
European Network of large cities and the two organisations intend to ensure
that the Parliament is informed, in a timely way, of issues that affect urban
policy. Among these will be the Communication of the Commission on its
Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment on which the Parliament is expected
to give an opinion in the near future. Other issues that will be promoted
include the question of Public Private Partnerships, funding for urban research
and regeneration of urban areas. However, the central topic will be the
urban dimension in the draft Regulation on the Structural Funds and the
Financial Perspectives.
ARCHITECTS DIRECTIVE – ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Diplomas Working Group of the Advisory
Committee took place on the 9th November 2004. It was convened
after the Dutch Government expressed concerns about the request of the Austrian
Government to list a new qualification from the Fachhochschule Technicum of Carinthia
in Spittal/Drau. The qualification to be considered by the working group
is a two-year Masters that is being proposed as part of the reforms agreed
between countries and known as the “Bologna Process”. The concerns of the
Dutch Government relate not only to the duration of studies required to get the
qualification (2 years as the second part of a cycle where a first
qualification of 3 years duration is required before admission), but also on
the content of the curriculum. This will be the first such consideration
by the Advisory Committee of a qualification that arises from the Bologna
reforms and it will raise interesting questions about the process. A
meeting of the full Advisory Committee to consider the recommendation of the
working group will take place in early 2005.
SERVICES IN THE INTERNAL MARKET
(SIM)
The President of the Competitiveness Council, Laurens Jan
Brinkhorst, was “pleasantly surprised” at the outcome of the informal
discussion that took place in the Council on the 23rd September last
on the proposed SIM Directive. The fight on the directive is not yet won,
with most Member States opposed to one or more points in the text, however Mr.
Brinkhorst said that he was convinced that the Member States will move on and
be realistic about the difficult negotiations that lie ahead. It is worth
noting that countries such as France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy and Austria
are calling for the regulated professions (including architecture) to be
excluded from the scope of the directive. Central to the concerns
expressed so far is the proposed implementation of the country of origin
principle and the fear that the provisions of the Directive will lead to a
dismantling of the social systems in the Member States.
The adoption of the directive is seen as being of great
importance to the achievement of the Lisbon Agenda, and the incoming
Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Mr. Charlie McGreevy (IRL),
has stated that it will be one of his main priorities. Interestingly, the
new name of the DG Internal Market is to be “Internal Market and Services”,
which is a clear indication of the higher priority given to the services.
In the European Parliament, a public hearing on the
proposed directive has been organised for the 11th November 2004.
It is being jointly organised by the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs
Committee and the Employment Committee. The main rapporteur is Evelyne
Gebhardt (PSE, Germany), with whom the ACE has good contacts.
RESHUFFLED BARROSO COMMISSION
PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT
Following the controversial hearings in front of the
European Parliament of the Commissioners-Designate of the Barroso Commission,
the team has been reshuffled and is being presented for a vote. It is
expected that the Parliament will now accept the new team.
Charlie McGreevy (IRL) who will be the Commissioner for the
Internal Market and Services has emphasised the need to ensure the early
adoption of the SIM Directive and the Qualifications Directive. He sees
these as inter-linked initiatives that are crucial to the chances of the EU
achieving the Lisbon Agenda by the deadline of 2010.
Stavros Dimas (GR) who will be the Commissioner on the
Environment, has said that he is convinced that growth and competitiveness can
go hand in hand with environmental protection. He set his priorities as
the fight against climate change, the protection of biodiversity, environmental
factors that harm human health, especially in urban areas where the problems
are their worst and the adoption of more sustainable production and consumption
modes.
EESC CONTACT WITH ORGANISED CIVIL
SOCIETY
The European Economic and Social Committee has established
a formal set of procedures through which it intends to better consult with
organised civil society in the future. The ACE, together with its
partners in Club Profile, has prepared a memorandum of understanding whereby
the group of professions represented by Club Profile will be considered by the
EESC as legitimate representatives of the liberal professions. In the
first instance it will be the ACE that will be the interlocutor between the
group and the EESC, and it is intended that this task will then be carried out
on a rotational basis by the different professions involved. This should
assist in maintaining the profile of the liberal professions in all matters of
concern to the EESC. The EESC is expected to make its decision
soon.
