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Project Milestones
February
2008 International Conference in Madrid including 200 participants from over 17 nationalities
OPENCities selected as one of 24 projects to receive URBACT funding and one of the 3 on “fast-track” out of over 400 applications
February 2008 Launch of OPENCities publication detailing work covered to date and expected outputs and outcomes for the future; distributed to 150 institutions in over 20 countries
April
2008 OPENCities selected as one of 24 projects to receive URBACT funding and one of the 3 on “fast-track” out of over 400 applications
2008 - 2009 Elaboration of local action plans by URBACT partner cities
Next Steps
17 September – October 2010 OPENCities Faces, a regional touring photo exhibition in Belfast, Bilbao, Cardiff, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Madrid, Sofia and Vienna will show how participating cities are changing and adapting to migration processes. Sofia Exhibition Photographer - Victoria Knysh
April – December 2010 Commissioning of diverse educational materials, interactive debates and publications which will popularise the project concept and will allow citizens to share their opinion
Publication 1 - Understanding OPENCities
Publication 2 - Internationalisation and OPENCities
Publication 3 - Leadership & Governance of OPENCities
Publication 4 - Managing and Leveraging Diversity in OPENCities
2010 launch of openness diagnostic tool
July - August 2010 OPENCities presentation at the Shanghai World EXPO
