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Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT)

Greek Presidency of the CEMAT

According to the Council of Europe aims concerning human rights and democracy, Greece proposed as theme of the 16th Session of the CEMAT: "Territorial democracy: the role of public participation in the process of sustainable territorial development of the European Continent".

 


 

The Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT) brings together representatives of the 47 Council of Europe member states in pursuit of a shared objective: the promotion of the territorial dimension of human rights and democracy for a sustainable spatial development of the European Continent.

 

The Council of Europe’s activities relating to spatial planning began in 1970 in Bonn with the first European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning. They originated in concerns raised from the early 1960s by the then Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, which were reflected in the presentation in May 1968 of a historic report on Spatial /Regional planning "A European problem".

 

Fifteen Council of Europe specialised ministerial conferences CEMAT, prepared under the request of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the invitation of one of its members states by the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT, have to date been organised by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe. (more...)

 

About the CEMAT


Presentation

European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter (Torremolinos) | Linguistic Versions

Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent | Linguistic Versions

Spatial development glossary | Linguistic Versions

Rural Heritage Guide | Linguistic Versions

 

Documentation


Reference texts about the CEMAT

Publications of the Council of Europe

CEMAT leaflet

 

Meeting of the CEMAT


Ministerial conferences

CEMAT Symposiums

 

National policies


Compendium of national data

CEMAT pilot regions



 

Meetings

16th International CEMAT Symposium "Vision for the future of Europe on territorial democracy: Landscape as a new strategy for spatial planning" (Thessalonica, Greece, 2-3 October 2012)


94th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT (Thessalonica, Greece), 3 October 2012


Calendar 2013

 

CSO

Steering Committee of the Senior Officials (CSO)

 

Related activities

The European Landscape Convention

 

Contacts

Council of Europe