In the meantime, the EESC has elected Mrs Anne-Marie
Sigmund, Austria, as its President. Mrs Sigmund, with whom the ACE has an
excellent relationship, is a lawyer by training and was previously the Chair of
the Group III of the EESC “Various Interests” that includes the Liberal
Professions.
SURVEY ON NATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR
THE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONS
FEANI, together with all of its National Members, has
started an in-depth survey of the regulation practices in each of the EU Member
States concerning the engineering professions. The objective is to
finalise the survey in a short time so that a consolidated document on the
proposed qualifications directive of the EU can be prepared within six
months. FEANI welcomes all contributions to this work, which is
accessible at:
www.feani.org
under “Surveys”.
ERABUILD INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
A three-year project aimed at supporting the European
Research Area (ERA) in the field of sustainable construction and the operation
of buildings has been launched. Eight Member States are participating in
the initiative and it aims to develop a basis for a European approach to the
sector. The countries participating in the initiative are Finland
(co-ordinator), Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and
the United Kingdom. Further information is available at:
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RULES
The European Commission has begun proceedings against
Member States that have failed to respect the European directives on public
procurement advertising. Countries included are France, Denmark, Italy,
The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain and Finland.
The proceedings range from the issuing of reasoned opinions to referrals to the
Court of Justice. The issues at hand range from the giving of inadequate
time to competitors to appeal the award of contracts to the awarding of
successive contracts without competition. The timing of these
proceedings, which coincides with the process of transposing the new Public
Procurement directives into national law, may be intended to ensure that the
new directives are better transposed that the first directives were.
ITALIAN FRAMEWORK LAW ON PUBLIC
WORKS PROCUREMENT
The European Court of Justice has stated that the Italian
framework law on public works procurement runs counter to Community law in that
it fixes a single criterion for awarding contracts. This deprives public
contract awarding authorities of the power to take into account the nature and
specific features of each market and to choose the most appropriate criteria
for free competition. The case in question was the construction of a
car-park in the town of Brescia.
CONSULTATION ON ELECTRONIC
PROCUREMENT
The European Commission has launched an online consultation
aimed at identifying opportunities and challenges in electronic public
procurement. This is part of drawing up an action plan (to be unveiled
before the end of the year) to help make sure that Europe’s economy gets the
maximum benefit from the implementation of the new provisions on electronic procurement
included in the legislative package of procurement directives adopted in
February 2004. The consultation can be viewed at:
http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/consultations
LISBON STRATEGY – KOK REPORT
The Kok Report, which is a mid-term review of the Lisbon
Agenda, was submitted to the Commission on the 3rd November 2004 and
to the social partners on the 4th November 2004. It was also
presented to the European Parliament. It calls for the re-launch of the
Lisbon Agenda with immediate action in science, entrepreneurship, the internal
market, the labour market and sustainable environment. It is critical of
progress that has been made to date and it casts doubts on whether the EU has the
political will to achieve the Lisbon Objectives in time. In particular
the report the need to adopt, by the end of 2005 at the latest, the proposed
directive on Services in the Internal Market (SIM). It is clear that this
topic will continue to be high on the agenda of the EU and in the minds of all
those affected by its provisions. Initial reactions from the Council and
Parliament and also from various circles are contrasted, ranging from clear
support to critical judgement of its shortcomings. The report will serve
as background for the planned review of the Lisbon Strategy at the spring
Summit. The report can be downloaded from:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/lisbon_strategy/pdf/2004-1866-EN-complet.pdf
SOLVIT – A NETWORK TO HELP SOLVE
