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	Program Overview
Friday, May 15, 2009            09:00 - 10:30
I. Working Group on Local Government
Session 2: Development of Cities and City-regions
Room	Crnojevic Room Hotel Splendid - Hall of Dynasties
Related to	I. Working Group on Local Government
WG Programme Coordinators:
	Gabor Soos, Tocqueville Research Center, Budapest, Hungary Markku Temmes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Papers: Dominika Wojtowicz, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland Paper: Metropolies and big cities as "regions locomotives". Analisys of regional development strategies in Poland Emilia Lucia Catana, Dimitrie Cantemir university, Tirgu Mures, Romania Paper: Romanian model of metropolitan areas in local development – Intercommunity development associations Irina Turgel, Urals Academy of Public Administration under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation Paper: Large industrial cities of Russia: In search of new development paradigm Gretchen Mikeska, Urban Institute, Washington DC, United States Paper: Development beyond the Central City: Eco-Infrastructure in Ulcinj, Montenegro