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE INTERNAL MARKET
While the Internal Market generally works well, sometimes
citizens and businesses run into problems resulting from possible misapplication
of Internal Market rules by public administrations in other Member
States. SOLVIT has been set up to resolve such problems as efficiently as
possible without the need for legal action. The system works through a
network of SOLVIT Centres based in the national administrations of each Member
State. The system is free of charge and can be consulted at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/solvit/
TONY BLAIR CALLS FOR NEW GREEN
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
In a speech delivered on the 14th September
2004, Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK, called for a new green industrial
revolution. He promised strong environmental diplomacy, calling upon
world leaders to take urgent steps to combat climate change. This is good
news for the ACE as it demonstrates that concerns about the planet,
sustainability and the environment have reached a high level of priority on the
agenda of the UK demonstrating that it is only when Member States decide to
take action that real progress will commence. The text of the speech can
be downloaded from:
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page6333.asp
TOWARDS CLASS “A”
This project proposal, in which the ACE is to be a partner,
relates to the taking of measures by local authorities across the EU that will
go beyond the provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings
Directive. The proposal having successfully passed the evaluation stage
has been accepted by the Commission. Contract negotiations are well
advanced. The objective is to identify and publicise public buildings
that can become shining examples of energy efficient performance and to devise
ways of encouraging the public sector to take a significant lead in the
implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
EUROPEAN CULTURAL NETWORK DATABASE
The “BalkanKult” organisation for cultural co-operation has
updated its European Cultural Network database. It now contains more than
170 networks that are ready to help identify partners for future cultural
co-operation. The address of the database is:
EU MINISTERS AGREE TO BAN CHEMICALS
IN TOYS
The Competitiveness Council of the EU has unanimously voted
in favour of a ban on certain chemicals in toys for young children. The
vote came on the 24th September last and relates to the use of
phtalates in toys intended for children under the age of three. As these
chemicals are used in a wide range of products including PVC building
materials, this may signal a future ban for the use of these chemicals in those
products too. However, industry representatives have stated that they are
considering legal action in front of the European Court of Justice if the
decision is confirmed by the European Parliament.
UNESCO ADOPTS DRAFT TREATY ON THE
PROTECTION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
The Member States have adopted, at the end of September
2004, a draft treaty on the protection of cultural diversity that was drafted
by a group of independent experts. The incoming Commissioner for Culture,
Jan Figel, has stated during his hearing at the European Parliament, that he
believes that this initiative is one of the solutions to build a cultural
pillar within international law. He also reported that the Commission has
recently a recommendation to the Council in which it called to be able to take
part in the UNESCO negotiations on behalf of the European Union.
BULGARIAN AND ROMANIAN ACCESSION TO
THE EU CONFIRMED
The European Commission has confirmed that both Bulgaria
and Romania should be able to fulfil the economic criteria by 2007 and that
they will, in principle, be able to join the EU on the 1st January
2007.
CITY SUMMIT AND MINISTERIAL MEETING:
URBAN ISSUES ON POLITICAL AGENDA
Several important activities are addressing urban issues
during the Dutch presidency. About 500 participants attended a City
Summit in Noordwijk (Netherlands) on 18 and 19 October. This conference,
co-organised by the European Commission (DG REGIO) and the Dutch government,
brought together European Mayors, Ministers responsible for Urban Affairs, the
URBAN II managing authorities and other interested parties (ACE was present) to
discuss the urban dimension of European Cohesion Policy. It was followed
by the annual meeting of the URBACT Network.
On 29 and 30 November an EU Informal Ministerial meeting on
Territorial Cohesion and Urban Policy will be taking place in Rotterdam.
Link:
http://www.eu2004.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=4B5121FBE0B64F419FEB85B1B706F396X1X46744X2
YEA – YOUNG EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS
SEMINAR
The YEA Seminar took place in Rotterdam on the weekend of
the 22-24th October 2004. It discussed the current situation
of the young European architect in the current political, cultural and economic
context of the EU. For further information on the outcome of the seminar
contact Olaf van de Wal at info@youngeuropeanarchitects.org
EUROPEAN FORUM FOR ARCHITECTURAL
POLICIES
The YEA Seminar was organised in conjunction with a
Conference of the European Forum for Architectural Policies on the theme
“Encounter & Exchange -The Culture of Architecture and Spatial Planning in
the European Union and with a meeting of the Forum Steering Committee also in
Rotterdam, which were held on 25 and 26 October respectively. These events
were supported by the ministries of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and of
Spatial Planning, Housing and the Environment (VROM) within the framework of
the Dutch presidency. A Declaration of the Forum was addressed to the
Ministers in charge of Urban Policies in which it is emphasised that
architectural policies are an integral part of any holistic approach to urban
policies. Further information on the Forum available at:
http://www.architecture-forum.net
EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNEP
STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP
On the 20th September 2004 the European
Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their co-operation to fight global
threats to the environment more effectively and to facilitate implementation of
the commitments made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(Johannesburg 2002). The memorandum establishes a framework for
structured and more systematic co-operation between the two institutions on the
basis of regular meetings at senior and expert level, strategic policy
discussions and financial co-operation. The two areas for this action
will initially be encouraging sustainable methods of production and consumption
and curbing the trend to reduce biodiversity. However, the two
institutions reserve the right to extend the scope over time.
SPECIAL EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL
JOURNAL
The Publications Office of the European Union is issuing
the printed volumes of the Official Journal of the European Union in the nine
new official languages. It contains all of the secondary legislation
adopted by the European Union before the enlargement of the 1st May
2004. The printed versions are being issued between May and December 2004
in paper and CD-ROM versions. Provisional versions are already available
on the EUR-Lex portal to European Union Law at:
STATE OF THE WORLD’S CITIES 2004/05
Subtitled “Cultural Diversity and Other Formidable
Challenges Facing 21st Century Cities” this publication has recently
been launched by UN-HABITAT. According to this report, a vast
international migration of people in search of a better life has been set in
motion by globalisation. It states that, while this benefits many cities
through cultural diversity, it could lead to greater fragmentation and larger
inequities between rich and poor in cities. Further information can be
found at:
EUROPEAN E-BUSINESS REPORT 2004
The e-Business W@tch of the European Commission,
Enterprise Directorate has recently published its 2004 report. It
presents electronic business profiles of 10 sectors of the European
Economy. It is available in electronic format from the following site:
CITY VIEWS
Described as “A Photo Project: Migrant Perspectives” this
publications drafts an urban map of views of traumatic and conflictual zones in
the cities of Vienna, Graz, Warsaw, Ljubljana, Brest, Helsingborg, london and
Newcastle. For more information go to:
www.republicart.net/publications/cityviews_index.htm
SB 05 TOKYO
The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference is due to
take place in Tokyo on the 27-29th September 2005. It is being
organised by public and private sector organisations in Japan, with the support
of iiSBE and CIB. Further details at:
TERRITORY, URBANISATION AND
LANDSCAPES
The Permanent Conference of Territorial Development has announced
that it will be holding its fourth seminar on the 19th November 2004
in Liege, Belgium. The full programme and registration details can be
downloaded at:
http://mrw.wallonie.be/dgatlp/dgatlp/Pages/DGATLP/PagesDG/Colloques_CPDT2004.htm
INNOVATIVE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
An early announcement of this conference, which forms part
of the World Sustainable Energy days 2005, has been made by the Austrian
organisers. It will be held in Wels, Austria on the 3rd March
2005. Full details, including a call for papers and for entries to a
photography competition can be found at:
INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON
ARCHITECTURE AND CONCRETE
To be held in Antwerp, Belgium on the 3rd of
December 2004, the organisers hope to attract significant interest from
architects to attend this conference. Full details can be requested from Piet.DeLanghe@ADMB.BE
PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY COOLING FOR
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
A call for papers for this important conference has been
made with a deadline set at the 30th November 2004. The
Conference itself will be held on the 19-21st May 2005 on Santorini
Island, Greece. Full details can be found at:
http://palenc2005.conferences.gr/
ARCHITECTURE + ART = NEW VISIONS,
NEW STRATEGIES
The 2nd International Conference on the Research
of Modern Architecture, organised by the Alvar Aalto Academy, will take place
in Jyvaskyla on the 19-21st August 2005. A call for papers has
been issued with a deadline for abstracts of the 15th December
2004. Full details can be found at:
EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY SUMMIT:
BUILDING IN SAFETY
The closing event of the European Week for Safety and
Health at Work 2004 will be held in Bilbao, Spain on the 22nd November
2004. Under the slogan of “Building in Safety” the summit will bring
together leading European experts, decision-makers and industry representatives
to debate and to reach agreement on how Europe can raise the levels of safety
and health in the construction industry. The ACE will be represented at
the summit by John Graby, Director of the ACE Member Organisation from Ireland
– the RIAI. Further information on the campaign and the work of the
Agency organising the event see:
THE 7TH PHILIPPE ROTHIER
EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE
This award is organised by the Fondation Pour
l’Architecture in Brussels and is awarded to projects that are completed between
2002 and 2005. The total prize money for this prize is €30,000 and the jury
will deliberate on the nominations projects on the 10th and 11th
July 2005. Entries must be submitted no later than the 15th
April 2005 and full details on how to take part can be requested by writing to:
foundation.architecture@skynet.be
2005 UNESCO PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE
Being organised in the context of the next UIA Congress in
Istanbul (3-7 July 2005), the theme of this prize is “EXTREME – Creating Space
in Extreme and Extraordinary Conditions”. This is a student prize that
aims to give future architects the opportunity of putting their creative
potential to the test. Full details on the prize and how to enter can be
found at:
NAZCA 2005
This is an ideas competition open to architects from around
the world. Its theme is the design of a next generation observatory which
renovates the vision of tourism in the South American Desert setting of the
Nazca Plains. Full details at:
CAMPUS ENTRANCE – UNIVERSITY OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA
On the 26th October 2004, the University of
British Columbia announced the launch of an International Architectural
Competition for University Boulevard, the main entrance to its Vancover
campus. The university expects that the competition will allow it to
establish new standards of design excellence on its campus. Full details
at:
EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOMEPAGE
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
SEARCH PAGE FOR COMMISSION DOCUMENTS
http://www.europa.eu.int/prelex/rech_simple.cfm?CL=en
WEBSITE OF THE DUTCH PRESIDENCY
http://www.eu2004.nl/
(Then choose your preferred language)
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WEBSITE
COAC INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DATABASE:
http://www.coac.net/internacional/default_w.html
CNAPPC DATABASE – ARCHIEUROPE:
http://www.archieuro.archiworld.it
DATABASE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTS
A useful site that maintains a list of reports that are
issued by companies and organisations from all over the world:
www.sustainabledevelopment-reports.org/
ACE WEBSITE
USEFUL TIP:
In the website addresses given in ACE Info for the
documents of the EU, you will frequently see the following near the end of the
address: “_en”. These two letters define the language of the document
(English in the case of “en”) and you can usually change these two letters in
order to bring you to a different language version as follows:
French _fr German
_de Danish _da Swedish _sv
Italian _it Spanish
_es Greek _el Dutch _nl
Portuguese _pt Finnish
_fi Czech _cs Maltese _mt
Estonian _et Latvian
_lv Lithuanian _lt Polish _pl
Hungarian _hu Slovene
_sl Slovak _sk
The editorial board for the compilation of ACE Info is:
The ACE President: Leopoldo
Freyrie
The Secretary General of the ACE: Alain Sagne
Senior Advisor to the ACE: Adrian Joyce
ACE Info is normally
issued around the second Wednesday of each month. You are free to
circulate the document as widely as you wish, to translate its contents for use
in your publications and to refer to the information it contains once you
credit the ACE as the origin.
If you wish to receive ACE Info regularly and you
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Deadline for submissions is the first Friday of each month.
The editorial board wishes to acknowledge the sources of
information for this issue of ACE Info which include FEANI, UN-HABITAT
Features, the Euractiv website (www.euractiv.com) and Bulletin Quotidien Europe.
adrian.joyce@ace-cae.org
– Comments and contributions welcome